"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
William Wordsworth

With the end of the year in sight, Mrs. Frankel's 7th grade Language and Literature students were given a final summative: Write a poem that takes the reader through your entire year. While to some the task was daunting, others used the assignment as a sort of cathartic release of emotions from a year cut short. Click on the titles below to read a sample from 7th grade.

• What a Crazy, Cool, Cold, Chaotic, Colorful, Creative, Curious Year! By Alex L.
• I Never Wanted It To End, By Brooke B.
• Seventh Grade Was A Blast, By Izzy R.
• The Year With Nothing To Fear, By Jago S.

Below are some excerpts from the 7th graders' poetry, in their own voices. Well done 7th graders.