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                                     Finally free
                                     Running away from the pressure
       Words charging at mE
 Homework coming to an End
                                     Done at last!
                                 To Outside I sprint
               Chirping birds, Music to me ears

Why is it so hard to say goodbye? There are a lot of reasons like you made friends, you like your teachers, and maybe you even have a boyfriend or girlfriend. It’s hard when you have to say goodbye when you’re in a relationship because then you has to find someone else that you can be in a relationship with at your new school.

                But, if you have technology you can stay in touch with your classmates. For example, Skype is one way, Facebook is, and Face time. Face time is when you have an iPad or iPod and you can see the person face to face. Facebook is when you log into your account and you can chat people after you send them a friend request and they answer it. And if you have a video camera then you can see them. And Skype is the same thing.

But of course, you’ll miss your teacher like when I go back to Florida I’m going to miss my first boy teacher Mr. Morrison. He’s always been nice and it’s great that I have him as a teacher because when you have a girl teacher they don’t usually go out for recess and play football with you. And plus, when you have a boy teacher you can bond with them and do manly things. It’s going to be hard to say goodbye.

I rush though the grass in the field behind my house, to check on my uncle. He left two hours ago and the sense of death is in the air. As I reach the pond, I clearly see what happened. A tear rolls down my cheek. I never thought in a million year my uncle would be kicked into the pond by his prized bull and drown. I look around for the bull and I am now worried for my life. The herd is nowhere to be seen. I dive into the algae covered pond and retrieve my uncle. When I reach the bank I hear a distinctive moo made by the bull that killed my uncle Richard. I see the cow’s golf ball size eyes and notice that he wants to kill. I say good bye to Richard and goodbye to my life just before the beef cow charges.

Head throbbing

Fingers becoming frozen

Family sobbing over me

Everything becoming blurred

I can hardly utter good bye

Bright candles lighting

Fire steadily flowing

Swaying down the stream

Red lanterns floating

On thick, black, crystal waters

Sadness fills the air

Thousands of bight lights

Dancing, colorful lanterns

Memories of life.

Red and yellow lights

Drifting across the river

Setting the souls free

Beautiful colors

Drifting down the dark waters

A bright night of light

   His poor eyes stare up in to mine; the life draining out of them. I can’t say goodbye to the one that I have loved for so long. The way I used to let him drink my mom’s Mountain Dew when I was young and take my lollypop and stick in his mouth. He didn’t mind. Now all those memories are fading, and I can’t seem to hold on.

   Good-bye.

   Those terrible words almost slip from my lips, but I can’t seem to say them.  I don’t want to say them. It’s too late; his eyes close, and I see him stop breathing. The world gets blurry; tears burn my eyes. I lower my head to his body, hoping that he is somewhere safe in doggy heaven chasing after a bone. Maybe, he is finally happy and free, not having his legs hurt all the time. 

   I sink to the floor and weep; I have had my dog for so long, since I was two, and now my best friend is gone. No more puppy eyes. No more snotty wet nose that looked like he ran into a wall. I loved him with all my heart; he was the best dog I ever had.

   My other dog, Tink, walks up to me and looks up at her best friend wondering why he’s not moving .She wonders why she will never see him again. She tilts her head and starts to whimper, prodding Toby telling him to move. But he just can’t.

   Saying good bye is hard, especially if it’s someone you loved.

Oscar the Grouch
Lives in a garbage can
Green fuzzy grump

Plug your nose
He's stinky as can be
Rotten food, trash

But sometimes he's...
A really good friend and,
A good monster

When I think of green, I think of a baseball field

The way the players leave their foot prints

Trailing through the kiwi lime grass,

The cheering of fans for the lake monsters,

The jade banners, flapping in the summer breeze,

The thudding sound of the ball, gently falling on the grass  

Crack! A home run! Leaping for the ball, missing, wondering

“Where did it go?”

Years going by, nobody finding that home run ball,  

I know where it lays, down on the field in the lime green grass.

