You are my…

by Juan Pedro O., grade 8

You re the salchicha
 to my hot dog,
you are the nutella
 to my pancake,
you are the pelo
to my head,
tu eres el haiku
of my ElE project,
you are the meat to my hamburgesa,
you are the socks
to my feet, you are the chilly
to my spicy salsa,
you are the viernes
to my weekend,
you are the comida
that feeds me,
you are the teeth
to my mouth,
and
the saliva
that keeps me hydrated !

Music

by Andres B., grade 8

Nos da esperanza

It can change the world

Each time I hear it, it overwhelms me with

Felicidad

It gives us hope

En tiempos malos

It can change the world

Si! El mundo

Con solo una canción

Because it gets into our hearts

Nos cambia los pensamientos

Nos hace analisar

They can make us really think

In a song there is no limitation on your ideas

Escribes lo que piensas

En musica sale todo

Like in lightning

A struck of ideas

It changes the world

Nos da esperanza

Advice!

by JiWoong C., grade 8 

This is an advice                                                                   

To survive in my haunted house                                       

Is very easy to survive                                                          

If you have the enough skills…                                            

First never go running

Like an crazy monkey in the jungle

Never scream out loud

Like a mad lion

Every time be with a partner

If you go alone you will be lost

See ghosts every place

And you might be killed

Might be a good idea go with a dog

So he alerts you of any danger

Never be confident

Or more trouble would be caused to you

Good luck if you enter my house

This is the last advice I give

Don’t be scared….

Welcome to the haunted house! 

I Used to... Now I...

by Sebastian S., grade 8

I used to be lost. Now I am found

I used to be negative. Now I am positive

I used to be shy. Now I am bold

I used to wander. Now I wonder

I used to see a dark tunnel. Now I see a light at the end of the tunnel

I used to hear silence. Now I hear buzz around me

I used to not want help. Now I know help is what I need

I used to be unsure of what I want. Now I am focused on what I want

I used to have problems. Now I have more

I used to want to be like everyone else. Now I know I am special and unique

I used to be selfish. Now I see around the world

I used to be but now I am.

Live Your Life

by Andres R., grade 8

Being atrocious doesn't take you anywhere

Being good, takes you far in life,

Everything you say, do, or think,

Counts, and it offends people in different ways.

Life is to enjoy, and have extraordinary times.

Doing things you like, and experience

Learning about different cultures, and places

Life is never to be wasted

It is precious, and limited.

Being honorable in anything you do

Respecting nature, and human beings

Having fun with friends, and family

Not fighting with peers,

 Peace is the way to success

Helping anyone that is needed

Encourage you, and others to do the right thing

It doesn’t matter if you make mistakes

Mistakes are the way to learn

 It doesn’t matter who you are

Or what you do

Enjoy life and don’t miss it

Cause you just can live once. 

Question Poem

by Sergio C., grade 8

Why do humans say that violence is not the way to resolve problems and then create war?
Why is that so many people in the world suffer and others don't?
Why do humans exist?
I mean why does life have to be sad for some people and for others not?
Why is it that some of the poorest people live happy and rich people don't even know what happiness is?
Is there a purpose in life we have to accomplish?
Am I living the way I'm supposed to live?
Why do animals respect each other and we just kill each other?
What am I doing wrong?
Why do we don't care for our home The Planet?
Is there any life out there?
Have they ever been here?
How was the world before humans excisted?
Why do I exist?
Why is drug an addiction and not love?
Why do humans hate instead of love?
Why do we die...?
Were do we go after life?
what do we do after life?
Is there some piece of gratitude, and beauty left in the world?

Switches?

by Nicolas A., grade 8

Is there a switch for the sun?

Is there a switch for the rain?

Why can´t we switch an earthquake off?

Is there a switch for the wind?

Or a lever for day and night?

Is there a switch for gravity

Or a switch for time?

Is there a switch for the waves ?

Or switches for life?

Why aren´t there switches for everything?g

Questions About the Body

by Alberto O., grade 8

If your head falls off, will it find another body?

If your feet ran away, would they find other legs?

When your fingers go away, do they keep writing?

It your mouth ever leaves, will it keep eating?

And if your brain falls off, does it keep thinking?

When your eyes roll away, do they keep looking?

If your voice sings away, will it keep talking?

If your hair falls off, will continue growing?

And if your ears bounce away, do they keep listening?

If your soul ever flies away, will you keep on living?

Haiku

by Yeryong L., grade 8

Ants
        Like little demons                              
          I just hate them


Do you breathe?
                    Me too!
      We have so much in common


Two faced me
               I love rain
        But I open my umbrella

Servicio

by Annika M., grade 8
 
Safe Passage -- Camino Seguro
Kids, ninos. Mothers, mamas. 
Of all ages.
Have hope -- esperanza
of graduating
having a job -- trabajo
We need HELP--AYUDA
Ahora -- now
It puts a smile
Sonrisa on their faces. 
Happy-- felices.
As they learn
at school in their nice 
decorated classrooms- salones de clase.
Teachers--maestros
All the way from Europe
and also USA
Be the change.
Changing lives vidas for years.
Change cambiar our futura generacion.
Be the change you want to see in the world mundo.

