TREE POEMS PART I

Photos: Kenzie Odegaard Fields

WHEN YOU COME HOME YOU SMELL LIKE / A FIELD OF FLOWERS / MOM I LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE THE EARTH - JOLIE GR.3

I AM A BIRD. / WHEN I FLY THE HOUSES ARE LIKE / TINY CRUMBLES OF CEREAL. - LIBBY GR.3

I AM 20% DIAMOND AND 20% SAPPHIRE / I’M 20% CAT AND 15% FLOWER - ALEX GR.5

I LAUGH THE HARDEST WHEN / I’M WITH JOJO - KAISON GR. 5

GET READY / TO BE SMART - KAISON GR.5

I LIKE THAT I’M ATHLETIC AND HANDSOME. / AND I LOVE MY HAIR AND MY / BASKETBALL SKILLS. - JOJO GR.5

I FEEL LIKE A TALL / SKYSCRAPER / WHEN I STAND UP / FOR MYSELF - MARKEITH GR.5

I CAN / COMPLETE / MY DREAM - GIANNI GR.5

I’M A STRONG FOREST / I’M A BALLFUL OF LOVE - MARKEITH GR.5

TODAY I FEEL LIKE A BUTTERFLY / AND A LITTLE SAD AND VERY HAPPY TOO - MARIA GR.4