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- Bridge Poems |
| PAGE (Pennsylvania Association
for Gifted Education) sponsored a state-wide "CREATIVE
CHALLENGE" for students in grades three through
eight for the annual state conference which was
held in Pittsburgh this year. The theme for this
year's conference was Connecting the Pieces: Building
the Bridges. In keeping with the theme, the contest
required students to "take us from the real
world to dreamland by building a bridge that symbolizes
one of your most fantastic wishes and type a poem
that explains the significance of the bridge." |
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individually or in teams. Bridges that earned Blue,
Red, or White ribbons were displayed at the PAGE
Conference. Harrison Middle School's team of Donald
Huang Stephen Kovatch and Ian Lynch won a blue ribbon
for their entry, Our Dream Bridge - Mixed Dreams;
the team of Kayci Konopka, Theresa Walker, and Rachel
Isaacs won a blue ribbon for their entry, Why? Why?
Why?; the individual work of Kelsey Hallinen won
a blue ribbon for her entry, The Bridge of My Dreams,
and Sarah Gratzmiller won a blue ribbon for her
entry, Music - My Bridge of Dreams. |
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Kelsey Halline Grade
6
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Kayci Konopka, Theresa
Walker, Rachel Isaacs |
| The Bridge
of My Dreams |
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Meet the Robot Bridge,
Full of dreams.
My dreams and the dreams of so many
others,
The dreams of architects, and robotic
engineers.
The greatest bridge in the world,
Full of hope, love, and inspiration.
The bridge that does not just span a
river,
A bridge that spans the imagination.
The most wonderful bridge in the world,
A bridge that will help you in more
than one way.
It will help you cross a river,
But will help you cross into your imagination.
Where you feel good about yourself,
Because others can build such a great
structure.
Meet the bridge of my dreams,
Meet the Robot Bridge. |
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| WHY? WHY? WHY?
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Why can’t we
all be together as one?
Why must we fight at the rise of the
sun?
Why can’t there be unity among
all of us?
Too many people bicker and fuss
Anything that is not concealed
People feel should be revealed
Just to embarrass and not to embrace.
Is it because of different gender or
race?
Of course though, they won’t say
it to your face
They spread words behind your back.
Some need practice, yet others have
a knack.
Some do it just a little bit,
Others have a passion and just cannot
quit
Some are not satisfied,
Until they practically have to hide.
So why can’t we be together as
one?
Why is there no unity?
Why?
Could we live in peace or maybe try? |
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Sarah Gratzmiller Grade 8 |
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Donald Huang, Stephen
Kovatch, Ian Lynch Grade 6 |
| Music-My Bridge
of Dreams |
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English,
Spanish,
Japanese…
Each language different,
As a snowflake caught in the breeze.
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German,
French,
Cantonese…
Can you speak what they speak across
the seven seas,
Or is it just a jumble like the buzz
of bumble bees? |
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How
could you communicate with a person
who speaks Chinese,
If they write with symbols,
And they speak too fast for reality? |
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Music
can express,
Can cause tears or laughter,
Different to each musician and the effect
they’re after. |
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In
music there is no language barrier,
No badly done translations,
And no misconceptions between nations. |
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Music
knows no constructions,
It can be as beautiful as you want it
to be,
You can change a song’s meaning
by changing the melody. |
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Music
is a bridge over the gap of speech,
Without words it can teach,
International language is the dream
I preach. |
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I
Hope
My
Dream
Comes
True. |
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Our Dream Bridge
Mixed Dreams |
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We once saw a bridge
made up of dreams,
just about everything we wanted was
there.
There was an airplane flying above,
which could fly to just about anywhere.
It had a top speed of 10,000 mph,
Ian pictured himself in the ultimate
luxury plane.
There was also a golf course flag on
it which advertised,
you could even play polo on top of a
horse.
There were robot cars and robot planes
of every kind,
there were red ones and blue ones.
There were smart ones and stupid ones,
one even with a super-human mind.
Army men robots even had guns!
A mix of all our dreams this bridge
was,
which was amazing, fabulous, and fun! |
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Posted
5/20/04 |
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