Zippers and Buttons

Krystle and Heather during the Poetry Slam

At our school, the students memorize poems and recite them for their teacher every 2-3 weeks. Once a year the junior high students get to work with partners to write and memorize a poem. Their teacher holds an annual Poetry Slam, which allows the students to recite their poems for family and friends. The students are quite creative. Some write silly poems. Some write poetic skits. Others write about love lost, their goals for the future, their heroes (including those with capes), or food.

Heather and her friends wrote the following poem:

Zippers......No, Buttons

Up and down the zipper goes

Makes a funny sound

Fun to play with during class

Must be the best thing found.

Buttons are better.

All our joy

They are better than a toy

They come in different sizes, shapes and colors

Even different styles.

There is nothing that they cannot do.

Buttons are better in

triangles

squares

and circular types.

Buttons are better

with two holes

four holes

or even eight.

Buttons are better on

shirts and jackets

Levi jeans and khaki pants

or even Grandma's knitted sweater that I did NOT want for Christmas.

They come in different varieties,

colors included. Buttons are better in

blue

red

yellow and

shamrock green and skylight blue

tangerine orange and charcoal black

pearly white and lemony yellow.

Some people like zippers

but we prefer buttons.

~ Krystle, Julie and Heather

Unfortunately, Julie became sick and missed several days before and after the Poetry Slam. Heather and Krystle took over her parts and carried it off like true professionals.

My girls have been walking around for the past several days quoting funny lines from the various poems. We obviously had fun. :-)