This is my body Small and petite Mixed black and Puerto rican girl . ‘’Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña.’’...
This is my body, I say that i’m skinny but others say that I’m thick.My body makes people look...
She cried to the southern wind. Her tears were like waterfalls. An undying hate. With an untamed eruption. Her...
In the article “Short-Story Vending Machines” (Upfront) I learned that there is now a new type of vending machine....
One say if you are looking for information you gotta Look long and far for itAnd so I did Because...
Executive Director Atlantic VenturesThe AtlanticATTN: Hayley Romer60 Madison Avenue6th Floor: The AtlanticNew York, NY 10010 Dear Brad Girson, In...
The Hate caught my attention.But white folks say it was the eventthat took place that caused them to make that...
I offer this poem and nothing else, To live in one’s shadow can be cool and warm at the...
I thought I’d awaken to a sky of silver. Heavy clouds covering the shining snow river. But there’s something...
the season of oranges i smell the scent of clementinesand i see a window of whiteand all of this...
I offer this poem to you, When tides start rolling in, A comfort as ice shocks your toes, A...
I’m sitting alone on the train, kids are screaming, very loud.someone dancing for some money, and to make everyone’s...
Christopher swinging next to meafternoon, cloudy summer daya few kids running around I fell off the swing, i couldn’t move...
There is a strong riverOver the hill from my grandmother’s houseAnd although she does not know my nameShe knows...
my body, tormentor of my dreamsscars that decorate the outsidebut formed from the misery on the insideAm I Somebody?...
It was 7 in morningWalking to my school in Ecuador, the last day for meAll my friends in class...
Seeing people and taking a glance at them can make you thinkSome good and bad thoughts, but who would...
The sky is going to kill me at 12:35 tomorrow I know because the trees have told me Great...
I see this any many of them now,all about their body of how it glistens,how it glows and showing...
This is my body, I’m hiding with a smileThis is my body, I’m hiding in my own styleThis is...
This is my body,An african-american female,Light skin eyes shaded brown,This is my body,Spirit and might full of confidence,Mind and...
In the article, “Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later” I learned that the 9/11 attacks caused the Bush administration to...
This is my body… my body came a long wayin the eye of everybody else watching it.Being judged about being “too...
A FOREIGNER IN THE STATESMY ANCESTOR WOULDN’T BELIEVE ITWAS BORN HERE AND STILL GET LOOKSJUST LIKE THEMYET I’M DIFFERENT.BUT FOR...
This is my bodyBorn in the cold month of Januaryraised in South Philadelphia and now MY BODY is just a...
The reason for my being here has always been quite clearMy body can create. It creates friendship and cheer,Trust...
This is my body.I got the strengthStrength from my motherThat came from my mother That came from the struggleThis is...
The Lost Words: Spell Songs are a collection of songs formed from the spell-poem book The Lost Word: A...
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This is my body. In it are hidden emotions. Emotions from a dark place with a burnt dust smell....
This is my body… I can bring positive vibes Born during the scariest month of the year, OctoberBorn and raised...
This is my body. I got the strengthStrength from my brother That came from my father That came from...
Some psychologists claim that dreams are the firing of neurons during a state of rest, while others suggest that...
I read a poem that’s called “WE NEED TO CHANGE.” It is interesting because it’s true that some ways...
. I am from Acer, from Bounty and Logitech. I am from the jungle gym in the park a few...
I am from xboxes, Axe shampoo, and black fans that stand on the floor. I am from the parks,...
I’m from New York, from the park next to the deli on the corner where almost everybody knows each...
I am from tiny tetras swimming in their tank. I am from the swings and shooting baskets at the...
I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. Because the poem title sounded like a calm poem and...
I’m from New York where almost everybody knows each other I’m from a Dominican family Where we love to...
I remember my first guitar I remember the feeling of sliding my fingers up and down the fretboard which...
I Remember Walking down the street, the police seriens on repeat I Remember coming home smelling the Puerto Rican...
The heavy bodies lunge, the broken language of fake and drive, glamorous jump shot slowed to a stutter. Their...
Going out in the city is important to me,Hearing the traffic as the cars rush by you is thrilling,The...
I remember enjoying life as a kid and not having to worry about being the odd one out I remember...
I remember sitting in class and watching a movie since there was nothing else to do that day and...
I am from eyeglasses, old cassette tapes and Febreeze. I am from the red monkey bars that were once...
