poetry – Youth Voices

My body

Sharnae, October 4, 2023, Fall 2023, body, poetry, 0

My body,this small girl body,this black girl body the body that people look and stare at and wish they...

Unhealing

Jimmy, November 12, 2022, Poetry, Creative Writing, Photography, Writing, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Fall 2022, Art, writing, poetry, Orange Cove High School, 2

There’s pain. There’s anguish that lasts. There is sound that carries from this dimension to the next. No matter...

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This Is My Body

Aaliyah, October 9, 2022, Poetry, Writing & Communication, Fall 2022, poetry, body, The U School, 6

This is my body. Black girl. Tall girl. Skinny girl. In this world. North Philly. Tall Black Skinny girl. ...

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This is my Body….

Hajeer, September 27, 2022, Black Lives Matter At School, Arts & Entertainment, Black Lives Matter, Art, Media, student, The U School, school, poetry, 0

This is my Body…. This is my body. It’s unique to me. From the hair on my head To...

aerial photography of people walking around Bhumishparsha Mudra monument

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My Body

Syniah, September 27, 2022, Poetry, Fall 2022, poetry, The U School, 1

My body isn’t for everybody My body is a “temple” boy do i hate that saying If my body...

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Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña

Shanelle, September 22, 2022, 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, 1

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

person holding cattle skull surrounded by squash and candles

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This is my body

Lilylani, September 22, 2022, Poetry, Poems and Stories, Fall 2022, poetry, body, The U School, 0

This is my body in it are hidden feelings. Feelings from a very scary, dark, and empty place. A...

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Her cries of liberation

Aaron, May 2, 2022, Spring 2022, Poetry, poetry, The U School, Black Women, 3

She cried to the southern wind. Her tears were like waterfalls. An undying hate. With an untamed eruption. Her...

body of water under cloudy sky during sunset

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Nothing else to offer

Miriya, January 20, 2022, Psychology, Love, Poems and Stories, poetry, creative writing, 1

I am offering my love to you, since I have nothing else to offer. Keep it close like a...

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Beautiful liar

Jose, January 19, 2022, Poetry, Creative Writing, poetry, ohs, 1

I offer this poem and nothing else, To live in one’s shadow can be cool and warm at the...

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Thunder and Fire

Henry, January 18, 2022, Persisting, Bio, Habits of Mind, Okemos High School, poetry, 1

It’s wrong to say they’re a force of nature, For nature is forced to obey. Their strength rivals that...

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Gratitude

Elaina, January 18, 2022, Creative Writing, Writing, Poems and Stories, poetry, creative writing, ohs, 0

When you wake up in the morning To the sound of your alarm Are you grateful? – Are you...

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Surprise of a Sunset

Srinidhi, January 18, 2022, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Nature, Creative Writing, Okemos High School, poetry, creative writing, 4

I thought I’d awaken to a sky of silver. Heavy clouds covering the shining snow river. But there’s something...

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Joy

Carter, January 15, 2022, Fall 2021, Poetry, Okemos High School, poetry, Joy, 1

The night breeds anger and fear. The darkness overtakes the light inside to show a true side that often...

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Use Your Breath

Lauren, January 13, 2022, Showcase, Poetry, Thinking flexibly, Okemos High School, poetry, 15

I offer this poem to you, When tides start rolling in, A comfort as ice shocks your toes, A...

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Seventeen

Anna, January 13, 2022, Poetry, Creative Writing, Poems and Stories, Okemos High School, poetry, 2

Seventeen As I watched him disappear up the stairs, my head and my heart were both racing against the...

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To an owl

Ella, December 7, 2021, 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, 17

Warm nestDowny feathers, soft mossThe owl’s old bones shake asAxe seeks heartwood and the world falls fromAtlas’s shoulders Owl...

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Blue River

Ella, December 3, 2021, 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, 0

There is a strong riverOver the hill from my grandmother’s houseAnd although she does not know my nameShe knows...

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My Body

Ziyair, November 9, 2021, 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, 1

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

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Black Female

Donyae, October 7, 2021, Responding with wonderment and awe, Fall 2021, This Is My Body, Showcase, Poetry, Creating, imagining, and innovating, 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...

