Behold the wonder and majesty of the Barrel of Monkeys Story Archive! Here you can read over 10 years worth of stories written by children that Barrel of Monkeys have performed for the public. It's been a magical journey.
Poems!
By Emmitt B., Berger Park Words@Play Program
Poems Podcasts
Lemons our Tea
I buy a box
I feel great inside
Lemons I see flying over flowers
Celestial is perfect in the body
Lemons are perfect for us
They sing over the flowers
The Ocean yells over there tea.
Lemons our
Love.
Listen to the podcast episode adapted from this story!
TweetBy Dejah D. , Tuley Park Words @ Play Program
Poems That's Weird, Grandma
I hate spiders
Because they look so hairy
Gross
And they're all big
And another reason is Because they always crawl all of the walls
Feeling like they're going to fall on your head
Gross and scary
And then
When I was in the hospital
And my friend's brother had got bitten by one
He had a big hole in his hand
Gross
My God we were in camp
And we seen spiders
I was like
AhAhAhAhAhAhAhAhAhAhAhAhAh
Nasty gross
I was scared to take down the tents
And they are still God's creatures
But nothing we change
They still are disgusting creatures
By Jeremy L., Berger Park Words at Play Program
Poems Songs That's Weird, Grandma
Even you, with your 0 calories, can make me say hey.
Red 40 means your color is fake like a toupe.
Your citric acid does something I don’t know.
Yet your artificial flavor is so good YO!
That’s why I say: “OH YEAH!”
By LaDonna M., West Pullman Park Words@Play Program
Poems Podcasts
You keep my food cold and crisp all the time
You are good at making cold ice water every time
I can always depend on you to stay on even when I'm not home
I enjoy the fact that you beep when the door is open and is silent when closed
Some people think that you'r a bump on the wall but I think you are
the best of all
You work on low energy and that's the best of all to save the earth
and that's not all
You hold my notices and reminders to my mom
You make me work when I always think I am done
Listen to the podcast episode adapted from this story!
TweetBy Tashay M., Damira R., Johnay J. and James W., Douglas Park Words @ Play Program
Poems
Our world is big because its made of grownups and kids.
Earth is big because its made of people and animals.
A mall is vast because you can get lost in it.
A hotel is big because it has a lot of running spaces.
A building is big because its made up of many houses.
New York and Chicago are because there’s a lot of things to explore.
Your imagination is big because you can think of many great ideas
And because you have a lot of ideas.
Your brain is big and helps you think of many things.
The end of our BIG POEM!