I am from diapers, from pampers and huggies I’m from sidewalks and swings I am from the trees and...
I am from my shirts in my drawer from the Dior Sauvage cologne I have on my desk. I...
I remember playing near a fire hydrant on a hot beaming sunny day. I remember my mom telling me...
I remember the first day of my new school I remember the tears in my eyes streaming down like...
I remember occasional trips to Catskills to see my grandpa and grandma from my dad’s side. I remember the...
We need to change our waysWe need to change our mindsWe need to change our heart to recognize Recognize that...
I remember being at school with worksheets and a pencil. I remember being able to go for lunch running...
Just because I’m a complex maze without a center or exit Doesn’t mean I don’t cooperate, Doesn’t mean I...
I am from ajax, from clorox and febreze I am from riverside park, cold and windy i am from...
I remember the paper cuts that I received from composition notebooks I remember the big 64 pack of Crayola...
If ever there were a spring day so perfect,so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you...
The sun is setting on a sticky July eve like a pad of butter slides down an ear of sweet corn, seemingly slow but...
Are you shaken, are you stirred By a whisper of love,Spellbound to a word Does Time cease to move,Till...
Feel the bass of the beatCars rolling up the street Spanish music is all around you. Every block is...
Learning to love differently is hard,love with the hands wide open, lovewith the doors banging on their hinges,the cupboard...
I chose this poem because it talks about how trying different things out doesn’t hurt. In my life I...
February-I remember seeing it in a DOE school newsletter.I remember not thinking it was a big deal.I remember leaving...
. Above a pond, I sit on a wooden bench and throw pebbles into the willows. A rush of...
By Gary Soto, Read by Alex Did you sneeze? Yes, I rid myself of the imposter inside me....
by: Jennifer Elise Foerster Read by: Saniya Liriano My crown.My room.Surrounding snow. These are not myhands, my winter shoescarried off...
I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me, because of how much I could relate to it...
Her e-mail inbox always overflows. Her outbox doesn’t get much use at all. She puts on hold the umpteen-billionth...
If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made...
By Louise Glück Mother died last night,Mother who never dies. Winter was in the air,many months awaybut in the...
I remember going to Isham Park as a little kid. I remember me and my friends playing soccer. I...
Her e-mail inbox always overflows. Her outbox doesn’t get much use at all. She puts on hold the umpteen-billionth call As music...
By Linda Gregerson When love was a question, the message arrivedin the beak of a wire and plaster bird....
The snail moves like aHovercraft, held up by aRubber cushion of itself,Sharing its secret With the hedgehog. The hedgehogShares...
I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. My first impression of this poem was that it was...
Children under, say, ten, shouldn’t knowthat the universe is ever-expanding, inexorably pushing into the vacuum, galaxies swallowed by galaxies, whole solar...
As this suburban summer wanders toward darkcats watch from their driveways — they are boredand await miracles. The houses...
i remember the first time watching anohana and wishing i could watch it for the first time again i...
I remember waking up for school really early to get the first train.I remember rushing because I woke up...
I remember the realization that I might not be seeing my friends for a while. I remember Tuesday and...
I remember waking up early to watch PBS kids with my sister on the weekends. I remember accidentally swallowing...
I remember painting, getting my hands messy, and not caring.I remember staying up late.I remember watching anime and being...
I remember forgetting to put on a mask before putting on my hijab I remember there were only 2 people...
I remember picking up my first basketballI remember playing with my cousin’s outsideI remember playing my first pick up...
I remember my last day of school in March. Lemme fix that. Normal school before this virus. All...
I remember the first lockdown and how the “two-week break” quickly turned into months and then a year. I...
I remember playing on the playstation 3 for the first time I remember my dad when he said he...
I remember when everybody was in school doing worksheets. I remember when everybody was excited about a 2-week break....
I remember How little I was I remember the white girl phase those good old days (i wanted to...
I remember when they closed all the basketball courts it made me sad I couldn’t play ball with all...
March /April I remember hearing that the schools were closing and being happy. I remember thinking it would only...
I remember this past year has been a year of reflection and discovering new things about myself. Being alone...
I remember when I was shy. I remember when I went to Disneyland in Florida.I remember going go karting...
I remember waking up to the fresh smell of Pancakes I remember tumbling and scraping my knee outside ...
I remember when I used to dress up as my favorite fictional characters, Naruto, Rengoku from Demon Slayer, and...
