Issue 3.1.24 ~ weather words

Mar 13

Welcome to
WHISPERshout Poetry Magazine, Issue 3, Number 1, 2024!

Welcome to March’s first issue! We were so busy in February helping to create poetry that we missed an issue, but we’ll make up for it this month with TWO issues. Here you’ll find new original poems by kids ages 4-12, often with accompanying artwork and sometimes photos.
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and to comment on what you read here.

This month’s first issue features a storm of weather poems….

POEM #1
“I love weather” by Safi T., 2nd grade, MD

Notice how the poet Safi plays with the pace and position of her words and lines—this poem feels like a race she can’t win! Isn’t the ending line mysterious?

POEM #2

“Grab your hat” by Isabella, 2nd grade

In this funny poem, who is talking? Is it winter talking, or the wind? Is it your mother talking or is it YOU talking to yourself? Whoever it is, the message is clear: “Go outside and/have fun.”

POEM #3
“horses” by Grayson - 2nd grade, MD

Here the poet Grayson imagines weather as horses and monsters falling from the sky, charging and fighting on their way down. He never mentions wind or thunder or rain, but we can feel the violent weather just the same.

POEM #4
“The Sun” by Desi A. - 3rd grade, MD

This poem starts out rather excited and intense, with lots! of! exclamations! But then the phrase “sinks deep down” slows everything d o w n, until we’re just hanging in the eternal feeling of sunlight on our heads. Ahhh…

POEM #5
“tornado” by Lorenzo R. - Kindergarten, MD

Speaking of power—this long skinny poem by Lorenzo has many strong verbs: taking, striking, ripping. It’s like a battle between the tornado and the lightning! Which one do you think is more powerful in this poem?

POEM #6
“AMAZING” by Ayden K. - 1st grade, MD

Here Ayden has written a fun acrostic poem about a spring storm—”Mama mia, that’s a big one!” And do you notice, as soon as he tells us “No Giggling,” we just want to giggle?

POEM #7
“CC” by Eleanor B. - 2nd grade, MD

We can’t really talk or write about the daily weather without thinking of the climate. Climate means the typical weather of a certain place over many years. Here Eleanor is reminding us that a changing climate, a WARMING climate, can bring disasters for us all.

There are our SEVEN weather poems for this issue. Let us know what you liked by leaving a comment below! Look for our next issue later in March, featuring poems of friendship and feelings by 2nd graders!

Thanks for reading!
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