These acrostic poems were written by students in Mandy Smith’s class at Guinyard-Butler Middle School in Barnwell as part of April being National Poetry Month.

Joyful

Average boy

Caring

Overly concerned about things

Bad at sports

-Jacob Mayfield, 8th Grade Student at GBMS

Radio

Road trips

Always listening

Dancing to music

Idioms for lyrics

On my phone

Joe

Jody’s son

On the mound

Everyone’s favorite

-Joe Huggins, 8th Grade Student at GBMS

Loving

Intelligent

Loves animals

Loves chickens

Imaginative

Egg lady

Kind

Active

Trusting

Easy-going.

-Lillie Kate Brown, 8th Grade Student at GBMS

Speedrunner in the halls

Ink pen collector

Minimum attention span

Overly bored

No sense of direction

-Simon Sanders, 8th Grade Student at GBMS