. I am from Acer, from Bounty and Logitech. I am from the jungle gym in the park a few...
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I am from xboxes, Axe shampoo, and black fans that stand on the floor. I am from the parks,...
Recently, I read The Art Of Letting Go by Rania Naim. I appreciated this book. I came across parts...
In the first photo the Trump Supporter is happy and waving to the camera’s. He seems calm and fine....
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As you can see, these people are aggressively pushing, shoving and grabbing at the police, trying to make their...
The police officers in the first image are letting the white supremacists jump on cars and do other nasty...
People on the right are storming the capitol and people on the left are getting attacked by the police....
I’m from New York, from the park next to the deli on the corner where almost everybody knows each...
The people on the left are standing with their hands above their heads. The people on the right are...
With the girl I love who loves me lots We went on a trip and learned to love. We...
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...
I remember being at school with worksheets and a pencil. I remember being able to go for lunch running...
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...
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 Russell Edson, Read by Hai Cheng Li A little girl made of sugar and spice and everything nice...
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 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 everyday to use the bathroom first out of my siblings. I remember coming home from...
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 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...
HomeA place to call your ownA place you share with the people you loveA place to create memories inBut...
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...
With the girl I love who loves me lots We went on a trip and learned to love. We...
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...
Spoil Alert If I stay by Gayle Forman is about a seventeen-year-old female who lives with her Mom, Dad,...
Dana, the protagonist in Kindred, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. Dana tries to do...
Recently, I read Warriors Into The Wild by Erin Hunter. I appreciated this book. I felt that way because...
Tish, the protagonist in If Beale Street Could Talk, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others....
I think this is my favorite out of the many poetry books I’ve read, mainly because of how so...
I appreciate the way this book makes you imagine things. If there are multiple ways of seeing something and...
Kim Ha, the protagonist in Inside Out and Back Again, has a few traits that influence her relationships with...
Recently, I read To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. I relished the fake love/real love aspects...
Recently, I read The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
This poetry book for me provides a sense of comfort and growth, because it makes you start thinking of...
The first sections of March: Book One by John Lewis might leave a reader feeling happy because it’s about...
Recently, I read No Crystal Stair, by Vuanda Micheaux Nelson. I enjoyed reading this book. I liked this book...
Recently, I read The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
This poetry book makes me feel confident and inspired from the way it can grab your “insecurities” or lack...
Selected poems by langston hughes The Selected Poems Of Langston Hughes makes me feel “educated” (in a sense) because...
Recently, I read Facing the Lion, by Simone Arnold Liebster. I enjoyed and appreciated this book. The author, Simone...
The protagonist is playing the story of a dog who goes through four reincarnations, and comes back every time...
Recently, I read The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
The first chapters of March vol 3 by John Lewis might leave a reader feeling Hurt because Black people’s...
Recently, I read The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because we...
Harry Potter, the protagonist in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, has a few traits that influence his...
Newt Scamander is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the play. At the beginning of...
Kendall, the protagonist in Cryer’s Cross, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
Recently, I read Miguel Street, by V.S. Naipaul. I learn to appreciate this book. In the beginning, I was...
Recently, I read The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. Out of...
Maxwell Kane, the protagonist in Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Recently, I read The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because there...
Recently, I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. I appreciated this book. I say this because it...
Recently, I read The Outsider by Stephen King. I found myself captivated by this book. The way Stephen King...
Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
Milly, the protagonist in Finding Miracles has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
In the book The End of Her by Shari Lapena many emotions occurred during the time I was reading...
The middle sections of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin might leave a reader feeling in disbelief...
Jack Torrance, the protagonist in The Shining, has a few traits that influence his relationships with others. One, he...
Recently, I read Ready Player 1 by Ernest Cline. I really enjoyed this book. I liked how it talked...
Recently, I read The Titan’s Curse, by Rick Riordan. I enjoyed reading this book. I liked reading this book...
Recently, I read The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan. I enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed reading this...
Recently, I read Harry Potter And The Chambers of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling. I loved this book. After having...
Hazel Grace Lancaster, the protagonist in The Fault in Our Stars, has a few traits that influence her relationships...
If Beale Street Could Talk is about systemic racism and how Black men and women are constantly being profiled...
Recently, I read Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I enjoyed this book. This story was touching and sad to read...
Ralph, one of the main characters in Lord of The Flies, has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
Recently, I read Every Day, by David Levithan. I loved this book. This book was like no other book;...
The fourth and fifth chapters of x by R. L. Stine might leave a reader feeling nervous and scared...
Recently, I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan. I feel pleased with this book. I say this...
Bo, the protagonist in the book “Run” has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she...
Grace is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
Sam is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
Recently, I read the collected poems by Langston Hughes . I appreciated the poems and was really engaged in...
In Langston Hughes poems, “The collected poems of Langston Hughes” the author writes poems of his life and all...
Harry Potter, the protagonist in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, has a few traits that influence his...
Atticus Finch, one of the protagonists in To KIll A Mockingbird, has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
Recently, I read The Elite, by Kiera Cass. I enjoyed and absorbed this book. This has become a favorite book...
Recently, I read Selected Poems, by Langston Hughes. I relished the thought of the ingeniousness Langston uses in his poems....
Recently, I read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. I appreciated the shock this book gave. So much goes...
In Malcolm X autobiography , the author talks about his life an as an activist, a criminal, and his...
Recently, I read 1984, by George Orwell. I appreciated this book. I thought that the way it described human nature...
Malcolm X is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the story . At the beginning...
Percy is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
The book I am reading is called An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena. This story is about how when...
Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, the protagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird, has a few traits that influence her relationships...
“Paper Towns” by John Green has surprised me so many times from the beginning, to the adventure between Margo...
Jean louise finch, or scout, is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At...
So far in the story there is a fourth grade girl named Sakura. The story takes place in the...
Recently, I read 12 Angry Men , by Reginald Rose. I was amazed by this plan, due to the...