To Mother Earth, who never fails to amaze us.
For our project, we have chosen the topic of endangered wildlife. We wanted to represent a wide variety of animals, from the tropics of the rainforest to the snowy tundra winds. We have chosen to represent both widely known endangered animals and some unknown ones. We hope our poems about the Rhinoceros, Polar Bears, Florida Panthers, and Hyacinth Macaws inform our audience of their threatened lives. Never stop exploring our breathtaking world.
- Sophia, Hannah, West, and Alicia
- Sophia, Hannah, West, and Alicia
Table of Contents
Blissfully Free
"The Fur's Glimmer" by Hannah Miller.................. 6
"A Rhinos Life" by West Corin.................................7
"The Wings Spread Free" by Alicia Mendoza..........8
"Free" by Sophia Utge.............................................9
Danger Arises
"Warmer" by Hannah Miller..................................11
"The Hunt" by West Corin.....................................12
"A Cursed Beauty" by Alicia Mendoza..................13
"My Home" by Sophia Utge..................................14
Our Hope
"Change in Heart" by Hannah Miller...................16
"Turn Away" by West Corin..................................17
"Enrich the Possibility" by Alicia Mendoza..........18
"Save Me." by Sophia Utge....................................19
Works Cited .........................................................20
Blissfully Free
"The Fur's Glimmer" by Hannah Miller.................. 6
"A Rhinos Life" by West Corin.................................7
"The Wings Spread Free" by Alicia Mendoza..........8
"Free" by Sophia Utge.............................................9
Danger Arises
"Warmer" by Hannah Miller..................................11
"The Hunt" by West Corin.....................................12
"A Cursed Beauty" by Alicia Mendoza..................13
"My Home" by Sophia Utge..................................14
Our Hope
"Change in Heart" by Hannah Miller...................16
"Turn Away" by West Corin..................................17
"Enrich the Possibility" by Alicia Mendoza..........18
"Save Me." by Sophia Utge....................................19
Works Cited .........................................................20
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"The Fur's Glimmer"by Hannah Miller
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"A Rhinos Life" by West Corin
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Skin rough, soul softHeels aching
The weight of the thirty men I carry alone
My vision blurs
My ears illuminate
Life flows on.
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7"The Wings Spread Free"
by Alicia Mendoza
by Alicia Mendoza
A body of cobalt blue plumage,
Whisking through the winds of the tropics
Where the abundance of fruitage
Highlights the forest’s beauty in exotics.
Don’t get fooled by our three feet in peak
And indeed, our strong and daunting beak.
We are gentle and friendly by nature,
So don’t get scared of our mistaken danger.
Our presence is never a bore.
With our intelligence peaking through our imitation,
You will only adore me more.
Our wonder is truly out of your pure imagination.
Whisking through the winds of the tropics
Where the abundance of fruitage
Highlights the forest’s beauty in exotics.
Don’t get fooled by our three feet in peak
And indeed, our strong and daunting beak.
We are gentle and friendly by nature,
So don’t get scared of our mistaken danger.
Our presence is never a bore.
With our intelligence peaking through our imitation,
You will only adore me more.
Our wonder is truly out of your pure imagination.
The leaves upon the soft floor kick up in a hurry.
A blur of brown rushes by, leaving space for none.
Don’t worry, she’s not in any danger,
she’s just having fun.
Her big paws thunder down the swamp forest,
accidentally scaring the birds and spooking the sinister alligator back into the murky water.
She’s the queen of her own jungle.
She travels through the grasslands, wetlands, and forests
and feels the warm air of the approaching August.
She hunts without remorse and has become the biggest predator in the state.
When she reaches her destination, she settles on a leaf bed,
and watches the sunrise, awaiting the day ahead.
A blur of brown rushes by, leaving space for none.
Don’t worry, she’s not in any danger,
she’s just having fun.
Her big paws thunder down the swamp forest,
accidentally scaring the birds and spooking the sinister alligator back into the murky water.
She’s the queen of her own jungle.
She travels through the grasslands, wetlands, and forests
and feels the warm air of the approaching August.
She hunts without remorse and has become the biggest predator in the state.
When she reaches her destination, she settles on a leaf bed,
and watches the sunrise, awaiting the day ahead.
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"Free"
by Sophia Utge
by Sophia Utge
The leaves upon the soft floor kick up in a hurry.
A blur of brown rushes by, leaving space for none.
Don’t worry, she’s not in any danger,
she’s just having fun.
Her big paws thunder down the swamp forest,
accidentally scaring the birds and spooking the sinister alligator back into the murky water.
She’s the queen of her own jungle.
She travels through the grasslands, wetlands, and forests
and feels the warm air of the approaching August.
She hunts without remorse and has become the biggest predator in the state.
When she reaches her destination, she settles on a leaf bed,
and watches the sunrise, awaiting the day ahead.
A blur of brown rushes by, leaving space for none.
Don’t worry, she’s not in any danger,
she’s just having fun.
Her big paws thunder down the swamp forest,
accidentally scaring the birds and spooking the sinister alligator back into the murky water.
She’s the queen of her own jungle.
She travels through the grasslands, wetlands, and forests
and feels the warm air of the approaching August.
She hunts without remorse and has become the biggest predator in the state.
When she reaches her destination, she settles on a leaf bed,
and watches the sunrise, awaiting the day ahead.
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"Warmer"
by Hannah Miller
by Hannah Miller
The polar bear's ice caps are melting as sea levels rise.
It's hard in our time to visualize.
Images of four-legged arctic creatures stranded on the ice
flood the internet
while the clueless bears pray for a compromise.
The human sacrifices we make affect the Polar Bears’ tough ice loss.
As their ice melts, their fate is grim, a victim of our actions, on a whim.
The polar bears’ eyes clash in a state of unknowing or fear while their ice friends say their last goodbye.
They snap and nash, angry and jealous, but slowly quiet down as their dreams diminish.
The same beautiful polar bear's fur seems to shine just a little duller.
Climate change, a threat to their kind, we must act now, before it's too blind.
It's hard in our time to visualize.
Images of four-legged arctic creatures stranded on the ice
flood the internet
while the clueless bears pray for a compromise.
The human sacrifices we make affect the Polar Bears’ tough ice loss.
As their ice melts, their fate is grim, a victim of our actions, on a whim.
The polar bears’ eyes clash in a state of unknowing or fear while their ice friends say their last goodbye.
They snap and nash, angry and jealous, but slowly quiet down as their dreams diminish.
The same beautiful polar bear's fur seems to shine just a little duller.
Climate change, a threat to their kind, we must act now, before it's too blind.
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"The Hunt"
by West Corin
by West Corin
A huntsman springs forth
Kind eyes keep a careful watch
The rhino stands strong.
Kind eyes keep a careful watch
The rhino stands strong.
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