There was a school wide celebration last weekend at Social Justice High School with an hour dedicated to the students reading their work from the Poetry Society! To help the poets prepare, we talked about editing, reading our work out loud, and spent the day revising some of our favorite poems from the semester.
Check out the newly revised works!
Lluvia G. “Ode To ABBA”
Oh, ABBA, with melodies that soar,
Your harmonies echo, forever adored.
In the glow of the disco lights,
I danced, “Waterloo” played, and
My heart entranced.
With “Dancing Queen,” I felt
So alive, memories of laughter,
Where joy would thrive.
Your stories of love and
heartache so true, in every
note, a piece of you.
Like words that weave and
inspire, your music ignites an
incandescently fire. In every
chorus, a timeless embrace, ABBA,
forever, will be my muse.
Belen O., “Mirada”
Confused on how to feel sad, happy
mad? Name all the emotions you want
I still won’t know how to feel. I’m in my
room, all alone, pitch black. All you
could see is pink, looking up
at the ceiling. My eyes counting to water
silence but too much silence. So
I put music on. “Mirada.” Eyes
tearing up, heart aching, understanding
that I’m about to break in tears.
But I don’t want to.
Tear, after tear falls down, down my cheek
I break down crying. Slowly drifting into my
own sadness than I bottled up
within me. Noticing how well I
connect with this song. Knowing
that I’m going through the
same feeling right now…
Mirada broke me… and now I’m
lost in my own feelings.
But should that be
good? or bad?
Ileana G.
One memory I won’t forget is when it’s the Day of the Dead
the people I lost even if I didn’t know them.
I do wish I did
but I know I could feel them hugging me
Life always means something
but why take away something that made me happy
being myself comes so I stop being myself
i be what others want me to be
When I heard that I don’t need to please others just myself that made
me realize that I wanted to be seen more than
the person someone can control making me feel emotional
wanting to spend more time with family and real friends
that teaches me something you can’t be a part of everyone’s
life you just needs to hang out with people that don’t
just see you as a toy friend they see you as a
happy, outgoing, loving person.
Laughing having fun
even if most people tell me
“i’m being Dramatic” or”i’m telling a lie they would never do that”
i know that some people won’t believe me
“i feel unheard, unseen” nah I DID THIS SO LATE BUT IT’S NOW OR NEVER
SO I PICK NOW RATHER THAN NEVER
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