Golden lion cub

Staring into far distance

In an endless green field

Green
By Grace Gilman
Neon green
Lime green
Black green
Dark green
Green is the color of hope
Blue green
Apple green
Pear green
Grass green
Green is the color of god
Green water
Green marker
Green paper
Green grass
Green is the color of a chock board

Green
By Grace Gilman
Neon green
Lime green
Black green
Dark green
Green is the color of hope
Blue green
Apple green
Pear green
Grass green
Green is the color of god
Green water
Green marker
Green paper
Green grass
Green is the color of a chock board

If I had the power to solve one problem it would be water pollution in our country. Pollution in our waters impacts our available drinking water. Sixty-five percent of our nation's drinking water is provided by rivers and streams. Threeats from untreated sewage dumped annually pollute our drinking water. Water pollution also impact fishermen too. Fishermen on the Gulf of Mexico have been negatively impacted by the B.P. oil spill of April 20, 2010. Oil polluted the water and negatively impacted ocean life, making fishermen unable to sell their catch. This is why water pollution is a problem in the United States.

Greeting you pleasantly

Relaxing you and letting you think

Escaping to somewhere quiet

Exciting you when you wake

Nothing is better than the color green.

When I see Green

          I feel Rambunctious 

           I get Excited

               I sEe the forest floor

               I kNow no one's here

Lights dimming,

Eyes intensifying,

Voices fading,

Curtains opening,

The performance begins.

The color of a frog on a lily pad.

The rolling mountains we call our home.

The grass swaying in the field.

Extraordinary Color

When I think of Emma, beauty comes to mind. Her curly, shoulder-length, golden-brown hair bounces up and down with each step.  Emma’s hair matches her personality perfectly. She is spontaneous and humorous; Emma is always smiling.  Her eyes seem to twinkle and sparkle like a star in the sky. I imagine that on the inside Emma is just as shiny and bubbly, full of ideas and kindness. She is amazingly beautiful. I am so fortunate that Emma is my sister.

Tropical Storm Irene caused problems with traveling around the state of Vermont on both roads  and railroads. Tropical Storm Irene washed out roads and bridges making travel around the state hard or impossible to do. The Vermont government says the rebuilding cost of roads from Tropical Storm Irene is 1,000,000 dollars. Railroad tracks also were destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene. When Tropical Storm Irene washed out railroads, two trains full of food spoiled, which was worth $25,000. When food spoiled on the trains, there was a whole week that grocery stores had no new food. Tropical Storm Irene made traveling hard to do for people and products.

daR k feathers
wAtching eyes
moV ing slowly through the shadowy night
sEarching for an appetizing prey
so Now I wait for the right time
to Swoop down on the unlucky creature
 

Electric companies are raising “bills” and making problems for the customers in the state of Vermont. Two types of electric companies called CVPS and Green Mountain Power are combining and raising their electric “bills” in some cases between $1,100 - $2,500 almost 75% increase on some local businesses. For example, electric companies have affected the town of Proctor because the Proctor Marble Museum is closing doors forever this fall; it’s a tourist attraction, and Proctor is known for its marble. The Hemm’s have owned the Proctor Marble Museum for several years and blame electric rates for them closing. This is why electric companies combining are making problems for customers in the state of Vermont.          
 

Beauty is not what is on the outside, but on the inside. Their personality, their sense of humor, and their kindness is what makes a person beautiful. Blonde hair, sparkling eyes, healthiness, and their voice describes outer beauty. Intelligent, sporty, and active describes inner beauty. This describes my mom. She fits my feeling of beauty.    

Beauty to me is seen in my mother. She has red, curly hair and blue eyes like the sea. She has light skin like the sand on a beach. She has an amazing personality.  My mom is not selfish, she is kind and intelligent. My mom makes funny noises, silly faces, and says funny things that are so ridiculously funny. My mom is special to me and I wanted to write this for her for Mother’s Day! 

 Are raising gas prices a problem for dairy farmers? Dairy farms are shutting down because of increased prices in fuel. In 1950 there were over 11,000 dairy farmers, In May 2011 there were only 999 dairy farms, and now in March 2012 973 dairy farms are left in the state of Vermont. 

Rising fuel prices are a problem in the state of Vermont.  The price of fuel is increasing as a result the price of crude oil going up.  The price on average to ship crude oil to Vermont a year ago was $91.00, this year the price is about $102.00 for one barrel!   More people have to make the complicated choice of buying food or fuel in Vermont.  15- 20 percent of Vermonters need food assistance from food banks across Vermont.  Hopefully in a few years fuel prices won’t be a problem anymore.

His hazelnut eyes sparkle when he laughs. His curly brown hair sways when he walks. He has a great sense of humor. He listens when I talk. He knows what I like. He’s there if I’m lost and nobody else can find me. 

Falcolns

Lying

Yellow birds

Inside voices

No yelling

Going to VINS