I remember when I used to weep over the smallest thingsI remember when I didn’t eat the crust of...
I am from candles that make every corner of the apartment smell like cinnamon and photos of family members...
The smoke dances out of the grill Waltzing into the charcoal colored sky Decorated with diamonds that are forever...
The red room in my old after school Up the stairs and down the hall Hidden in between walls...
I’m from space heaters and tiny teddy bears, and giant ones, too.I’m from a down-South spacious backyard with a...
I am from books, From electronics and knowledge . I am from the park a couple blocks from my...
I am from Land O Lakes butter.I am from a small playground with backyard sprinklers.I’m from rice and hotdogs and...
. I am from adobo and cans of red beans, and from Mistolin, Dawn and Windex . I am...
I am from music and laughterWhere I am from we get discriminated and killedwhere I am from we work...
I’m from dove ice cream, from Nong shim ramenI am from snow in the backyard and the swing set...
I am from alarm clocks blaring, chargers hanging and water spraying.I am from the garden and both sides of...
I am from two-sided sinks, from Roku Tv’s and domestic eventual, endless sickening, I am from the dirty playground with...
I am from a religious rug from dolls everywhere in the house I am from the plaza from where...
I am from TI-30XS Multiview Calculator, from Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils, and Tv-RemoteI am from the backyard, basketball courts, and...
I am from Ticonderoga Pencils, from Downy and Coat-Hangers I am From Battery Park, and the Blacktops in Central...
The novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë, opens with the melancholy scene of a poor orphan girl, who...
HomeA place to call your ownA place you share with the people you loveA place to create memories inBut...
(Great Gatsby: Nick’s poem to Gatsby) I contacted so many who I expected to show.Those who weren’t expected did.I...
The trees are stripped and twisted. They look old but wise.The cold cutting wind chilling my face and hair.The...
“Mom I want to go to my room, Instead of sitting out here. Out here I can feel the...
Children, I hope you have a place that’s peaceful like mine once wasMy bathroom, the only place where I...
With its luxurious Mountains, its oceans that’s 620 mi long.It’s voodoo king and Queen papa legba, Marie LaveauIt’s tasteful...
iGo to lakes and only put my feet inWater is cold so I do not Swimhear the Water stillas if it were glassPlayvolleyball...
High up, a hop up Manhattan, is the heights, It’s where all the Spanish people live. I like it,...
San Miguel de Allende Plaza As you walkyour feet thud on the stonebirds sing in the trees,you won’t...
“Books!” Chuckled I, “yes books”I woke up and flung the hold“Books!” Said I, “thing of pound”Once I sat engaged...
I Would Eat A quick chicken bowl at chipotle Dance Along with the music made in subway stations Shop ...
Darkness spreads as the sun is ready to sleep. Lights increase, crowds start to flee. The moonlight bounces off the empty...
Central Park, a park where a variety of birds can be found. A park where joggers jog around. The...
I heard them and I still hear themHearing mother calling for their kids To come home before it gets darkHearing...
Five puzzle piecesEach one having many detailsBut they all have one similarityWhich is uniquenessStars of musicComedy prodigiesA compact melting...
I can still see itabove the yelling and screaming above the locked doors and heavy breathing above the beatings and blood above...
IWould LoveTo go backTo the AdirondacksSwimFishAnd ride on boatsEat good at nightAnd sleep inI want to go backTo my favorite...
There was a boy skating on the stairs with a group of friendsThere was a group of people watchingThere...
I think this is my favorite out of the many poetry books I’ve read, mainly because of how so...
The rash was spreading, gushing, and hurting. I was afraid I didn't know what to do. The rash continued...
Women in prison Women in prison we go through a lot. Women in prison we don't get the proper...
Hospital Workers in Particular Hospital workers go through thick and thin working. They are the only people I...
While I was growing up I was raised to hate trans people. Because trans people are men trying to...
I respect others no matter skin color I only didn’t give up my seat because I was in the...
This poetry book makes me feel confident and inspired from the way it can grab your “insecurities” or lack...
The protagonist is playing the story of a dog who goes through four reincarnations, and comes back every time...
People told me that I shouldn’t show my skin or that I’m not perfect enough or fit enough to...
I never really understood why I got treated so badly by my classmates. People would say nasty things like “Why...
The speaker in “To His Coy Mistress” is persistent, certainly a force to be reckoned with. However, his domineering...