Write a 3-5-3 Poem (3 words-5 words-3 words) about a photograph.

A New World

Blooms in the sweet spring

All One People

Write about a Time you Could Not See Yourself

Cool

When you

look at me

do you see

me

look

at

you,

or are

your eyes

stuck

on your

own

face,

frozen

in the ice of

I'm Cool..

And when

life

melts

your cool

self

will you

see me

standing

here.

Will your

mirror

turn

into

a Window?

Barry Lane

Write about Where Winter Came From

The Orgin of Winter

One day

the North Wind

sneezed

and a fine

frozen

white powder

blew out of his

nostrils and engulfed

half the world.

If he had only

covered his mouth

there would

be no snow

on my lawn

and I would

not need these

big mittens

today.

But how sad

the world would be

with no

big white eraser

to rub out the driveway

each December.

Winter is a

time to forget

all the

sweet sweaty things

that seemed

so important

in summer.

They now

sleep

under the

snow

dreaming

of

the

THAW.

Barry Lane

Write about a Brush with Fame

Obama Moment

I am proud to be

an American,

not just because of

the men who died

for me

but for those who

live each day

waiting for

a new rebirth

of wonder.

Standing in a rope line

watching a young

mother thrust her

baby at you

as the flashes

explode around you

like bombs

bursting

in air

Waiting for my

chance to say

one thing

that will change

the course of

history,

The one thing,

that a year

from now you will

recount

near the end

your State of

the Union

address,

'There was

this guy I met

in a rope line

in Dover

New Hampshire

who said

something ...

And then

you turn to me,

your white shirt

gleaming,

the sleeves rolled

up in such

a perfect way

that the cuffs

seem starched

and flattened

against your

dark fore arm,

And you reach

for my hand

and I say

the only

history changing

thing

I can

think of.

" I Love you, man."

18 Ode to Little Brothers and Sisters

The world was perfect

for a few years.

Then you showed up

and perfection took

on another meaning.

holding you,

bouncing you

around the living room,

How many different ways

can you play peek a boo?

And you, so wide eyed

at the moment of

surprise.

You squawk

like a

plucked chicken

and I can't

help but laugh

and know

that I am now the

sun and

you a bouncing

baby planet

running

circles

round me

forever.

Barry Lane

17 Write a Wacky Test for Something You are Studying

Is Your Grandmother a Sea Turtle?

This just in. World Wildlife experts today again denied they have been involved in a species re-location program. Jane Wilder speaking on behalf of the group said that rumors that endangered species have been surgically altered to look like human beings and then taught to impersonate family members, is pure nonsense.

(Cut to picture of courtroom and Harold)

This did not stop Harold Hodgskins from claiming in court that his grandmother of eighty years is really a sea turtle from the Galapagos Islands. We at channel 5 news have consulted with experts to devise a simple test for you at home to take so that you can tell for sure whether your grandmother is who she says she is.

Is Your Grandmother a Sea Turtle? A special report.

(screen of the title)

1) Does your grandmother spend part of the year in a hot place like Florida?

(Sea turtles are cold blooded and cannot survive harsh winters.)

2) When at the pool have you ever seen her hold her breath under water for a long time?

(sea turtles can hold their breath for 8 hours)

3) When you look at her from the side can you see the lump

( signs of shell reduction surgery)

4) When at the beach does she sometimes dissapear behind the sand dunes for hours at a time. ( Mother Sea turtles lay their eggs behind the dunes and there babies hatch out and walk to the sea)

5) When you are playing on the beach does she seem to be overly protective when seagulls sour overhead?

( 90% of all sea turtle hatchlings are eaten by predators, No wonder she is worried about you.)

6) Does she frequent sea food restaurants with other suspected sea turtles her age

(Sea turtles have a varied diet some eat fish others sea grasses and plants)

7) Have you ever suspected that her teeth were not human,

(Sea turtles don’t have real teeth but more serrated jaws for eating fish or plants)

8) Does she walk slowly, one step at a time and stop often to sniff for predators.

(Sea turtles have sense of smell except when they are in the water. This leaves them more vunerable to attack outside the water)

9) Has she ever given you sardines or seaweed for your birthday?

( sea turtles eat a wide variety of things based on their species)

10) Have you ever found she has a hard time hearing you.

(Like all reptiles, sea turtles have one bone in their head that helps them to hear. Sea turtles seem to respond only to low frequencies.)

If you answered yes to at least five of these questions there’s a good chance your grandmother could be an a sea turtle. Experts recommend you treat her with respect and kindness because endangered species, like grandmas thrive when we show our love to them.

And for all of us here a World Wildlife News Good night.

Cut to studio

All the technicians are endangered species and the news announce pulls his head through a hole in a fake set. He is a sea turtle or some other endangered specie.

Barry Lane from 51 Wacky We-Search Reports

16 Write about a Moment of Wonder from Your Childhood

Late Night Talk Show

on summer nights

when we lie in bed

too hot to sleep

My brother and I

would do

a late night talk shows

where we talked about

everything

we wondered

about.

If the earth

is a planet and the

sun is just a star,

does that mean

there are millions

of earths

floating

around

millions of suns

and millions

of summer

kids

in millions

of summer beds

thinking millions

of thoughts

that we

are thinking

right now?

In the background

an old fan whirred

and blew steamy

summer air

in our direction.

Why am I me

and not my friend

Johnny Manning?

How did I get in this

body with these parents

in this town?

Why do I have

these thoughts

on hot summer nights?

He would fall

asleep

and I would listen

to his steady

snore,

my mind

buzzing with

the electricity

of wonder

till sleep

pulled me

back into

the boat.

Barry Lane