This
is a group poem, written by elementary school students at El Centro de la Raza's
after-school poetry class in Seattle, Washington, USA. We are Jose Luis (age 8);
Jaime (9); Antonio (7); Kristina (10); Paco (7); Rebecca (10). Our teacher is
Anna Balint.
Imagining
How It's Going to Be
smoke
black smoke
cannot see nothing
barely nothing
crying
burning wood
smoke
planes and more planes
soldiers come in planes to attack
soldiers with guns
we're gonna fight
fight to stop the war
not sit around and let people die
we gotta fight
so people don't die
bombs
bombs dropping down on people
bombs ruining the life of people
missiles and more missiles
sad screaming angry scared
running
running for shelter
buildings falling
climbing over rubble
we're gonna fight
fight to stop the war
not sit around and let people die
we gotta fight
so people don't die
dogs and cats dead
the birds flown away
burned leaves
black grass
grass on fire
tanks
tanks are coming
we're gonna fight
fight to stop the war
not sit around and let people die
we gotta fight
so people don't die
