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Unhealing
Jimmy, , Poetry, Creative Writing, Photography, Writing, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Fall 2022, Art, writing, poetry, Orange Cove High School, 2There’s pain. There’s anguish that lasts. There is sound that carries from this dimension to the next. No matter...
This Is My Body
Aaliyah, , Poetry, Writing & Communication, Fall 2022, poetry, body, The U School, 6This is my body. Black girl. Tall girl. Skinny girl. In this world. North Philly. Tall Black Skinny girl. ...
This is my Body….
Hajeer, , Black Lives Matter At School, Arts & Entertainment, Black Lives Matter, Art, Media, student, The U School, school, poetry, 0This is my Body…. This is my body. It’s unique to me. From the hair on my head To...
Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña
Shanelle, , Showcase, Poetry, Writing & Communication, Reduced Inequalities, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Creating, imagining, and innovating, This Is My Body, Fall 2022, poetry, The U School, 1This is my body Small and petite Mixed black and Puerto rican girl . ‘’Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña.’’...
This is my body in it are hidden feelings. Feelings from a very scary, dark, and empty place. A...
She cried to the southern wind. Her tears were like waterfalls. An undying hate. With an untamed eruption. Her...
I am offering my love to you, since I have nothing else to offer. Keep it close like a...
Beautiful liar
Jose, , Poetry, Creative Writing, poetry, ohs, 1I offer this poem and nothing else, To live in one’s shadow can be cool and warm at the...
It’s wrong to say they’re a force of nature, For nature is forced to obey. Their strength rivals that...
When you wake up in the morning To the sound of your alarm Are you grateful? – Are you...
Surprise of a Sunset
Srinidhi, , Poems and Stories, Poetry, Nature, Creative Writing, Okemos High School, poetry, creative writing, 4I thought I’d awaken to a sky of silver. Heavy clouds covering the shining snow river. But there’s something...
I offer this poem to you, When tides start rolling in, A comfort as ice shocks your toes, A...
Seventeen As I watched him disappear up the stairs, my head and my heart were both racing against the...
To an owl
Ella, , Environment, Environment & World, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Fall 2021, Poetry, Nature, Life on Land, Nature, Silver Creek High School, Inklings, magazine, man vs nature, poetry, cinquain, 17Warm nestDowny feathers, soft mossThe owl’s old bones shake asAxe seeks heartwood and the world falls fromAtlas’s shoulders Owl...
Blue River
Ella, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Responding with wonderment and awe, Fall 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Nature, Environment & World, Clean Water and Sanitation, Inklings, magazine, poetry, Nature, Silver Creek High School, 0There is a strong riverOver the hill from my grandmother’s houseAnd although she does not know my nameShe knows...
My Body
Ziyair, , Fall 2021, This Is My Body, Showcase, Poetry, Good Health and Well-Being, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Taking responsible risks, magazine, poetry, The U School, 1I like my body from head to toe.I have many part my feet take me where I want to go.my...
Black Female
Donyae, , Responding with wonderment and awe, Fall 2021, This Is My Body, Showcase, Poetry, Creating, imagining, and innovating, magazine, poetry, The U School, 5This is my body,An african-american female,Light skin eyes shaded brown,This is my body,Spirit and might full of confidence,Mind and...
My body creates
Sianni, , Listening with understanding and empathy, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Fall 2021, This Is My Body, Showcase, Poetry, The U School, poetry, 4The reason for my being here has always been quite clearMy body can create. It creates friendship and cheer,Trust...
“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning, read by Anderson
Anderson, , Poetry, Writing, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, "SHOWCASE”, 0I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. Because the poem title sounded like a calm poem and...
I Remember (Childhood)
Jaylene, , Creative Writing, Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Showcase, Poetry, poetry, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 1I remember playing near a fire hydrant on a hot beaming sunny day. I remember my mom telling me...
Talking to the Sun
Bethzy, , Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Showcase, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 5I remember the first day of my new school I remember the tears in my eyes streaming down like...