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My body creates

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

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

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“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning, read by Anderson

Anderson, June 10, 2021, Poetry, Writing, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, "SHOWCASE”, 0

I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. Because the poem title sounded like a calm poem and...

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“Diameter” by Michelle Y. Burke

Sara, June 4, 2021, Art, Poetry, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, 0

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I Remember (Childhood)

Jaylene, May 10, 2021, Creative Writing, Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Showcase, Poetry, poetry, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 1

I remember playing near a fire hydrant on a hot beaming sunny day. I remember my mom telling me...

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Talking to the Sun

Bethzy, May 10, 2021, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Showcase, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 5

I remember the first day of my new school I remember the tears in my eyes streaming down like...

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I remember being so excited to grow up

Iyanna, May 10, 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Writing & Communication, I Remember, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, I Remember, 0

I remember occasional trips to Catskills to see my grandpa and grandma from my dad’s side. I remember the...

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Just Because – A Complex Maze

Amal, May 5, 2021, Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing, Spring 2021, Poem, poetry, DontJudge, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 0

Just because I’m a complex maze without a center or exit Doesn’t mean I don’t cooperate, Doesn’t mean I...

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Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden, Read By Drew H.

Drew, April 15, 2021, Writing & Communication, Poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, showcase, 4

I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me, because of how much I could relate to it...

woman in black and white dress standing on beach during sunset

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“Gods Secretary” by R.S Gwynn, Read by Leo

Leo, April 14, 2021, Poetry, Spring 2021, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, 0

Her e-mail inbox always overflows. Her outbox doesn’t get much use at all. She puts on hold the umpteen-billionth...

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America

Ahmed, March 14, 2021, Spring 2021, Showcase, Poetry, American Dream, This is America, Writing & Communication, Berkeley High School, america, poetry, 1

When it comes to America and what it means to be American. People think about the American dream. In...

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Where I’m From

Karim, February 26, 2021, Read/Write Poems, Poetry, Where I'm from, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, poetry, 0

I am from a religious rug from dolls everywhere in the house I am from the plaza from where...

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Where I’m From

Ocean, February 26, 2021, Poetry, Where I'm From, Read/Write Poems, Writing & Communication, poetry, Where I'm from, showcase, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1

I am from Ticonderoga Pencils, from Downy and Coat-Hangers I am From Battery Park, and the Blacktops in Central...

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Soft Thorns

Drew, January 23, 2021, Poetry, Beauty, bridgett devoue, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, Soft Thorns, 0

I think this is my favorite out of the many poetry books I’ve read, mainly because of how so...

closeup photo of multicolored stripe flag

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R.I.P Selena Reyes-Harnandez

Ashanti, January 20, 2021, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2020, Showcase, LGBTQ+ Rights, Poetry, Transgender, poetry, The U School, 1

While I was growing up I was raised to hate trans people. Because trans people are men trying to...

Rosa Parks gives a speech at the Poor Peoples March in 1968

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My Equal Rights

Aniya, January 19, 2021, Poetry, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, poetry, The U School, rosa parks, 1

I respect others no matter skin color I only didn’t give up my seat because I was in the...

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A bulldozer to his plaything

Liann, January 12, 2021, Fall 2020, Poetry, Love, poetry, RHS, 1

The speaker in “To His Coy Mistress” is persistent, certainly a force to be reckoned with. However, his domineering...

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Is storytelling still the same today as it once was?

Kate, December 4, 2020, Stories, Media, Art, Writing, Poetry, Arts & Entertainment, Religion, Writing & Communication, History, Friendship, storytelling, Books, oral presentation, movies, poetry, 0

Storytelling (in a straightforward sense) was once important to humans. We used storytelling to connect, entertain and pass along...

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How I Approach Pairing For Our Literary Magazine

Lisa, November 25, 2020, Fall 2020, #literary magazine, #litmag, prose, art, writing, poetry, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, photography, 0

Making pairs is an art form in its own right and takes at least a basic understanding of more...

