Landform Poetry Created by Mrs. Wheeler’s Fifth Grade Class 2009

ISTHMUS I am a connective piece of land S o small, so thin so bland T he thing that keeps North and South America connected H ow many people thank me for the things that I do M iles of ocean are around me always U niquely made from erosion I lay here everyday S outherners migrate north along my surface By: Maggie

I live on a rocky throne, no one lives on me I'm on my own. They run scream and dash when I decide to blow out ash. When they think every thing is alright I shoot up fire and light the night. All their stuff is what they take when I fill there houses with fiery lakes. I am full of power and over the world is where I tower, I am strong and my fiery rein will last a thousand life longs. I am Mt. St. Helens. Mount St. Helens By: Norris

I AM A VALLEY I WONDER HOW I WAS CREATED I HEAR WATER FLOWING DOWN ME I AM A VALLEY I FEEL RAIN DROPPING IN MY RIVER I WORRY IF I AM EVER GOING TO COLLAPSE I TRY TO BECOME MORE STEEPER I HOPE I CAN MAKE HOMES FOR ANIMALS I AM A VALLEY Cottonwood Valley By: Mecca

I AM VOLCANO MAUNA LOA I WONDER HOW MUCH DAMAGE I WILL DO I HEAR ME RUMBLING AS I AM ABOUT TO ERUPT I SEE LAVA SPEWING OUT OF ME AS I AM ERUPTING WITH POWERFUL FORCE I WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WATER SO I CAN GET ALL MY ANGER AND MADNESS OUT I AM VOLCANO MAUNA LOA I PRETEND TO QUIET DOWN AND THEN I BOOM OUT WITH A POWERFUL FORCE I FEEL LAVA READY TO BURST OUT OF ME I WORRY IF I AM GOING TO HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE I CRY BECAUSE I AM IN PAIN BECAUSE THE LAVA IS SO HOT I AM VOLCANO MAUNA LOA I SAY I HOPE NOT MANY PEOPLE WILL GET HURT OR DIE FROM ME I TRY NOT TO BURN DOWN A VILLAGE OR TOWN I HOPE TO NOT KILL VERY MANY PEOPLE I AM VOLCANO MAUNA LOA Mauna Loa By: Amy

Glacier icy, still Crumbling, floating,moving Coldest of all landforms Iceberg, sheet of ice Glaciers By: Calyn

H ome to people all throughout the islands, A ctive volcanoes rolling with lava, W aialele is a volcano located in Kaual, A plane or ship is the only way to get there, I slands make up Hawaii, I t’s the coolest place to be, if you can get there. Volcanoes By: Samantha

Mesa by Daniel Mesa, tall, slick, mean, death, fear, dreadful, towering, Mesa

Glaciers by Anthony I am made of cold ice, I wonder when people are going to come, I hear people coming up the mountain, I see the sand under me, I wan the sand to stop coming, I am a glacier. I am cold ice, I move very slowly, I love the big mountain, I like a lot of sand, I want to get bigger, I am a big glacier.

Glacier By Charlie I am a glacier, I see the chilly ocean, I feel the cold wind pass by, I touch the snow when it falls, I smell the ocean breeze, I hear the cracking of the ice. I understand when I break up, I pretend to crack, I say I am ready to move I dream of when the world was ice, I hope I can get away, I try to break away, I am a glacier.

Glaciers by Charlie G rinding rocks off of mountains, L eaving rocks and soil behind me when I melt, A lways wanting to leave my mark, C arrying soil and rock when I pass over, I am always on the move across the land, E rasing the surface of the earth, R iding on the ocean’s liquid.

Volcano by Anna Volcano hot, fiery, tall, steep, rocky, looking over the world cone-shaped.

Mount St. Helens by Janea I am Mount St. Helens I wonder what other volcanoes are doing I hear people talking about my eruption I see people walking on my old, hard lava I want to have my warm top back on me I am Mount St. Helens. I pretend that nothing happened in 1980, I see my lava trying to calm down, I tough many things with my steamy lava, I worry about when I’m going to explode again, I cry over all of the damage I’ve made, I am Mount St. Helens.

Mesa by Lanette Mesa, flat, steep, dry, layered, rocky Great Basin, front range, beauty, climbing, Mountains.

Volcano by Cody Grasse Volcano, fiery, hot tall, large, fearful, high in the sky, deadly.