A Tree, Tree!

A tree, growing, reaches up, up
To the sky
The acorns fall into the lake
The wind blows
Perfectly

A tree makes peace
The river waved and
Splashed the tree
To feed the roots.

A flower grows nicely,
Tulip near the tree
Happy friends forever

Christopher Fiorito
New York School for the Deaf
White Plains, New York 

Blue tastes like blueberries
It smells like fresh rain
It feels like depressing and cold
It sounds like an ocean breeze.
Blue is crying pain

Purple tastes like grapes
It smells fresh and sweet
It feels like sweet love
It sounds like a humming in the heart
Purple is falling in love

White tastes like cool whip
It smells like sweet flowers
It feels like being in heaven
It sounds like whispers in the breeze
White is an angel.

Yellow tastes like lemonade
It smells like sour and sweet
It feels sunny
It sounds like the laughter in children's voices
Yellow is always happiness in children's hearts.

Kelly Cortes
Hills & Dales Middle School
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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This page is always and only for the work of deaf and hard of hearing students. This means stories, poems, drawings, and photographs. Everything! Do you know anyone whose work should be published here? Should it be yours? Send it to us.

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World Around You
#6 KDES, Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002
Fax: 202-651-5708
Email: Cathryn.Carroll@gallaudet.edu.