I remember being so excited to grow up
Iyanna, , Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 0I remember occasional trips to Catskills to see my grandpa and grandma from my dad’s side. I remember the...
Just Because – A Complex Maze
Amal, , Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Spring 2021, Poem, poetry, DontJudge, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 0Just because I’m a complex maze without a center or exit Doesn’t mean I don’t cooperate, Doesn’t mean I...
Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden, Read By Drew H.
Drew, , Writing & Communication, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, showcase, 4I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me, because of how much I could relate to it...
“Gods Secretary” by R.S Gwynn, Read by Leo
Leo, , Poetry, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0Her e-mail inbox always overflows. Her outbox doesn’t get much use at all. She puts on hold the umpteen-billionth...
America
Ahmed, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, American Dream, This is America, Writing & Communication, Berkeley High School, america, poetry, 1When it comes to America and what it means to be American. People think about the American dream. In...
Where I’m From
Karim, , Read/Write Poems, Poetry, Where I'm from, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, 0I am from a religious rug from dolls everywhere in the house I am from the plaza from where...
Where I’m From
Ocean, , Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Writing & Communication, poetry, Where I'm from, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1I am from Ticonderoga Pencils, from Downy and Coat-Hangers I am From Battery Park, and the Blacktops in Central...
Soft Thorns
Drew, , Poetry, Beauty, bridgett devoue, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, Soft Thorns, 0I think this is my favorite out of the many poetry books I’ve read, mainly because of how so...
R.I.P Selena Reyes-Harnandez
Ashanti, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2020, Showcase, LGBTQ+ Rights, Poetry, Transgender, poetry, The U School, 1While I was growing up I was raised to hate trans people. Because trans people are men trying to...
My Equal Rights
Aniya, , Poetry, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, poetry, The U School, rosa parks, 1I respect others no matter skin color I only didn’t give up my seat because I was in the...
Is storytelling still the same today as it once was?
Kate, , Stories, Media, Art, Writing, Poetry, Arts & Entertainment, Religion, Writing & Communication, History, Friendship, storytelling, Books, oral presentation, movies, poetry, 0Storytelling (in a straightforward sense) was once important to humans. We used storytelling to connect, entertain and pass along...
How I Approach Pairing For Our Literary Magazine
Lisa, , Fall 2020, #literary magazine, #litmag, prose, art, writing, poetry, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, photography, 0Making pairs is an art form in its own right and takes at least a basic understanding of more...
Staff Pick
Sadie, , Art, Poetry, Fall 2020, poetry, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, staff pick, 1For many years now, Judge Memorial students have been putting together an annual literary magazine. Our litmag, called Catharsis,...
Fighting For You
Hudson, , Fall 2019, Showcase, poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, #killclimatechange, 0Dear polar ice, Pacific Walrus and Polar Bear Emperor Penguin and Arctic Fox, All of you living in the...
Martin Luther King
Jake, , Showcase, Poetry, Fall 2019, Reduced Inequalities, poetry, #blacklivesmatter #humanrights #racism, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, 3Martin Brave, Confident, Bold Dad of Bernice, Dexter, Yolanda, and MLK III, Son of MLK Sr. and Alberta Williams...
Filming at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Carlos, , Showcase, Spring 2019, Art, Poetry, Media, Summer 2019, Photography, Fall 2019, Arts & Entertainment, Writing & Communication, Career & Job Readiness, Crotona International High School, filming, poetry, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, video, 1Our names are José Disla, Carlos Nuñez, and Cristopher Beltre. We are students at Crotona International High School. We...
Is true love really a thing?
Charissa, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Tracking Point-of-View, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1My first impressions of the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” were how Anne Bradstreet wrote this poem...
“He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.” – Samuel...
North Austin
Orlando, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, poetry, nwpplaces, Austin Independent School District, 0IWouldWalkthe streets of Rundberg at night aloneRunThe trails of Walnut Creek park in the humid rain andPatearLa pelota with...
