Journey
by Allieas
When I first met you,
I knew you were the one.
But I didn't have the courage,
to make my journey done.
And when we met face to face,
you helped the journey end.
Searching night on night,
and day by day to finally find the end.
You were right there waiting,
like you promised at the bend.
Now I won't take the path again,
even though you've gone ahead.
I won't catch up no or never.
I've finished that path
and now its your turn to walk.
Today
and Yesterday by Kevin Nicolás Fritz Quezada
Lately
I have been reflecting and
I discovered something.
Today I don't think of the things I used to.
My world was games and toys
Today my world is sharing with friends
And listening to music, singers, groups.
Yesterday, I didn't quite know nor understood
the difference between good and bad.
I only knew that I wanted to have a good time.
Yesterday was a bad day,
I was scolded
But what today matters
is that I have learned something
Today I talked to my family
They told me that I've grown up so
I've got more duties and responsibilities
But I don't want to accept this change.
In spite of all, today I am calm.
I know something has changed within me.
I don't want to be convinced
but the thing is that I'm not sure about
wanting to accept facts.
What I really want is to be aware of everything by myself!
Confirmation
by AEKW
I found someone else who refers to me as their dear,
With their words somehow you don't feel quite as near,
Even though I still feel your love even when you are not here,
I've started to realize that I might not always be your most dear,
I know that from this I was a great profiteer,
I learned that the love that comes from above is the real financier,
His love showed me that the man I choose cannot interfere,
And baby this is not your financial year,
Maybe later He will decide to make you the man who stands by my
side,
But for now I will live and take every day in stride,
I will move on with my life, causing you no strife, we will be both
far and near,
I would always love to have you here,
With God I know that he will help me this school year,
I'll let Him by my greatest engineer,
He can guide me and show me exactly who to choose,
And that's just what I'll do,
I will not wait for you,
Instead I'll wait and He will show me the right path to take,
I tried on my own,
But now I will follow Him along,
I love this feeling more than anything,
It's the most intimate happiness one can bring
Updated
25th July
Paradise
by Alasdair Marchant (aged 13)
Palms swaying
in the breeze,
This is a heaven on earth,
Waves lapping at the shore,
Turtles climbing up the beach,
Parrots whistling in the trees,
Somewhere tranquil for the mind,
Crabs of a thousand colours,
Crawling up the sand.
Flora flourishing in the rainforest,
Coconuts high up on trees,
The Seychelles,
Captain of the Seas.
Random
by Rebecca
Really difficult to come up with
Anything to say that has
No meaning what so ever.
Darn right difficult but I'll seize my
Opportunity to write something random and
Marvellous.
My
Love by George Brown
Dorica, you're
so beautiful to me.
Your lips are sweet, your eyes always sparkle.
Your skin is as clear as the skin of a baby.
Your face is as beautiful as a tropical island.
Your character brings sunlight to every dark day.
My heart is always warm when I think about you.
You are always found in my dreams
And never will your heart depart from my thoughts.
Dance
Floor by Angelica Felices
When you hit
the dance floor
my heart skips a beat of two
When you start shaking
I feel like my world's stopped moving
it seems like there's just
you & me on the floor.
Each time you
move, each time you smile
my heart keeps on moving fast
and because of those graceful movements
you have caught everybody's attention
and they start admiring you,
especially it caught the insensitive
heart of mine...
I'm proud of
you and I will always be
because of you my life is totally fulfilled.
Tiny-Heart
Beat by Emma McElwee
My mind is scattered. My breaths are fast.
I put my hand on my stomach to feel the tiny heart beat within me.
This can't be happening. Our life is already a struggle.
How will I tell him? Tell him that everything is about to be strained.
The sweetness of hope with the fear of the whimpers of heartbreak.
Tears run down my cheek as the horrible thought runs through my
head.
Could I be able to do that? Be able to lose my baby willingly?
For the sake of my family. Yes I could. I think. Maybe.
But that feeling inside me of a life. A life that could be so wonderful.
I can't. I know life is excruciating at times, but then a blessing
comes along in the most unexpected way.
Lies by Nataliya Atanasova
See only my blind sky
the stars, my own two eyes
it rains - I cry
How to escape from my ugly lies.
Here they won't
find me
'cause every time they come they drop their eyes
and only I have the key
to keep alive my secret lies.
