key

Forgiveness is the key
That opens the door
To unhappiness
There is no need to
Forgive if they ddin't
Do something wrong
In the first place
If you forgive them
They'll simply hurt you
And then you'll be miserable
All over again
It's up to you
But hear my warning;
Forgiveness only leads
To more unhappiness

By Maureen Spicer
Dummerston Elementary School, Grade 8

there is this key
this key is
special to me
it leads you to
unmarked land

By Maggie Kinzel
Main Street Middle School, Grade 8

I found a key,
Just yesterday
And all my troubles
Went away

For what the key opened
I wouldn’t have found
If that old key wasn’t
Lying right on the ground!

My steps were steady
Hands at my side
My eyes wandered to my feet
And what did I find?

Its handle was chipped
Two notches carved in

By Gretchen Kaija
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

Tarnished, dusty, old
Hidden from the light of day
Long-forgotten key

By Gabriel Mantegna
Renaissance School, Grade 6

What if there were a key to everything?
A key to cease war?
A key to stop suffering?
A key to cure cancer?

The golden key.
The key to ultimate nonviolence.
A key to fit into the smallest holes
Of mankind.

A key found in the realms of heaven
That God sticks into any problems that appear.

Key of Wiki Treasure
By Phoebe Plank
Ferrisburgh Central School, Grade 5

“Land ho, mateys!” shouted Captain Shimi to her crew. “There it is, the Mishi Village. Lower the anchor!” This is the first time Captain Shimi and her crew stepped on land in a long while. As they stepped off their ship Captain Shimi’s parrot shouted, “Land! Land!”
“Quiet!” snapped Captain Shimi.

By Kenzie Mahoney
Hinesburg Community School, Grade 8

I opened the drawer on my bedside table and pulled the key out like I had so many times before. It wasn’t anything special or fancy it was just an ordinary, dull silver colored key. It had some dents on it, but other than that it looked brand new. Even though it wasn’t. I knew it wasn’t because I had had it for 10 years. I can remember the day I found it very clearly.

By Kameron Clayton
Hinesburg Community School, Grade 8

The key doesn’t unlock a door, or some locker at the local gym. As the man walks down the street, belongings thrown over his shoulder, and food tucked under his arm, he sees it, sparkling like a diamond.

By Adam Bogdanowicz
Renaissance School, Grade 5

Was it not the pitch-black smoke
That framed the golden windowsill?
Or if it was a moonbeam that shone,
The inky dark need not be scared.
Upon the sill, lay the golden thing
The raven carried off into the night.
Off it flew, wings beating like bellows
Against a fire. And just

By Aliza Kamman
Mount Abraham Union High School, Grade 8

Laura walked in the door and her eyes fell across the wooden kitchen table. They linger there for a moment, but soon catch a glimpse of gold on a far off counter. She slowly began to walk towards the interesting shape that caught her eye. As she approached the counter she made out the shape to be a key. Slowly Laura reached out her hand and grabbed the key. It felt smooth and cold against her skin. It was the brightest gold she had ever seen.

By Ethan Butterfield
Hartford Memorial Middle School, Grade 8

I was walking through the back streets on the north side of Venice, home to some of the world’s smallest narrowest and wettest passages in the world, most of which have been forgotten over many years of economic and structural change.

By Alicia Cerasoli
Hartford Memorial Middle School, Grade 7

A world awaits me,
A world unknown.
It’s silver and sharp,
Cold and shining.
A key can open,
A whole new world
Of dreams,
And love,
And desires, too.
A new world
Can die within a day,
Or live forever.
A house is opened with a key.
A world is opened with a key.

By Kati Borsh
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

A key
Can open
And also close
Keep locked up
Or set free
Keep safe
Or trap
Conceal
Or
Reveal
A key can show the way
Or hide it forever
A key

By Mesiah Miles
John J. Flynn Elementary School, Grade 4

One day there was a boy named Bob. Bob was working when he found a key. So, then he brought the key to the Lost and Found at his school. Then he found a portal. He went through the portal. The portal took him to the underworld where it was green and black. He went to this house and saw a monster. The monster was orange and red and furry. He was a giant monster with pure white fangs. The monster chased after Bob. He dropped the key and went out the door. He went back through the portal, and he never saw the monster or the key ever again.