No Name Calling

By David B.
My name is Daniel, not wimp or brat; it is not nice
to call me that.
Dont call anyone dumb, weak or lame; instead, call
them by their given name.
The result for being mean and nasty is to be
excluded, but being kind and friendly is rewarded
by being included.
Dont give names to others because theyre big,
small, short or tall, remember the rule, if you
have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all.
Love has no shape, height, color or race,
love is kindness, dignity, beauty and grace.

Our Brothers
Justin Montana Williams
To those whom I've fought with
and to those I don't know your name
We fought by one another.
You did not die in vain.
We fought, you died,
We bled, and I cried,
Even until our untimely end,
our country, our families, our brothers,
we shall defend
Be Proud Of Who You Are
S Raine
I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.
I am who I am from my head to my toes.
I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.
Even a little crazy some of the time.
I'm not a size 5 and don't care to be.
You can be you and I can be me.
I try to stay strong when pain knocks me down.
And the times that I cry is when no ones around.
To error is human or so that's what they say.
Well tell me who's perfect anyway.

The Poet
Tom Wayman
Loses his position on worksheet or page in textbook
May speak much but makes little sense
Cannot give clear verbal instructions
Does not understand what he reads
Does not understand what he hears
Cannot handle yes-no questions
Has great difficulty interpreting proverbs
Has difficulty recalling what he ate for breakfast,
etc.
Cannot tell a story from a picture
Cannot recognize visual absurdities
Has difficulty classifying and categorizing objects
Has difficulty retaining such things as
addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication
tables
May recognize a word one day and not the next
The Farewell
Edward Field
They say the ice will hold
so there I go,
forced to believe them by my act of trusting people,
stepping out on it,
and naturally it gaps open
and I, forced to carry on coolly
by my act of being imperturbable,
slide erectly into the water wearing my captain's
helmet,
waving to the shore with a sad smile,
"Goodbye my darlings, goodbye dear one,"
as the ice meets again over my head with a click.