Music to my Ears

This week, the students listened to several selections of music, and wrote short, impressionistic poems about what they imagined while listening. Enjoy!

4th Grade

The Sneaky Death
after Witches Brew, Miles Davis
by Zachary T.

Someone tip-toeing
through a house
being sneaky.
Someone hiding.
He gets poisoned,
and coughs to death!

The Sad Man
after The Wings, Gustavo Santaollala
by Nicole B.

There is a sad man sitting on the porch.
His wife died. He has no more family
but just a dog. He and his dog sit in
a whimpering motion. The man
really loved his girl.

The Great Person
after Rodeo, Aaron Copeland
by Omar F.

They are marching in a park.
He is playing with
his toes. He is
climbing up a building,
playing the instruments.
The King is coming
so make room!


2nd Grade

A Haunted House
after Witches Brew, Miles Davis
by Nicole B.

In a haunted house were ghosts
live. The ghosts play…music…
I’m frightened! But one does not look
like a ghost but it is a woman laughing
frightfully. Ha HA! Upstairs! It yells
like a girl. She said, My name is Witch!
It blows – it wasn’t a ghost. It was
my good friend Amy.

The Big Story
after Witches Brew, Miles Davis
by Eric C.

People practicing in a
parking lot that has
no cars in it and with
a monkey yelling in the
parking lot and someone
is going to kill that monkey.

The Half Sad, Half Happy Day
after Sejedo, Angelique Kidjo
by Areli H.

Someone got shot.
Somebody is dead.
Rain is falling down. The sun
comes out. Everybody is happy.
The person that was dead came
alive. They get him out of his coffin.
Everybody starts eating McDonald’s.


3rd Grade

The Bahamas
after Sejedo, Angelique Kidjo
by Colleen Q.

Blue seas
ocean
blue, the
shore.

Dancing happening
everywhere
warm,
hot,
sunny

A glass of
lemon drink
in your
hand, doing
the hula

Music
after Witches Brew, Miles Davis
by Prue M.

A person, surrounded by darkness.
A band playing horribly.
A person getting mad to
another, music that brings
people down, a spy who’s going crazy.

Dancing
after Witches Brew, Miles Davis
by Andrea F.

Mexican and American
dancing very fancy.
A Mexican playing the
trumpet very old school.
Adult old school women
thinking he’s cool.