Poet's Corner

October

How We Vote
We vote by secret ballot
On Election Day
So no one can see how we vote.
Nothing can stand in our way.
Behind a curtain that’s closed
We can make our choice
By voting for whom we want
We can use our political voice.
When we cast our votes this way
The election’s truly fair.
We can look at all the candidates
And then vote with care.
                -Sheila Forsyth

I Want To Vote
I want to vote
When I grow up,
To let my country know—
The person that
I think is best
To help our country grow.
                -Virginia H. Niles

Fire!
If there’s a fire,
What should you do?
Get out of the house
If it’s safe for you to.
Go to your meeting spot,
Call 911.
Wait with your family
Until the fire’s all gone.
                -Sheila Forsyth

Trying
I’m trying to be very brave
In all I say and do,
But when I hear the fire bell ring,
I shiver through and through.
                -Pauline C. Peck

Fall
Leaves are falling gently down,
Orange, yellow, red, and brown.
Whirling, twirling, round and round,
Quietly they touch the ground.
                -Marie E. Cecchini

Observation
Look around in fall
And what do you see?
Squirrels hiding nuts
As they scamper up a tree.
Birds flying south,
Children walking to school,
Getting ready for winter
As the air turns cool.
                -Marie E. Cecchini

The Spider Web
I watched a tiny spider
With the smartest spider head
As she made somewhere inside her
A magic silken thread.
I watched her as she fastened
Each silver thread in place
Until she had a shining web
Of perfect spider lace.
                -Julia Collins Ardayne

Tiny Spider
Tiny spider spins a web.
She works and works all day.
She never stops to take a rest,
She never stops to play.
Soon her web is finished,
So she sits and waits for lunch.
She hopes her web will trap a bug,
Upon which she can munch.
                -Marie E. Cecchini