Why?

by Monica M., grade 8

Why are apples sweet and lemons sour?

Why do most birds fly and leave ostriches lonely in the ground?

Why do eyes have different colors? Do we see differently?

Why do we say hello and goodbye? Do we really mean it?

Why do trees change color? Do they change feelings?

Can there be something in the whole word we all agree on?

Why does the wind blow?

Are leaves trees’ children?

If the color green disappeared what color would nature be?

Why don’t trees get up and walk?

Why do people think about perfection?

Why don’t cars migrate in groups of the same kind?

Why does the moon hide from the sun?

Is heaven real?

What do we do in heaven?

Chinese Tao

by Raimundo R., grade 8

What if  there was
no suffering?
Would we live life in a
never ending utopia?
As peaceful and calm as a quite lake.
Or would we live without any true happiness?
Stuck in a grey, emotionless hole.
Wherever I go I see problems.
We dedicate our lives to solving them.
Are these problems part of our lives?
Do these problems help us grow and be better?
Or would life be better without them?
One thing is true,
without suffering there is no paradise

Rhetorical future

by Hyun Min S., grade 8


Do you question about the future?
Well I do 
Will I eventually die?
Well I will
Will I get a love?
Probably yes
Will my future be bright?
Depends on my attitude
Will the world end?
A new era might start
Will I go to heaven?
If I believe so
Will you be as you are right now?
Probably not
Will I fulfill my dreams
If I try my best
Do you ask questions about the future too?
Well I do
Do you like the present moment?
Well I do but I always question about the future, 
because I'm curious

Pollution questions

by Andres G., grade 8


What to do with all this pollution?

Burning causes more pollution

What should we do?

Send it to space?

Bury it underground?

Nothing seems to work

Is the solution within our reach?

Is it near?

Our planet is collapsing

When will it all end?

Will we be warned?

Will it happen suddenly?

Or slowly?

Nature is speaking to us in its own language

Can biologists understand them?

Do they know what’s going to occur?

What can we do to end pollution?

To solve the problem?

The problem everyone on this world is facing

The problem needs a solution

What is this solution?

Alphabet questions

by Soo Hwan L., grade 8


We all learn the alphabet
Why is it called “alphabet”
Why isn’t it called “general language”?
Why is “a” the first letter?
Why isn’t “z” the first letter?
Why is “b” after “a”?
Anyways
Who created the alphabet?
How do we know we
Might have fell into a trap
Of the aliens
So they can understand us?
What if God created the alphabet?
What if the Devil created the alphabet?
Noone created the alphabet.
I did
But..
Why wont you believe I created the alphabet?

? Poem

by Uriel H., grade 8

Why do we have doors?
Are they there to separate us?
Or are they there to keep us from being heard?

Do we really need a bridge to unite us?
Or would it be easier to shout across the sea?

Is autumn supposed to be sad?
Or are the leaves just warning us for what is yet to come?

Does the moon come when it is dark?
Or does the moon bring the darkness?

Can all these questions be answered?
Or are they just there to make you think?

Spanglish

by Rodrigo S., grade 8

The Mundo

The big mundo

Siete continents

One hundred ninetysix paises

and Guatemala es uno de ellos

tan pequeno that we can be

somos una pequena part of the world

pero there are a lot of people

but hay un problema

no nos importa nuestro country

ni nuestro world

we chould cambiar

necesitamos change

debemos de parar polluting

es malo para ourselfs

we should cambiar

hagamos un change

in a few anos

there won't be un mundo

en donde we can live

so we should hacer el cambio rapido.

Question Poem

by Jeffrey C., grade 8

If we pee, does God soak us with it when it rains?

If we die, do gods also die?

If we lie, do gods lie?

Where is god?

Where are we?

Or more importantly, where are we going?

Are we going to a parallel world?

Or perhaps another universe?

Where did the universe come from?

Did it come from another galaxy? Or another universe? Or are we on a parallel world?

Everything is Needed

by Gyu-Jeong L., grade 8

La luz

They always bring hope

Y también alegría

And makes us feel safe

La obscuridad

Makes us fear

Perdemos nuestra fé

And it’s surrounded by terror

La vida

Is what makes us live

Nos da emociones

And gives us anything

Todas son esenciales

Without darkness, there’s no light

Sin la luz, no existe la obscuridad

These two opposites need to rely on each other

La luz y la obscuridad

Is what makes life meaningful

Sin esos dos elementos

The world would just be a lifeless ground

Question Poem?

By Sabrina C., grade 8

Is water wet?

Why do unicorns don’t exist?

Are dogs otters?

Or eyebrows curly?

Why are spicy noodle sweet?

Do bananas use telephones?

And does cheese say “people”

When they take a picture?

Do computer have feelings?

And does spray paint spay?

Why does pool have P in it?

Does the color orange come

From the fruit or the fruit from the color?

Desiderata

By: Sabrina C., grade 8

SOME OTHERS                                                                                                                                                 

Life is a torture

The music is full of life

It tells us how to act

How to talk

How is life

We are the

Dreamers

We sing to love

And love to sing

Some just sit under the rain

Some appreciate

Others love

Ones are the ones who speak

We are the ones who scream

That fight,

That risk,

To save only one thing

Our dreams

That keep us going.