Chop, wham, bam!
That’s the way
to start your day!
You don’t need
coffee.
You don’t need
sleep.
Chop, wham, bam!
Be your own
energy drink.
Be your own
engine.
by Franklin, 5th grade
Click the link above to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by DioMarvellous Nsopor, a 7th grader at Johnston Middle School For the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. The background music is “Tabata Tribal Beat” by Tabata Song. Produced by Susan Phillips.
This poem is featured as part of the 2014 Poem A Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April. Click here to learn more.

Original post published: August 27, 2013