Initial analysis of “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Wendy, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, poetry, Analysis, #GwendolynBrooks, 0My first impression of this poem was that it was about a mother. When I read the first line...
A Poem of Mexico
Wendy, , Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Beauty, Read/Write Poems, poetry, Mexico, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 8She knows she can’tBut if she has the chanceShe wants to stay To breathe in the unique scent of...
What You Meant To Say: Speak Up
Naomi, , Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, #speaup, poetry, 3Replace your small frown that they don’t seeWith words, declaring it was offensiveReplace that forgiving hugWith admitting it’s actually...
I want you to fall
Joey, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, 5I want you to fall.Like so many others in this twisted worldI want you to put all your effort...
“I HAVE A DREAM” (MLK SPEECH) – Blackout Poem
Julian, , Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2019, poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, kingmiddleschool, ihaveadream, 4Martin Luther Kingwill go downinhistoryA great Americanwhose hopeas a Negroisof segregationon a lonely islandNegroAmericanSocietyina conditionofrightslibertyand happinessisAmerica In this assignment, we...
From Kickball and Tire Swings
Kiran, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2019, poetry, Where I'm from, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1I am from mud pies, old stone walls and leaf-buried granite boulders, kickball and the tire swing and skates...
The Universe Within Us
Judith, , Shakespeare, Fall 2018, Showcase, #lovepoem, ok, poetry, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Shakespeare, 6For this poem I had to connect a topic from Shakespear to my own life. I chose to write...
Modeled after Sam Cornish’s “Sam’s World” a good friend of mine is such a joyful spirit so free ...
Where I’m From
Zoe, , History, Happiness, Where I'm From, Stories, Creative Writing, Memoir, Spring 2018, Showcase, Read/Write Poems, Poetry, Writing, Okemos High School, poetry, 1I am from Nestle Crunch bars, from Airstream and Herman Miller. I am from the crystal-clear panels that let...
I.S.O Victor Cruz
Zoe, , Showcase, Creative Writing, Spring 2018, Read/Write Poems, life, Okemos High School, poetry, creative writing, 0DAZED AND CONFUSED WITHOUT MY MUSE AS THE DAYS GO BY I MISSED MY BEST FRIEND WHO EMBARKED ON...
Nothing but Cold
Yaqui, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, Mom, poetry, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, sadness, Memoir, 2The world is already cold Family is supposed to give you that warmth That warmth you need to survive...
midsummer i am trying to sleep in the hot summer night the AC is on but alas the...
Why I’m Emotional As Hell
Angie, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, #questioning, #buildupeachother, poetry, emotional, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #ClassOf2018, 8Why do we fall in love? Man meets woman Woman meets woman Man meets Man Simple love, but...
why am I mad as hell
Pedro, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, education, life, poetry, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, MemoirPoem, 4Why am i mad as hell Cause i hate everyone Everyone gets me mad The irritate me which gets...
I am so much, and yet, so little. I am a giant and yet simultaneously, I am more miniscule...
Song of Myself
Adelle, , Spring 2018, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Poetry, poetry, songofmyself, waltwhitman, Poem, Okemos High School, 4I came into this world deafeningly. I will exit it the same, And I will occupy it with nothing...
Reef
Anna, , Showcase, Fall 2017, poetry, My Beautiful Neighborhood, Point-of-View Writing about a Photo, Be You and Be Connected, 2Point of View Writing About a Photo: Reef Below the surface Beneath the surging waves I have been growing...
I am from the beach swimming in the full moon near to the train station. ...
These People
Jahkym, , Poetry, Politics, Police, poetry, Rodney King, police abuse, 0Look at all of these people, all of this because this Rodney King guy Maybe we’d be better...
When there is pain, there is art. When there is art- something beautiful is created.
Em, , Creative Writing, Poetry, creative writing, poetry, 1With these beautiful words that have fallen away from my soul- this time- my tears will dry. they will...
Poetry can be great! It can be used as a way to express one’s feelings, or as a way...
