If I Were a Tree

by Mrs. Couch's 2008/2009 Class

If I were a tree

I'd sway in the wind.

I'd swish and flutter my leaves and drop them like cinnamon  on hot, buttery toast.

I'd stretch my roots into the soft earth.

Inspired by Trumpet of the Swan

by Mrs. Couch's class

Cobs. so great and bold

Gracefully glide in water

Penguins

By Mrs. Couch's class

Black penguins wobble

in the snow , flying stealthlike

deep underwater.