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FSCC Gordon Parks 5th-Grade Poetry Contest winners

Thursday, October 8, 2009
Fort Scott Community College has released the winnng entries in its recent Gordon Parks Fifth-Grade Poetry Contest. The winning contributions are shown below.

SIMILARITIES AND

DIFFERENCES

By: Seth Cross

Instructor: Mrs. Linda Jackson, Eugene Ware Elementary School

We are all different,

yet we are all the same.

We all eat food,

but different kinds.

We all have religion of some kind,

but they are different.

We all have skin,

but different color.

We are different,

yet we are all the same.


ALWAYS

By: Addison Cunningham

Instructor: Mrs. Linda Jackson, Eugene Ware Elementary School

I like to do things.

I like to think about things.

I do things my way.

You do things your way.

I pick the complicated way.

You pick the simple way.

Your skin is one color.

Mine is another.

That doesn't mean a thing.

We can always be friends.


DIFFERENCES

By: Haley Denton

Instructor: Mrs. Linda Jackson, Eugene Ware Elementary School

Some people like different things.

I hate soccer, but my friends love it.

Just because you like different things,

doesn't mean that you can't be friends.

It doesn't matter what color of skin you have,

or if you wear glasses or not.

It matters about what you have inside you!

What's inside me is love and hope and my dreams.

What's inside my friends is love, hope, and dreams.


Differences

By: Jasmine Barenthin

Instructor: Mrs. Linda Jackson, Eugene Ware Elementary School

We are all different in every way

Color of skin doesn't matter

It's just like grass, it can be green or yellow

But it's still grass and it still grows everywhere

We are all very unique having great personalities

No matter what differences we have, we all grow!!


DIFFERENT

By: David Bradbury

Instructor: Mrs. Janet Jackson, West Bourbon Elementary School

Red and yellow, black and white,

Some seek peace, others fight,

The world is different that I know,

Hand in hand let us go,

World peace, troubles cease,

God's diversity needs released.


INSIDE

By: Garrett Elder

Instructor: Mrs. Janet Jackson, West Bourbon Elementary School

It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor.

It doesn't matter if you're dumber than a door.

It doesn't matter if you're black or white.

It doesn't matter if you're wrong or right.

It doesn't matter right or left.

It doesn't matter if you're tall or small.

It doesn't matter if you're good or bad or sad and mad.

It doesn't matter if you're a smarty or you get tardies.

It's what's inside that counts.


DIVERSITY

By: Sam Jefferis

Instructor: Mrs. Kendra Perry, West Bourbon Elementary School

Doesn't matter what is on the outside.

I'm different from you.

Very different on the outside.

Everyone is different.

Really everyone is a little alike.

Similar on the outside.

I'm sure you all like some things the same.

Too much alike is bad.

You and me, we are all different.


PEOPLE ARE

DIFFERENT

By: Sabra Stoughton-Wray

Instructor: Mrs. Janet Jackson, West Bourbon Elementary School

Some are black, some are white.

Some seek day, some seek night.

Some want to write or sing, some want to do everything.

Some love, some hate, but in the end, it turns to fate.

Some like dogs, but meanwhile, some like hogs.

Some like cats, some wear hats.

When we're young, some of us play, but some don't live to see another day.

Now, you know, we are all different


NOBODY IS THE SAME

By: Kaleb Ashe

Instructor: Mrs. Stacia Weilert, Winfield Scott Elementary School

In this world nobody's the same

Don't make them take the blame

God created us with a soul and pride

That's not something you should hide.

Now I hope you get the clue

Please don't make anyone feel blue.


DIVERSITY

By: Ryann Allison

Instructor: Mrs. Stacia Weilert, Winfield Scott Elementary School

Diversity is different,

But different isn't bad

She may be happy,

But He may be mad.

They might live in town

They might live in the country

Some may have dads

Some may have moms

Some may have sisters

Some may have brothers

Some may have none

Some may be adopted

Some may have gray hair

Some may have black,

Red, yellow, or blue,

But everyone is different

Including you.

Be happy you're

DIFFERENT


BE YOURSELF

By: Emily Hale

Instructor: Mrs. Stacia Weilert, Winfield Scott Elementary School

How the wind blows

How the storms go

How can we all be the same

How can we all feel the way I feel

We all are different in our own way

Say we don't have to be the

Same to go outside to play

Do you have to be like me to be my friend?

No way, be yourself everyday!


NO DIFFERENCES

By: Mayson Lane

Instructor: Mrs. Stacia Weilert, Winfield Scott Elementary School.

You may be dark skin.

You may be light skin.

You may be Catholic.

You may be Christian.

It doesn't matter

Cause you shouldn't judge

Or make fun, you should

love everyone



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