gate literary magazine
grade 1 - 1993
whale, book yarn
blue
makes me feel wonderful
grade 2 - 1994
my turkey
my turkey is very fat and stupid, dumb and crazy. his name is nate the great. he is king of turkeys. when it rains., he opens his mouth and drinks it and almost drowns. he is so dumb he does not know what two plus two is. he is so fat he can sink a boat.
grade 3 - 1995
it was a sunny day. blake was wearing the usual Rusty hat, Rusty velcro shoes, Rusty t-shirt and jean shorts, i was wearing jean shorts, Hang Ten t-shirt and Converse shoes. Nick was wearing a freaks sweatshirt and jean shorts. we were walking home from school when this hole appeared with the number 2095 on it. we jumped in. ahhhhhhhhahhhhh! wack! "ouch that hurt!" "Where are we?" nick said. "how would i know?" blake said. i said "dont you remember the numbers on the top of the hole?" "no!! it looks like we're in the sewer," nick said. "well, let's get out of here!" blake said. "first, we have to find the hole to get us up." i said. "there it is!" nick said. "well, let's get out of here!!" i said
beep, beep. "get outta the way!!" "ahhh!" "he's taking off!" "what the heck?" "what kind of gun is that?" "ahhh!" "move!!" whack!! "ouch! that hurt!" (we hit the ground.) "well, this is what 2095 looks like." "cool." "yeah, i know." "let's go see how much that TVCR with SNES, sega, sega cd, neo geo and speakers cost," i said. "dang! it's $20,000,000,000,000.27!" oh yeah, and headphones! "i gotta go to the bathrom." "let's go ask that house is we can use their bathroom." nick said. "ok blake, go to the bathroom." i said. "uh, you guys are outta toilet paper!" "no, we're not." "then where is the toilet paper?" "just press the button." "ok!" "cool!" the toilet paper came out of the wall! "let's go get some food." "let's go to Baker's" "OK!" we walked towards Baker's but we fell in a hole and POOF! we were back in 1995!
we were back in 1995. while there were a lot of neat things in 2025, they sure were expensive. and i don't think the food agreed with blake. he had a major problem for three days after we got back and mr. v made him sit outside.
grade 4 - 1996
wind storms
the wind is crashing, smashing, shouting, howling.
twisting turning, wrecking.
the storms are booming, slashing.
the lighting is shocking, the thunder is yelling.
a wind is blowing, whispering.
the wind is crying.
the storms are destroying.
grade 5 - 1997
in the steamy jungle
the tiger stalks its silent prey
in the amazon
i think i gave up after that. makes total sense. really checked out on that last one. youd think itd be my strongest. but even the repetitive nature of the grade three offering seems to have more merit than that haiku. highku? maybe i've always been permastoned...
whale, book yarn
blue
makes me feel wonderful
grade 2 - 1994
my turkey
my turkey is very fat and stupid, dumb and crazy. his name is nate the great. he is king of turkeys. when it rains., he opens his mouth and drinks it and almost drowns. he is so dumb he does not know what two plus two is. he is so fat he can sink a boat.
grade 3 - 1995
it was a sunny day. blake was wearing the usual Rusty hat, Rusty velcro shoes, Rusty t-shirt and jean shorts, i was wearing jean shorts, Hang Ten t-shirt and Converse shoes. Nick was wearing a freaks sweatshirt and jean shorts. we were walking home from school when this hole appeared with the number 2095 on it. we jumped in. ahhhhhhhhahhhhh! wack! "ouch that hurt!" "Where are we?" nick said. "how would i know?" blake said. i said "dont you remember the numbers on the top of the hole?" "no!! it looks like we're in the sewer," nick said. "well, let's get out of here!" blake said. "first, we have to find the hole to get us up." i said. "there it is!" nick said. "well, let's get out of here!!" i said
beep, beep. "get outta the way!!" "ahhh!" "he's taking off!" "what the heck?" "what kind of gun is that?" "ahhh!" "move!!" whack!! "ouch! that hurt!" (we hit the ground.) "well, this is what 2095 looks like." "cool." "yeah, i know." "let's go see how much that TVCR with SNES, sega, sega cd, neo geo and speakers cost," i said. "dang! it's $20,000,000,000,000.27!" oh yeah, and headphones! "i gotta go to the bathrom." "let's go ask that house is we can use their bathroom." nick said. "ok blake, go to the bathroom." i said. "uh, you guys are outta toilet paper!" "no, we're not." "then where is the toilet paper?" "just press the button." "ok!" "cool!" the toilet paper came out of the wall! "let's go get some food." "let's go to Baker's" "OK!" we walked towards Baker's but we fell in a hole and POOF! we were back in 1995!
we were back in 1995. while there were a lot of neat things in 2025, they sure were expensive. and i don't think the food agreed with blake. he had a major problem for three days after we got back and mr. v made him sit outside.
grade 4 - 1996
wind storms
the wind is crashing, smashing, shouting, howling.
twisting turning, wrecking.
the storms are booming, slashing.
the lighting is shocking, the thunder is yelling.
a wind is blowing, whispering.
the wind is crying.
the storms are destroying.
grade 5 - 1997
in the steamy jungle
the tiger stalks its silent prey
in the amazon
i think i gave up after that. makes total sense. really checked out on that last one. youd think itd be my strongest. but even the repetitive nature of the grade three offering seems to have more merit than that haiku. highku? maybe i've always been permastoned...