What If Poems: Inspired by Shel Silverstein

What If:

By Hanna Norton

First day at a new school,

Nervous, scared – I think of all

The what if stuff . . .

What if my hart gets messy

What if my clothes are out of date

What if I don’t stop growing

What if I don’t make friends

What if my chair makes a fart noise and I end up with an embarrassing nickname

What if I am too dumb

What if I have nasty breath

What if I throw up in class

What if I get in trouble in class

What if I flunk 7t grade

What if I forget to wear pans

I stop there, get up, and make a what if check list

And make sure none of these what ifs EVER

Happen to me

What If:

By Mathias Gibson

Hmmm . . . It’s strange

What we would be if so many

Things didn’t happen

What if I was never born?

What if I didn’t have money?

What if I didn’t like pie?

What if no one ever died?

What if – what if – all these what ifs

But it doesn’t matter

What matters is, what is