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Staff Pick

Sadie, November 6, 2020, Art, Poetry, Fall 2020, poetry, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, staff pick, 1

For many years now, Judge Memorial students have been putting together an annual literary magazine. Our litmag, called Catharsis,...

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Fighting For You

Hudson, October 11, 2019, Fall 2019, Showcase, poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, #killclimatechange, 0

Dear polar ice, Pacific Walrus and Polar Bear Emperor Penguin and Arctic Fox, All of you living in the...

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Martin Luther King

Jake, October 11, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Fall 2019, Reduced Inequalities, poetry, #blacklivesmatter #humanrights #racism, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, 3

Martin Brave, Confident, Bold Dad of Bernice, Dexter, Yolanda, and MLK III, Son of MLK Sr. and Alberta Williams...

I, Too

Aloni, October 10, 2019, Showcase, Fall 2019, poetry, 0

I, too, am educated. I am the brown skin sister. They think I follow the stereotype The “ghetto” “...

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Filming at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Carlos, June 13, 2019, 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, 1

Our names are José Disla, Carlos Nuñez, and Cristopher Beltre. We are students at Crotona International High School. We...

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Is true love really a thing?

Charissa, June 5, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Tracking Point-of-View, poetry, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1

My first impressions of the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” were how Anne Bradstreet wrote this poem...

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Untitled

Anonymous, June 4, 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Showcase, Spring 2019, Curie High School, poetry, 1

“He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.” – Samuel...

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North Austin

Orlando, May 22, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, poetry, nwpplaces, Austin Independent School District, 0

IWouldWalkthe streets of Rundberg at night aloneRunThe trails of Walnut Creek park in the humid rain andPatearLa pelota with...

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Calmness given by a shell

Wendy, May 13, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, #shells, poetry, 0

The color of brown and white It reminds me of the calm days This shells whiteness makes the day...

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Initial analysis of “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks

Wendy, May 3, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, poetry, Analysis, #GwendolynBrooks, 0

My first impression of this poem was that it was about a mother. When I read the first line...

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A Poem of Mexico

Wendy, April 18, 2019, Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Beauty, Read/Write Poems, poetry, Mexico, Harvest Collegiate High School, nwpplaces, 8

She knows she can’tBut if she has the chanceShe wants to stay To breathe in the unique scent of...

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What You Meant To Say: Speak Up

Naomi, March 14, 2019, Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, #speaup, poetry, 3

Replace your small frown that they don’t seeWith words, declaring it was offensiveReplace that forgiving hugWith admitting it’s actually...

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I want you to fall

Joey, March 14, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2019, poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, 5

I want you to fall.Like so many others in this twisted worldI want you to put all your effort...

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raining

Ajaeya, March 14, 2019, Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Okemos High School, poetry, 3

raining droplets pitter-patter off the rooftops of the city and i stand on the side holding an umbrella that...

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“I HAVE A DREAM” (MLK SPEECH) – Blackout Poem

Julian, March 13, 2019, Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2019, poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, kingmiddleschool, ihaveadream, 4

Martin Luther Kingwill go downinhistoryA great Americanwhose hopeas a Negroisof segregationon a lonely islandNegroAmericanSocietyina conditionofrightslibertyand happinessisAmerica In this assignment, we...

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From Kickball and Tire Swings

Kiran, February 27, 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Spring 2019, poetry, Where I'm from, Harvest Collegiate High School, 1

I am from mud pies, old stone walls and leaf-buried granite boulders, kickball and the tire swing and skates...

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The Universe Within Us

Judith, November 28, 2018, Shakespeare, Fall 2018, Showcase, #lovepoem, ok, poetry, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Shakespeare, 6

For this poem I had to connect a topic from Shakespear to my own life. I chose to write...

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Sam Cornish I.S.O

Ben, March 14, 2018, Showcase, Spring 2018, life, happiness, Okemos High School, poetry, 0

Modeled after Sam Cornish’s “Sam’s World” a good friend of mine is such a joyful spirit so free ...