Someone Like Me
Em, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, creative writing, spilled ink, poetry, 2It was the people we could be. The conversations, nostalgic desire/ what happened to us? I fell in love...
Nobody, Not Even The Rain
Em, , Poetry, Creative Writing, poetry, fragmented thoughts, creative writing, 2I had only ever been kissed by the rain/ so gently as it may. I spent all of these soft wasted...
I am So sorry I used all the data this month and I know it’s only the...
Age and Thoughts
Molly, , Spring 2017, Showcase, Poetry, Audre Lorde, English, contradicting personality, poetry, 0Surrounded Constantly surrounded Their loud, mean, oblivious personalities. All I want is to be serious for once Drop the...
The Rain Will Fall But Not Conform
Em, , Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, creative writing, Poem, poetry, fragmented thoughts, 0We are Raindrops in an endless ocean/ free-form and crashing, forever changing in a raging storm. Despite the unforgiving...
Date with the Sun
Ariel, , Showcase, Spring 2017, Poem, Okemos High School, poetry, creative writing, sun, 8Poem in the style of Giovani that time the rays and my eyes made eye contact they...
All Flame No Firewood
Em, , Spring 2017, creative writing, Poem, poetry, fragmented thought, fragmented thoughts, 0let my body- by the flames of your soul- be engulfed. however so captured by your pure & instinctive...
Forgetfulness Equivalent to Carelessness
Em, , Poetry, Creative Writing, poetry, fragmented thought, fragmented thoughts, creative writing, Poem, 0i can not think so forgive me. there are these faceless shapes in the dark corridor with painted walls...
A Reason Why
Em, , Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, writing, poetry, fragmented thought, creative writing, wanderlust, 6Perhaps this is not an assumption or a conclusion the echoes of what once was- what is- of people...
Some Nights
Em, , Showcase, Nature, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, poetry, fragmented thought, creative writing, 0There are some nights/ like this night/ where I wish to be one of those stars that you wish...
Fragmented Thought
Em, , Spring 2017, Creative Writing, Showcase, Poetry, Nature, fragmented thoughts, creative writing, poetry, 2There are some nights/ like this night/ where I wish to be one of those stars that you wish...
Two World Collide
Shantanu, , Media, Beauty, Scratch, Nature, Wonder, Art, Showcase, Fall 2016, Stories, College, Nuclear enercy, Inequality, Media, Gender equality, Tony Stark, happiness, Poem, Optimus Prime, education, Arc reactor, fall 2016, Free Education, Explosion, moon, stories, Minimum Wage, Amazing, Animal, Money, 10/10, Rights, Beuty, art, Love, call to action, #Trump, Gamews, Black Lives Matter, poetry, 2nextprez, inequalty, 1Here is my Project:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/126762457/ Here are some steps to create an awesome Animation like this. Brainstarm for ideas...
A One Year Old Grave
Joselyn, , Poetry, Fall 2016, Religion, Showcase, Family, spoken word, emotion, sad, crying, poetry, Oakland, california, rip, death, Poem, i miss you, lunar new year, 1On this day that is supposed to bring love and cheer, I sit down, crying, on this Lunar...
Not the Same
Semon, , Showcase, Race Relations, Poetry, Where I'm From, Repentino., poetry, Oakland, Conservatism, 5I’m from the city of Oakland, California. A city where your use of freedom of speech can get you...
Trying to find the right path
Alexandra, , Family, Poetry, Friendship, Where I'm From, Repentino., Violence, Poem, poetry, Oakland, skyline, high school, 7I am from a city where people hide their feelings where people don’t believe in self-pity where people...
On the Low
Lorena, , Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Repentino., Poem, poetry, Oakland, skyline, 4I am from days of happiness and laughter but it all goes away the day after Every time I...
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Joselyn, , Repentino., Where I'm From, Poetry, poems, latina, whereimfrom, spokenword, poetryslam, poetry, emotional, real, Oakland, california, mexican, 4I am from two Stuck in between because I don’t fit in any shoe I am from simple rhymes...