Dear Fellow Students,
Here in Jackson, NJ, we had a great time
creating poetry about our fall season. We hope
you enjoy the poem we have written and learn
from the ones we studied. We've already started
thinking about our next project! We can't wait
till winter!
Sincerely,
The fabulous fourth graders of
Mrs. McKee's Class at Switlik Elementary School
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Our Class Poem:
Fall is Here! We Love It!
In the fall we see red and orange leaves
Also, we feel cold weather.
A bird, traveling south for the winter,
Flew past my house and lost its feather
In the fall we taste stuffing, turkey, and pie
When we cook them, we wear our oven mitts.
Breezes! Football! Halloween! Hunting!
Oh, fall is here! We Love it!
Selected Poems to Read
Scary Costume
by Robert Pottle
With an evil eye that stares you down
and a bulbous warty nose,
a furrowed brow, a nasty scowl,
and old outdated clothes,
my costume is the scariest
the world has ever seen.
I'm not an ogre, ghost, or ghoul:
I'm a teacher for Halloween.
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Autumn (Resignation)
By Humbert Wolfe in 1926
Listen! the wind is rising,
and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!
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Leaves
October leaves are lovely
They rustle when I run
Sometimes I make a heap
And jump in them for fun.
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September
by John Updike
The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
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Fall Haiku
Christopher Jones
Maple leaves dangle.
Morning sun through the window.
My eyes are heavy.
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