Archive for category: This Is My Body

Me

Ismael, November 3, 2022, Fall 2022, Poetry, Showcase, Striving for accuracy, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, This Is My Body, Writing & Communication, body, sports, The U School, 1

Ismael. what am I, am I the anime kid or am I the oldestwhy not both. Yes I can be...

Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña

Shanelle, September 22, 2022, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Poetry, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, This Is My Body, Writing & Communication, poetry, The U School, 1

This is my body Small and petite Mixed black and Puerto rican girl . ‘’Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña.’’...

My body

Akira, September 22, 2022, Poetry, This Is My Body, The U School, Youth of Color, 0

This is my body, The body I love, My own skin, my own flesh, I’ve been in here for...

Am I Somebody?

Yniyah, December 3, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, The U School, 8

my body, tormentor of my dreamsscars that decorate the outsidebut formed from the misery on the insideAm I Somebody?...

This Is My Body

Adayiah, November 19, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Thinking flexibly, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 1

Seeing people and taking a glance at them can make you thinkSome good and bad thoughts, but who would...

My Body

Ziyair, November 9, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Showcase, Taking responsible risks, This Is My Body, magazine, poetry, The U School, 1

I like my body from head to toe.I have many part my feet take me where I want to go.my...

Colors and Dirt

Ruby, October 13, 2021, Art, Beauty, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, #identities, #poemlife, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 1

I see this any many of them now,all about their body of how it glistens,how it glows and showing...

person in brown long sleeve shirt covering face with hand

This is my body

Makayla, October 8, 2021, Fall 2017, Fall 2021, Poetry, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 0

This is my body, I’m hiding with a smileThis is my body, I’m hiding in my own styleThis is...

Black Female

Donyae, October 7, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, magazine, poetry, The U School, 5

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...

Tatted

Shania, October 6, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 10

This is my body tatted ButterflyBeautifulBoldCaterpillarsThis is my body Like a caterpillar Grow, eat , sleepThis is my bodyMy heartIt represents beauty,...

brown and white bridge over river during daytime

M6y body

Iajanay, September 24, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, body shaming, magazine, The U School, 1

From being 196 to 223 it’s horribleFrom the name calling to the body-shaming To the depression to the loving myself,From...

i love my skin….

Samyah, September 24, 2021, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 9

This is my body… my body came a long wayin the eye of everybody else watching it.Being judged about being “too...

Talking to the Previous Life

Daniel C, September 24, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, History, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, family history, magazine, The U School, 0

A FOREIGNER IN THE STATESMY ANCESTOR WOULDN’T BELIEVE ITWAS BORN HERE AND STILL GET LOOKSJUST LIKE THEMYET I’M DIFFERENT.BUT FOR...

Dealing with the Hate

Jupree, September 24, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 7

This is my bodyBorn in the cold month of Januaryraised in South Philadelphia and now MY BODY is just a...

My body creates

Sianni, September 24, 2021, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), This Is My Body, poetry, The U School, 4

The reason for my being here has always been quite clearMy body can create. It creates friendship and cheer,Trust...

Misunderstood from the Hood

Imeria, September 24, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, #poem, magazine, The U School, 5

This is my body.I got the strengthStrength from my motherThat came from my mother That came from the struggleThis is...

This Is My Body Poem

Christian, September 21, 2021, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, magazine, The U School, 7

Hidden Emotions

Raniyah, September 20, 2021, Community, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, History, Poetry, Psychology, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, #emotions, #TheTruth, magazine, The U School, 12

This is my body. In it are hidden emotions. Emotions from a dark place with a burnt dust smell....

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Me

Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña

My body

Am I Somebody?

This Is My Body

My Body

Colors and Dirt

This is my body

Black Female

Tatted

M6y body

i love my skin….

Talking to the Previous Life

Dealing with the Hate

My body creates

Misunderstood from the Hood

This Is My Body Poem

Hidden Emotions

Staying True

Wildfire

Master Strength

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