Keeping with the theme of Halloween, the poets from the Latino Youth High School’s afterschool poetry program wrote about some of their fears. We analyzed 2 poem scary poems ; “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert Service and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. From fallen dreams to climate change to the horrors of the hood, please do not get too spooked by their pieces.
Brian Z.
Rest the Wicked.
I live above the screams
Of those who corrupted their dreams,
Those who did anything
For the finer things.
What will it take for me to feel the sting,
Wondering what death will bring
And yet I lay awake tortured by the whispers of my guilt.
Ashley L.
(untitled)
We live in a world where the snow is starting to melt
And life on earth is slowly beginning to fade
The weather is only leaving behind a world they despise
So, they decided to create a thing nobody could see coming
There was a virus that spread like the wildfires that are killing the Amazon
This is one they decided to create
It brought the world to a great pain
Mike J.
(untitled)
Violence in the city
Rich and ghetto people downtown
Lot’s of poverty in the hood
What can we do?
Kim R.
Friday Night
as he goes through the night
guns shoot his body
that amount of shots he wasn’t supposed to survive
Three to the arm, one to the knee, and one to the back
wasn’t planned to be part of the nights’ vibe
everything goes blank before his eyes
a fear of his has manifested
and I’m afraid for his life
it was supposed to take off to higher heights
now it’s being questioned by some Friday night
