Poems & Sayings

August

Happy Thought

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

The world is so full of a number of things,

I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Saying: "Treat others how you want to be treated."

September

Early to Bed

By: Benjamin Franklin

Early to bed and early to rise,

Make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Saying: "Practice makes perfect."

How we adapt it for a Growth Mindset: "Practice makes us better."

October

Time to Rise
By: Robert Louis Stevenson

A birdie with a yellow bill,
Hopped upon my windowsill,
Cocked his shining eye and said,
"Ain't you shamed, you sleepy head?"

Saying: "Great oaks from little acorns grow."

November

An Autumn Greeting
By: Unknown Author

“Come,” said the Wind to the Leaves one day.
“Come over the meadow and we will play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold.
For summer is gone and the days grow cold.”
Saying: "A place for everything and everything in its place."

December

No poem

Saying 1: "It's raining cats and dogs."

Saying 2: "A mans best friend."

January

 I do not mind you Winter Wind

by Jack Prulutsky

I do not mind you, Winter Wind,

When you come whirling by,

To tickle me with snowflakes

Drifting softly from the sky.

 

I do not even mind you

When you nibble at my skin,

Scrambling over all of me

Attempting to get in.

 

But when you bowl me over

And I land on my behind,

Then I must tell you, Winter Wind,

I mind! I really mind!

                        Saying:   Where there is a will there is a way.

February

Rain 

By Robert Louis Stevenson

The Rain is raining all around,

It falls on field and tree,

It rains on the umbrellas here,

And on the ships at sea.

Saying:   Look before you leap. 

March

Tommy

By Gwendolyn Brooks

I put my seed into the ground

And said, ‘I’ll watch it grow.’

I watered it and cared for it

As well as I could know.

 

One day I walked in my backyard,

And oh, what did I see!

My seed had popped itself right out

Without consulting me.

Saying:   Better safe than sorry. 

April

April Rain Song

By Langston Hughes

Let the rain kiss you.

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.

Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

 

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.

The rain makes running pools in the gutter.

The rain plays a sleep-song on our roof at night.

And I love the rain.

                            Saying:   April showers bring May flowers. 

May

No New poem: We are practicing for Graduation!

Saying:  The early bird catches the worm.