Tag Archive for: poetry

North Austin

Orlando, , May 22, 2019, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0

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

Calmness given by a shell

Wendy, , May 13, 2019, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0

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

Initial analysis of “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks

Wendy, , May 3, 2019, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0

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

A poem of Mexico

Wendy, , April 18, 2019, Beauty, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Spring 2019, 6

She 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, , March 14, 2019, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2019, 3

Replace 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, , March 14, 2019, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2019, 5

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

raining

Ajaeya, , March 14, 2019, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2019, 3

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

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

Julian, , March 13, 2019, Black Lives Matter, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2019, 4

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

The Universe Within Us

Judith, , November 28, 2018, Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, 6

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

Sam Cornish I.S.O

Ben, , March 14, 2018, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0

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

I 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, , March 13, 2018, Creative Writing, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0

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

Nothing but Cold

Yaqui, , March 9, 2018, Memoir, Showcase, Spring 2018, 2

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

Another Poem

Kevin, , March 2, 2018, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0

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, , February 23, 2018, Memoir, Showcase, Spring 2018, 8

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

why am I mad as hell

Pedro, , February 23, 2018, Memoir, Showcase, Spring 2018, 4

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

A Poem

Kevin, , February 16, 2018, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2018, 9

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

“Through My Eyes”

Paul, , February 16, 2018, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1

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

Song of Myself

Adelle, , February 15, 2018, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Spring 2018, 4

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

Reef

Anna, , November 14, 2017, Fall 2017, Showcase, 2

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

Ordinary Life

Bederlin, , July 17, 2017, Showcase, Summer 2017, 5

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

These People

Jahkym, , June 1, 2017, Poetry, Police Brutality, Politics, 0

Look 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, , May 3, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, 1

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

Carpe Diem Poem

Adam, , May 3, 2017, Poetry, 1

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

My Thoughts on Poetry

Rylan, , May 2, 2017, Spring 2017, 0

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

Someone Like Me

Em, , April 19, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2017, 2

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

Nobody, Not Even The Rain

Em, , March 27, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, 2

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

I am So Sorry

Naomi, , March 25, 2017, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2017, 3

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

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

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

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

Age and Thoughts

Molly, , March 21, 2017, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0

Surrounded 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, , March 17, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, Showcase, 0

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

Date with the Sun

Ariel, , March 14, 2017, Showcase, Spring 2017, 8

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

All Flame No Firewood

Em, , March 10, 2017, Spring 2017, 0

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

Forgetfulness Equivalent to Carelessness

Em, , March 10, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, 0

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

A Reason Why

Em, , March 3, 2017, Creative Writing, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2017, 6

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

Some Nights

Em, , February 24, 2017, Creative Writing, Nature, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0

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

Fragmented Thought

Em, , February 24, 2017, Creative Writing, Nature, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2017, 2

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

Two World Collide

Shantanu, , November 10, 2016, Art, Beauty, Fall 2016, Media, Nature, Scratch, Showcase, Stories, Wonder, 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...

Seashell

Skayla, , October 31, 2016, Nature, Poetry, Showcase, 5

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

A One Year Old Grave

Joselyn, , October 25, 2016, Fall 2016, Family, Poetry, Religion, Showcase, 1

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

Where I Learned to Write Poems

Kiran, , October 16, 2016, Fall 2016, Family, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Social Class, Where I'm From, 0

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

Gunshots

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

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

Not the Same

Semon, , October 4, 2016, Poetry, Racism, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 5

I’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, , October 4, 2016, Family, Friendship, Poetry, Repentino., Violence, Where I'm From, 7

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

On the Low

Lorena, , October 4, 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 4

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

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Joselyn, , October 4, 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 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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