by Leanne Guenther
 

There was a wise, old owl --
Who lived up in a tree.

He sat upon a branch --
So all the world he’d see.

He looked at a snake,
He looked at a bee.

He looked at a mouse,
But he winked at me!

I emptied my bubble bath into the tub,
 Determined to get myself thoroughly scrubbed.
 The bottle had said "ONLY ONE CAP OR TWO",
 So I poured in the lot to see what it would do!
 
 That still didn't seem quite enough to get clean,
 So I followed it up with another fifteen.
 Then three bars of soap and a dozen shampoo,
 And two broken bath bombs to finish my brew!
 
 I'll cut to the chase, this did not turn out well,
 As the burbling, foaming bath bubbles did swell!
 It wasn't all bad, I was clean and smelt sweet,
 But outside my soap suds had buried the street!

 By Darren Sardelli

Recess! Oh, Recess!

 We love you! You rule!

 You keep us away

 from the teachers in school.

 Your swings are refreshing.

 Your slides are the best.

 You give us a break

 from a really hard test.

  

 Recess! Oh, Recess!

 We want you to know,

 you’re sweeter than syrup,

 you’re special like snow.

 You don’t assign homework.

 You make the day fun.

 You let us play kickball

 and run in the sun.

  

 Recess! Oh, Recess!

 You’re first on our list.

 We’d be in despair

 if you didn’t exist.

 We’re happy we have you.

 You’re awesome and cool.

 Recess! Oh, Recess!

 We love you! You rule!

I'm scoffing lots of chocolate cake,
 But not quite as much as I'd like!
 I'm wolfing it down with a whirl of my spoon,
 and it's flinging up, down, left and right!
 
 It's hitting the walls and spraying the floor,
 It's covered up Bessie our cat.
 There's crumbs in my hair and on mother's best chair,
 And the window's one choclatey splat.
 
 But faster and faster I shovel it up,
 Not bothered I'm missing my chops.
 As it drips from my nose and collects in my ears,
 Gloops drop from nose and go plop!
 
 Then too quickly it's gone, there just was not enough,
 As I'd said at the start of this smasher,
 With my greedy delight (sloppy cake on the lights),
 Not one spot found its way past my gnashers!

BY DARREN SARDELLI

My doggy ate my essay.

He picked up all my mail.

He cleaned my dirty closet

and dusted with his tail.

 

He straightened out my posters

and swept my wooden floor.

My parents almost fainted

when he fixed my bedroom door.

 

I did not try to stop him.

He made my windows shine.

My room looked like a palace,

and my dresser smelled like pine.

 

He fluffed up every pillow.

He folded all my clothes.

He even cleaned my fish tank

with a toothbrush and a hose.

 

I thought it was amazing

to see him use a broom.

I’m glad he ate my essay

on “How to Clean My Room.”

 

I made a paper aeroplane,
It really was the best.
I took my time to make it right,
To that I can attest!

I'd planned it all so thoroughly,
I'd sketched from either side.
I knew that all would be amazed,
To see it swoop and dive.

But its first flight was not to plan,
Though it soared up high.
The teacher turned, it crashed and burned,
And hit her in the eye!

My plane, screwed up, went in the bin,
All agreed it was a shame.
But my teacher's got a big black eye,
And I'm the one to blame!