They grow in
my mind
I'm confusing what is real
have myself to find
this life again to feel.
Goodbye
by Angelica Felices
We've gone through
many yesterdays together
some bring tears
while others bring smile
together we face each obstacle that's
blocking our way
and together we enjoy each other's company
we all know
that life is too short
and in case there's no more tomorrow for all of us
I still want you to know that you fulfil my life
and the memories we've shared will be kept in
my heart forever…
Is
She Real? by Mulham
Is she real?
You just want to know
You just want to feel her hair
To touch her hands
Is she a shadow?
A mirror to your dreams?
How can I know
If she's a lie?
Maybe she's alive
But suddenly she leaves
With the wind
With the truth
Leaving a memory
Leaving tears
The Rainbow by Kevin Fritz Quezada
I love rainbows
I love them very much
With so many colours.
Such as:
Orange, orange, orange
The colour of the juicy orange.
Blue, blue, blue
The colour of the wide sea.
Yellow, yellow, yellow
The colour of the shining sun
Green, green, green
The colour of the big trees
Red, red, red
The colour of the apple I like best
Purple, purple, purple
The colour of delicious plums
Follow the rainbow
Follow the rainbow
Follow the rainbow
At the end of it you'll find a pot of gold.
What colour is gold?
It's golden, golden, golden
like an angel's beautiful hair.
Square One by AEKW
I did not go out looking for you, but once you were mine I dared
to let you go,
I know that I can't have you now, but I want you so,
I wish I could
ask you how you felt,
After all, I'm definitely not digging the cards I was dealt,
Why can't you
be with me,
Are there actually other fish in the sea,
Or is it just
me,
Is that how it's supposed to be?
Why did we meet?
Why did it always have to be discreet?
Now that you
are gone,
I am not versed in how to move on,
I want to ask
you how you are doing,
In lieu of it all, my emotions are still brewing,
I am still singing
aloud our song,
Wishing you were here to sing along,
I go back to
the place where we met,
Tears flow as I yearn to forget,
One day I may
understand, but for now I want to follow His plan,
Always know I will take your hand, but not in spite of the Promised
Land
Allergic
Poem by Mulham
The honey eating
bunny
Trying to be funny
Slammed a bees' nest
It fell on his chest
then he couldn't breathe
'Cos he was allergic to bees!
I Have No One by Krystal Robles
I be looking at all the people around me and I see everyone living
but when I look at myself I see someone small
someone who don't belong in this world not at all
I look at myself and I see someone ugly,
I try to look deep inside but I find nothing
I keep hoping that someday there would be something
I wish that there were something or someone that I can hold on too,
Someone who would look at the world the way that I do
Someday there would be a Mr Right, someone who not afraid to bite
Someone who would love to spend time with me even though I'm a little
crazy Someone who would smile when they see me
someone who would let me be me
But until that day come I would be all alone
Looking at all the people who have someone
and know that I have no one, that I'm all alone
and I'm the only one.
Never Lasts by Angelica Felices
When I met you,
my life was changed
you brought happiness
and fulfilment..
you made me feel special
and contented
to what I have right now,
that's why I'm glad
your mine
even though
there's a lot of things
we've been fighting for..
I'm happy to realize that
we've ended up okay.
I want you to
know that
I'll always be here for you, guiding
and supporting you in whatever
path you may take…
until there
was you and me
on this world
there would be no pain and
sadness,
Coz you're what makes my day
and the friendship we've shared
will remain in my heart,
until the Lord welcomes me to His place.
Colours
by Kevin Fritz Quezada
Blue,
blue, blue
Beautiful blue
I like the blue of the sky
I like the blue of the sea
They are so bright
and they are so lovely
and so you are for me!
Green, Green, Green.
How beautiful you are!
You are in the trees.
You are in the bushes.
You are in the grass
And in my favourite
Christmas pine.
Yellow, yellow, yellow
are the chicks, chicks, chicks
and so is the sun, sun, sun
and the papayas too. Hmm!
How delicious they are!
Red, Red, Red is the fire.
Flames are red too.
Be careful with the fire.
It could hurt you.
Brown, brown, brown
Cold as the night
I love it in chocolates.
But I don't eat too much.
