People Come and Go
Faith Mitchell. Poet Warrior. People Come and Go People Come And Go Even The People Who Be There The Most They Will Be In Your Face Like An Angel But Stab You In The Back Like Satan People Come…
The Equal Race
Chanel Malone-Ridgnal. Poet Warrior. The Equal Race The Equal Race They always have different personalities From what you wish until reality Like if you're not the The right RACE As I walk down the street I wonder who the…
Typical Black Man.
Matthew Judkins. Poet Warrior. Typical Black Man. A typical black man is a man A man that sits and lets things happen. A man that doesn’t care about his life. A man that doesn’t care if he dies. A…
My Dark Skin.
Kiffanie Jackson. Poet Warrior. My Dark Skin. white -skin, light-skin, brown-skin, Ha Im neither of them. The shade that's on my flesh Was my worst enemy. playing hide-and-seek In the dark looking at others being font Standingintheopeingwonderingiftheycanseeme DANG I…
My Sister
Kelynn Christian. Poet Warrior. My Sister My sister is mean as a bulldog on a bad day. She is louder than a fast train passing through. You can hear her a mile with her foot steps that go Boom…
My Sister.
Ariana Castro. Poet Warrior. My Sister. She’s heartless Mean words and phrases Racing through her head She stares me up and down As I go sit on my bed She’s heartless She calls me names So I say some…
Poetry Is
David Brown. Poet Warriors. Poetry Is Poetry Is describing your feelings and thoughts with clever wordplay and rhythm on stanzas That make the old feel young and the young feel Like they can fly, poetry is like a magic…
Hammond.
Ashley Alvarado. Poet Warrior. Hammond. Hammond Is dark and blue all around. Hammond Has lots of trees with leaves on them also some are as tall as school buses. Hammond Smells like people cooking outside,Fresh grass everywhere. Hammond As…
Poetry Is
Omar Regalado. Poet Warrior. Poetry Is Poetry is… Poetry is the light when my mind goes into dark sky Poetry is the thoughts of people or a person coming and speaking out The coldness of winters are as cold…
My Sister Taught Me…
Mareek Hackett. Poet Warrior. My Sister Taught Me… My sister taught me that life not easy and it doesn't go your way all the time where i come from is a place that has many of fights and it's…
I Want
Antoine Gildon. Poet Warrior. I Want I want people to stop worrying about the minor things I want people to stop worrying about who has the newest shoes Be happy about what do have and be happy about what…
The better days
Rashaunna Jones. Poet Warrior. The better days The yelling of her voice makes me mad. But there's better days that we had. From driving in the car going to Apple beez, and sitting under the big green trees. …
Hammond.
Clayton Jones. Poet Warrior. Hammond. Hammond the streets are ruff Life is hard, Dirty alley, Nice cars, Mixed people. Everyone has Nice shoes Nice parks Beautiful yard's Less candy stores School isn't all That nice But at my School…
Poetry Freedom
DaSean Williams. Poet Warrior. Poetry Freedom Poetry to me is a new Life Poetry gives me life when I don't enjoy it Poetry helps me express My feelings I never show Poetry makes me feel FREE! Poetry is like…
Chicago
Aaron White. Poet Warrior. Chicago Chicago can be bright also can be dark depends on where you are at and what you make it . Chicago The dark one-day may be bright if you never quit and always put…
The Disease
Iona Walker. Poet Warrior. The Disease She was not that big but not that small With sometimes no color at all It looks as if someone came to take her place put it the place the wrong way She…
Gary.
DeAndre Walker. Poet Warrior. Gary. Gary Where I come from is not a good place. But it’s also not a bad place. Gary It smelt like burnt rubber all in Gary. You can hear the gunshots coming from the…
My Place.
Jamar Styles. Poet Warrior. My Place. My Place Is one of serenity , love , peace , and rhythm. This place s the court . In My Place I can be free . I can be myself . I…
Before The Little One
Lisa Poxon. Poet Warrior. Before The Little One On the first day of preschool Dad had gone to heaven when I was five Me and mom became fish out of water Oh we wished he was still alive Mom…
THE BOY FROM GARY
T’Quan Harper. Poet Warrior THE BOY FROM GARY I come from where it is not safe Chip bags and Candy WRAPPERS On the street this is not a place To leap about I go to sleep hoping I wake…