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Where I’m From

Zoe, March 13, 2018, History, Happiness, Where I'm From, Stories, Creative Writing, Memoir, Spring 2018, Showcase, Read/Write Poems, Poetry, Writing, Okemos High School, poetry, 1

I am from Nestle Crunch bars, from Airstream and Herman Miller. I am from the crystal-clear panels that let...

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I.S.O Victor Cruz

Zoe, March 13, 2018, Showcase, Creative Writing, Spring 2018, Read/Write Poems, life, Okemos High School, poetry, creative writing, 0

DAZED AND CONFUSED WITHOUT MY MUSE AS THE DAYS GO BY I MISSED MY BEST FRIEND WHO EMBARKED ON...

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Nothing but Cold

Yaqui, March 9, 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, Mom, poetry, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, sadness, Memoir, 2

The world is already cold Family is supposed to give you that warmth That warmth you need to survive...

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Another Poem

Kevin, March 2, 2018, Spring 2018, Showcase, Okemos High School, poetry, 0

midsummer i am trying to sleep in the hot summer night the AC is on but alas the...

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Why I’m Emotional As Hell

Angie, February 23, 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, #questioning, #buildupeachother, poetry, emotional, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #ClassOf2018, 8

Why do we fall in love? Man meets woman Woman meets woman Man meets Man Simple love, but...

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why am I mad as hell

Pedro, February 23, 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, education, life, poetry, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, MemoirPoem, 4

Why am i mad as hell Cause i hate everyone Everyone gets me mad The irritate me which gets...

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A Poem

Kevin, February 16, 2018, Poetry, Spring 2018, Showcase, Okemos High School, poetry, 9

Something I did for class, but I am really proud of it The Dragon and The Knight ...

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“Through My Eyes”

Paul, February 16, 2018, Showcase, Spring 2018, Okemos High School, poetry, 1

I am so much, and yet, so little. I am a giant and yet simultaneously, I am more miniscule...

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Song of Myself

Adelle, February 15, 2018, Spring 2018, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Poetry, poetry, songofmyself, waltwhitman, Poem, Okemos High School, 4

I came into this world deafeningly. I will exit it the same, And I will occupy it with nothing...

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Reef

Anna, November 14, 2017, Showcase, Fall 2017, poetry, My Beautiful Neighborhood, Point-of-View Writing about a Photo, Be You and Be Connected, 2

Point of View Writing About a Photo: Reef Below the surface Beneath the surging waves I have been growing...

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Ordinary Life

Bederlin, July 17, 2017, Summer 2017, Showcase, poetry, Where I'm from, 5

I am from the beach swimming in the full moon near to the train station. ...

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These People

Jahkym, June 1, 2017, Poetry, Politics, Police, poetry, Rodney King, police abuse, 0

Look at all of these people, all of this because this Rodney King guy Maybe we’d be better...

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When there is pain, there is art. When there is art- something beautiful is created.

Em, May 3, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, creative writing, poetry, 1

With these beautiful words that have fallen away from my soul- this time- my tears will dry. they will...

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Carpe Diem Poem

Adam, May 3, 2017, Poetry, poetry, 1

Wander, Climb, Run, Swim, Do them all, Do them now, Live your life, Now, Today, Before it is gone....

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My Thoughts on Poetry

Rylan, May 2, 2017, Spring 2017, Okemos High School, poetry, spring 2017 showcase, 0

Poetry can be great! It can be used as a way to express one’s feelings, or as a way...

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Someone Like Me

Em, April 19, 2017, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, creative writing, spilled ink, poetry, 2

It was the people we could be. The conversations, nostalgic desire/ what happened to us? I fell in love...

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Nobody, Not Even The Rain

Em, March 27, 2017, Poetry, Creative Writing, poetry, fragmented thoughts, creative writing, 2

I had only ever been kissed by the rain/ so gently as it may. I spent all of these soft wasted...

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I am So Sorry

Naomi, March 25, 2017, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2017, ISO, Okemos High School, poetry, 3

I am So sorry I used all the data this month and I know it’s only the...

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WOW RUNNING SUCKS, Poem in the style of Victor Hernandez Cruz

Adam, March 25, 2017, Showcase, Sports, Poetry, Spring 2017, poetry, 1

WOW RUNNING SUCKS WHY AM I HERE I AM A SWIMMER THEY KNOW ALL THESE RUNNER NAMES WHO ARE...

