Liam was chosen to read one of his poems in front of the school and again at a poetry reading inside Barns & Nobel. This is the kind of talent they’re working with at Menchaca Elementary:

Hiking

Hiking, hiking in the woods is so much fun

I see a deer

I have a happy tear

A bird lands on my finger, trying to reach a caterpillar

But I pull out some birdseed

So everyone can live

*snap snap snap snap snap*

My Pet

I once had a pet, he was called Mr.Cake

He liked to play fetch the frosting

And that game was exhausting

So when I’d had enough of that game

And when he was asleep

I … Snuck up …

I took a fork …

And ….

Gulp, YUM.

The teacher’s comment on the last one: “weird”.