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Pennsylvania Farm Show

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Pennsylvania Farm Show

Harrisburg middle school students visited the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg and reflected on their experience. 

 

Read Their Poems Below!

 

Have you ever felt bad for an animal?

I went to the farm show,

It was upsetting

The animals were locked up in cages

They were chained up too!

Up and down the aisles cries of moo!

Every single cow cried out for help.

Looks caged filled with rage

Free me! Free me! They cried

This is so sad

Feeling terribly bad

Cages, sadness and loneliness

Less time

They were way more than a couple dimes

I wish I could stay

But I had to leave

Said these words

”Just Believe”

 

 

So many animals

Here there so much to see

Tall ones, small ones, so many to see

Such little time to look, no time to spare

 

Animals everywhere, can’t wait to see what is there

I like to see a pig that’s clean as my mother’s dishes

A pig that is lovable, a pig that obeys my every command

Bunnies are the cuties, not like the hares

The bunnies look so fluffy, that you can’t help but stare

The time has come, I must go was while it last

The farm show must now close

 

 

Smells sit in the air

As we walk in and feel the cold breeze blare

We walk up the stairs

I see loads of people, some even with fear

First I seen something, I don’t think I seen clear

Is when I saw the cow peeing out of the rear

The red-eyed white fluffy bunny,

I couldn’t but stare

I call it show, some people call it a fair

All have you know, I really don’t care

I saw the grey bunny biting his back

I sampled the hot sauces, my taste buds went BOOM BOOM CLACK CLACK

The sun smiled and waved at me, but did I wave back

Into my stomach goes a milkshake and cheese, and blows up a storm, know that for a fact

I sampled those hot sauces, and woah they were hot

The zombie apocalypse, yeah that hit the spot

You shall never forget about the chocolate covered bacon

Or the vanilla milkshake, I must be mistaken

I do miss the birds of all kinds, they were taken

Did you guys know, that the farm show is

         HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Displays from food to history

Sparkling black alpaca fur is all that I can see

Everything is Interesting!

Walk into the North Hall

COWS!!!

Hearing buzz…ing of the razors makes me say WOW!!!

Everything is Interesting!

My favorite cow was Dar-Dale

His skin so silky and soft

When he moved his butt I ran away but the dust made me cough

Everything is Interesting!

Cow’s MOOOs makes me act brand new

 Like a farmer with poo on its shoe

Everything is Interesting!

Fresh cheesy pizza greeted me in the food court

Fine cut French fries made me snort

Everything is Interesting!

The Farm Show was a great experience for me

Can’t wait to go again Hee Hee Hee

Everything is Interesting!

Have you ever seen a sad animal?

You should go to the Farm Show

Every time I passed by the cows I saw tears MOO!

The horses were in jail

Their sad faces upset me

They wanted to be free in the meadows

Eating grass and running in the wind

I see dogs that are black and white in grey old cages

I see plants growing in their life cycle

I see fruits and a house for screeching fruit bats

Which reminds me of my meowing cats

I see life cycles of different animals and bugs

I see plastic animals and farms

I see a plastic rooster in a farm yelling cock-a-doo-doo-doo

I see big and small trucks also known as tractors

I see an aquaponics lab full of plants

 

What do you hear?

What do I hear?

I hear bats screeching

Which reminds me of my puppy

Do you hear that?

I hear whipping wind

Which reminds me of slavery

Do you hear that?

I hear millions of people talking

 Blah! Blah! Blah!

Which reminds me of the army when my uncle worked there

Do you hear people talking?

 

If you were in the farm show what would you taste?

I tasted a red sour patch candy that was as sour as a sour hard candy

I tasted bitter but hard chocolate chips

I tasted salty gold fish

I tasted sweet colorful marshmallows

I tasted peach and mango ice cream that tasted so much more like peach than mango

 

Do you feel anything?

I feel soft, brown and white horse fur brushing under my hand

Which reminds me of when I feel my puppy

 

I feel rough cups with apples in it

I feel cold ice cream while using a stick to eat

I feel smooth hard glass covering the butter sculpture

 

What do you smell?

I smell doo doo-poop

I smell honey next to bees

Which reminds me of my grandma’s caramel apples

I smell delicious food in the food court

Which smells like my grandma’s flan for parties

 

Would you smell, taste, feel, see or/and hear things in the farm show?

Well this is the end bye!

The show? The farm show?

What’s the point?

I mean not to judge

But the point is unclear

 

Is it the animals or

The farm show food.

Let me tell you what

The farm show is about

 

The show is like a rollercoaster

Ride with all the ups and downs

The show is like a turnt party

But the poo can turn it into a dark nasty ditch

 

What I think the farm

Show really is a learning experience

And a time to spend

With the right people.

Smells flowing through the air as we walk in and out of rooms

The good ones…. The bad ones

Roasted nuts and cow poop

Someone came to scoop it up

I heard a razor that went buzz, people whispering, and even babies crying

I saw a bunny with fur as soft as cotton

I must have forgotten I was scared of this hare

 

 

As soon as you walk in a scent hits you

Cow feces

The squish under my shoe increases

Cow feces

Room, on room, on room

Cow feces

The shining brown on the floor

Cow feces

The girls’ I tried to flirt with breath

Cow feces

The meaning of the farm show is now within me

Cow feces

Passing by all sorts of foods,

Taking a whiff of the crunchy fries

In the flash of a light

Something glorious rises,                                                             

Right in front of my eyes

There it is…

Chocolate covered bacon

Chomp! Crunch!

Do you hear that munch?

All hail the bacon

I went to the farm show January 14th

I saw lots of people

Did you see me?

 

Big colored cows

Hundreds of people walking around

A gigantic brown cow

Wrestling its owner now

Not wanting to get shaved

It fought like a soldier

 

Now, there is a really fluffy bunny

The bunny was trapped

It seemed so funny

Eyes as red as tomatoes

Lots of people yelling

Sounding like erupting volcanos

 

I sampled some spices

Of course they were hot

You may think that they were great

But really they were not

 

Let’s not forget the cow being shaved

When I walked in the sun

I thought I felt a heat wave

 

At the food court it appeared to be

Lots of diversity looking at me!

I can see the farm show in my eyes                                                              

All the Cows, Rams brown, black and white                                     

Even Goats, and Cattle                                                                  

Also a Butterscoulpter                                                                                                                                                                               

I felt fur it was fuzzy                                                                    

Just like fur on a bunny

It looked so cuddly        

But real aggressive  like a mean text message                                   

The air start to get hasty 

Then my drink got tasty

When we were walking I thought we were in a mazy

Then I took a picture of a cow

The other one looked at me like don’t you dare now

Then two cows were laying down

Then one pooped on the ground-

Enjoyment in the air animals everywhere

Cowboys and Cowgirls riding Horses crowdedness

Good food high prices, long lines

Bull riding carousel venders everywhere so much temptation but I hold back

Cold Creamy Chocolate vanilla too good to be true milkshake

My legs Agenizing in pain wanting to sit down

Happiness Struck across my face as I went to sit

Time flying by but we have to leave so I have to say bye

Walking into the food court door

People crowding the floor

Running as fast as I can

To get to the milkshake stand

In the long line

People crowding me from behind

The food court

Mouthwatering pepperoni pizza caught my eye

Mushrooms, anchovies, and onions would have made me die

The food court

The ketchup covered French fries

Almost made me fly

I fell on a delicious cloud

It made me proud

The food court