Ms. Widman
High School Creative Writing
This week the young Viking writers discussed odes and what they celebrate about themselves. We read the classic “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton and Jessica Walsh’s stunning “When My Daughter Says I Was Never Punk” (Here’s someone else reading the poem). I am so proud of the young poets.
“We Learn” by Joey W.
Won’t you celebrate with me
You will see who
You will see why
You will see how
I am
Joey W.
I am who I am
I am who I want to be
Through the thick and thin
I rise
From the bottom of the lagoon
Let me show you
Let me help
Let me
Help you
Be who you want to be
Rise with Me
Front he deepest point of
The lagoon
Be my doppleganger
I will be yours
No one left behind
In my mind
We are one
The water thrashing against our face
Only means a new beginning
We will feel the sand on our feet
Every last grain matters
Errors won’t occur
We will learn
We will see who
We will see why
We will see how
We are
One
Won’t you celebrate with me
“Champion” by John N.
A legion of dull hard worked mornings
Robotnic routines, I did that.
Bodily prickles week in and week out
before the sun rose, I did that.
Broken fingers and dreams that will forever remain
practicing in snow and the rain. I went through that.
Watching teammates and friends change. Some rise; some fall.
Seeing myself withdraw from the family I made, I went through that.
Because of perseverance and dedication, I did that.
Because of sacrifice and pain, I went through that.
A better person in the future with these efforts, I will be that.
Because of these things, a champion. I became that.
“Today I Am Enraged” by Christina V.
Today I am enraged.
I longed for this feeling.
I eliminated limerance,
overcame the battle.
I ripped my once “prized possessions”
when I go to that one spot.
I don’t think of you anymore
obsessed with the feeling of euphoria.
I’m enraged how long I took
grinding my teeth.
