By Octavio Calderon
Teacher: Rick Kleine, Jefferson School
Award: Third Place, Fifth Grade Poetry
Ten little toes
Ten little fingers
All these months I’ve been waiting
Finally, he’s here
I’m so excited to meet him!!
A head full of hair
hairy back
round belly
chubbiness!!
soft skin
His loud crying
How am I going to sleep?
The first time I carried you
My brotherly love kicked in
I looked at you as you slept
I wondered…
“What will he be when he grows up?”
Ten little toes
Ten little fingers
I just want you to know
How much I love you
I promise I will keep you safe, my little angel