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Hands on Stanzas
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Cecilia Pinto, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Ellen Estrada
Teachers: Molly Spooner
School: Walter Payton College Prep High School
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a poem by Deja,
Grade 10
The hurt was captured
In a complete expression by her beside
The unreal feelings brought into a room of
Family, friends and the hated light ahead.
A droplet of something so salty and wet
Explained the question of a lifetime.
A breath from a snotty nose,
Innocent child was taken in the confusion of this silent, screaming room.
Then there was a break
Not for better but worse the compete condition,
Only this fairly new.
A stranger that they were so familiar with took them under his wing.
He promised she would be safe and
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Cecilia Pinto, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Ellen Estrada
Teachers: Molly Spooner
School: Walter Payton College Prep High School
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a poem by Holly,
Grade 10
For myself I write
to send with you
a jacket
Two years nothing lost, nothing gained
Black for the shade of your glassy eyes
Hearts, hardened, sickness ours
Form-fitting, inseparable, resembles
The two of us, once
The smell of my body lurks heavily
Brings tears to your black eyes?
Warmth to your hardened heart?
The thickness of my odor in your nose
is sweet, sickeningly sweet.
When I ask, you refuse to take it
Yet there it lies, on your bed sheets;
Black as the nights we lie, under stars
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Cecilia Pinto, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Ellen Estrada
Teachers: Molly Spooner
School: Walter Payton College Prep High School
The Letter Writing Proves
a poem by Janet,
Grade 10
The blank page is mocking me
Staring back, a reminder of the fact
I lack the courage to send this.
My pen meets the page
My love and rage combine creating
Harsh words
That I immediately take back in fear of how you'll
React.
Sitting with less than perfect posture
Hunched over, why should I bother telling you this?
Pen. Scribbling
Handwriting. Illegible.
So I can be honest without you knowing the truth
That these facades degrade our relationship
Leaving us to cherish generic moments.
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Cecilia Pinto, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Ellen Estrada
Teachers: Molly Spooner
School: Walter Payton College Prep High School
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a poem by Ola,
Grade 10
Black lagoon cat, sausage
Meat don't eat it anymore
(Maybe he was insubordinate)
You want meow mix, now
(He kept turning his head)
Speak up, now.
800 decibels of cat yowls gets
Me nowhere
(Twas another bad day)
Just take it, overlook the
Tomato-reminiscent taste
(to protect and serve)
Ok cat, let's
Give it a rest and
(He slammed his head against the wall)
No tears.
Don't throw out your secrets. They're
Almost as weird as you.
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Cecilia Pinto, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Ellen Estrada
Teachers: Molly Spooner
School: Walter Payton College Prep High School
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a poem by Stephanie,
Grade 10
Most memories are meant to be remembered,
Some should be put away
Some stay for the moment, and then should be unheard
Fortunately, some stay...
This memory made bursts of laughter
And then my rosie cheeks after.
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