Poems by Caspar McNaulty — 3rd grade, 9 years old

SPIDERS

You the real Black widow, the hero

of the bugs, you eat many gross

things like mosquitos and slugs.

Without you we would be bitten by

mosquitos in the air,

without you there would be mosquitos everywhere!

Some have cool designs,

but as deadly as pretty and

sometimes even more, you are very

help but deadly to the core

 

BEES

Your movements so merry, your body

so hairy, as you flap your wings,

you do your buzzing sound and sing!

Hundreds of you sit in your hive,

the whole bee family seems to thrive!

Your flying makes me cheer up,

as you collect nectar from your

buttercup.

Your color makes my eyes feel hazy,

as you land on a daisy.

You are such a pretty site,

you make the sky irrupt from light!

  

HUMANS

We have done stupid acts, but that does not stop us in our tracks,

although we keep going,

our mistakes keep showing.

 

The smartest and the dumbest,

the worse and the best,

it’s good to care about our problems,

but some people couldn’t care less. This is one of the reasons we are dumb,

when it comes to nature

our bodies

just turn numb.

 

FLOWER

Your petals so hazy, rose, tulip, daisy

as you swing in the spring wind,

you seem to cheer us up,

sunflower, carnation, buttercup

 

The prettiest plant of all,

you send out your call,

to all the bees in the world,

to come get nectar

from my inside, I made it just for!

But you have to do something

for me too!

 

THE SUN

The source for all living things,

though you keep staying,

without you we would freeze,

freeze in the winter breeze.

 

Without you

we would already be dead,

all of the animals would go extinct,

it would be a matter of days,

before we would freeze and

not be able to say a phrase!

 

ANTS

You the food stealer,

because of you we pack sealers.

The strongest for its size,

it should win a prize!

 

Thousands and thousands

in their nest,

all of them seem to have

so much enthusiasm and zest.

To our surprise,

they have six pack abs,

they take your food

and drag it

into their underground labs.

 

GOLDFISH

As we keep as a pet,

your life goes to an end,

your life seems to descend,

as you flash in the water,

you seem not to grow,

swimming around helplessly

in your not big enough bowl.

So lonely you are without a friend

and if you do have a friend,

your friend’s life will end.

 

TREES

 

As your branches sway,

how pretty you look in May,

you the one,

without you we are undone.

The biggest of plants,

though the calmest of them all,

when you are in the morning sun,

you seem never to fall.

Most animals rely on you,

you give us our air

we give you yours,

your bark has the roughest pours.