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Age and Thoughts

Molly, March 21, 2017, Spring 2017, Showcase, Poetry, Audre Lorde, English, contradicting personality, poetry, 0

Surrounded Constantly surrounded Their loud, mean, oblivious personalities. All I want is to be serious for once Drop the...

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The Rain Will Fall But Not Conform

Em, March 17, 2017, Showcase, Poetry, Creative Writing, creative writing, Poem, poetry, fragmented thoughts, 0

We are Raindrops in an endless ocean/ free-form and crashing, forever changing in a raging storm. Despite the unforgiving...

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Date with the Sun

Ariel, March 14, 2017, Showcase, Spring 2017, Poem, Okemos High School, poetry, creative writing, sun, 8

Poem in the style of Giovani that time the rays and my eyes made eye contact they...

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All Flame No Firewood

Em, March 10, 2017, Spring 2017, creative writing, Poem, poetry, fragmented thought, fragmented thoughts, 0

let my body- by the flames of your soul- be engulfed. however so captured by your pure & instinctive...

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Forgetfulness Equivalent to Carelessness

Em, March 10, 2017, Poetry, Creative Writing, poetry, fragmented thought, fragmented thoughts, creative writing, Poem, 0

i can not think so forgive me. there are these faceless shapes in the dark corridor with painted walls...

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A Reason Why

Em, March 3, 2017, Showcase, Poetry, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, writing, poetry, fragmented thought, creative writing, wanderlust, 6

Perhaps this is not an assumption or a conclusion the echoes of what once was- what is- of people...

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Some Nights

Em, February 24, 2017, Showcase, Nature, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, poetry, fragmented thought, creative writing, 0

There are some nights/ like this night/ where I wish to be one of those stars that you wish...

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Fragmented Thought

Em, February 24, 2017, Spring 2017, Creative Writing, Showcase, Poetry, Nature, fragmented thoughts, creative writing, poetry, 2

There are some nights/ like this night/ where I wish to be one of those stars that you wish...

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Two World Collide

Shantanu, November 10, 2016, 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, 1

Here is my Project:https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/126762457/ Here are some steps to create an awesome Animation like this. Brainstarm for ideas...

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Seashell

Skayla, October 31, 2016, Showcase, Poetry, Nature, poetry, Where I'm from, 5

The oceans waves and breaths of salt enveloped me and so my colors changed A white so pure it...

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A One Year Old Grave

Joselyn, October 25, 2016, Poetry, Fall 2016, Religion, Showcase, Family, spoken word, emotion, sad, crying, poetry, Oakland, california, rip, death, Poem, i miss you, lunar new year, 1

On this day that is supposed to bring love and cheer, I sit down, crying, on this Lunar...

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Gunshots

Destiny, October 5, 2016, Showcase, Guns, Violence, Poetry, Bullying, Where I'm From, Repentino., poetry, 4

I am from Oakland, CA I am from a world where the only thing you hear is gunshots wherever did you...

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Not the Same

Semon, October 4, 2016, Showcase, Race Relations, Poetry, Where I'm From, Repentino., poetry, Oakland, Conservatism, 5

I’m from the city of Oakland, California. A city where your use of freedom of speech can get you...

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Trying to find the right path

Alexandra, October 4, 2016, Family, Poetry, Friendship, Where I'm From, Repentino., Violence, Poem, poetry, Oakland, skyline, high school, 7

I am from a city where people hide their feelings where people don’t believe in self-pity where people...

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On the Low

Lorena, October 4, 2016, Showcase, Poetry, Where I'm From, Repentino., Poem, poetry, Oakland, skyline, 4

I am from days of happiness and laughter but it all goes away the day after Every time I...

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510, 94606

Joselyn, October 4, 2016, Repentino., Where I'm From, Poetry, poems, latina, whereimfrom, spokenword, poetryslam, poetry, emotional, real, Oakland, california, mexican, 4

I am from two Stuck in between because I don’t fit in any shoe I am from simple rhymes...

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