Updated
3rd July 2008
Simple
Alone by Emilio Cortés Castillo
Alone
Time passes,
Sometimes slowly
Sometimes fast
The Earth rests
This feeling lasts only a second
But it seems an eternity.
Alone
You want everything to finish
With the speed of a lightning.
Thoughts of death
Sensations like vanishing.
Alone
Strong need of love,
Need of friendship
You want all this to finish,
Need somebody to help you.
Alone
Sunsets are longer
Nights are colder
The cosmos with its power
tells you
Be brave!
Darkness by Kevin Fritz Quezada
You
Only you can change the day into the night
Only in a few seconds, you make the sun vanish
Sometimes shyly, but nicely
Always together with the moon
You show the stars twinkling
And there's a subtle but fascinating light
Those nights in which everything is darkness
animals resting and sleeping
because of your presence
respect you with humility.
And so do the rest of creation
It's time to rest.
Alone in my room
only with your company, darkness
I feel safe and quiet to think
with a great sensation of tranquillity
It's peace.
It's silence
But everything comes to an end
Darkness vanishes.
But it doesn't make me sad.
Because it opened its arms
to the most beautiful colours of dawn!
A Feeling that I Feel by Krystal Robles
This feeling
is it real
A feeling that I feel.
I cannot explain
it
I do not want to fight it.
It is a feeling
in my mine
It caught me from behind.
I do not want
to lose it
I do not want to abuse it.
However, this
feeling that I fine
Is a feeling I cannot hide.
I do not want
to go
An other day feeling what
Am feeling when am
Without you.
Spy (every) Night by Hana Sustkova
What have they
only made?
Blue strawberry red beach
They're too poor if they're too rich
Classic
Music
Voice
King falls sleeping down
Still silence Night (Be) sure
(You're too rich if you're too poor)
New
Far Old Near by Hana Sustkova
And they which
won't fell down
Between trees without leaves green
Didn't believe
Didn't believe him
But when they
have all vivid hit
All cleaned for one new street
Through our latest moon
Didn't believe yet sing
Oh, he gave
us soulmates they wanted powerful
Ice come in me I would buy new sky
Normal day you're the sun
He gave us tomorrow, you're the tool
What have they
again only made
Science in leaves green and them old voice
Body of girlfriend dead awake
All they hit, all they hit
Sportmatch on the sure pure beach
And now they in the forest sit
Fell down
The didn't believe you more
Oh God, turn off this door
Celebrate
by Hana Sustkova
With a bad happying
you drink
Straight may/it be
Radio and dad sing
Radio alone
Papa himself
What shall it be, it's gone
Sky is empty
without moon
(You're the sun)
Updated
19th June 2008
Stares
by Colleen McTavish
Updated
6th June 2008
I
Can't Remember by Issabella Inkwell
We met, we talked,
I'm sure you told me your name,
But I can't remember.
Too busy was I staring at your face.
Beauty etched on every inch of it.
Too busy listening to your voice,
The way it flowed through me,
Like water through a stream.
Too busy staring at your smile,
The way it spread across your mouth
Like the sun across the sky.
Too busy gazing into your eyes,
Bright as the moon in the dark night sky.
We met… we talked…
I'm sure you told me your name…
But I can't remember.
Untitled
by Marina Orde
OH MY GOD-icide
LOOK AT ALL THESE PEST-icides
IT'S BURNING UP OUR EARTH-icide
and no one seems to care
YOU SEE ALL THESE HOM-icides
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE SU-icides
SO TAKE ME BY THE HAND-icide
and lead me away from here
AWAY FROM ALL THE DESTRUCT-icide
AND FROM ALL THE POPUL-icide
LET'S JUST RUN AWAY-icide
and leave this atmosphere
Disappointment
by Katie Heflin
Regret
Confusion
The fact that being disappointed
In me
Is not one opinion
It is unanimous
I can't think
Without hearing
The writing that is jumping off the walls
Right at me
Beating and devouring me
There is no room for air
I can't escape
Regret
Confusion
Being disappointed
It is unanimous
Red
is for Remembrance by Elizabeth Bond
you stare at
the picture up in its place
you don't want to stop staring at their smiling face
remembering where there had once been
knowing that they won't ever be there again
you want to be so very sad
but knowing where they are now you shouldn't feel bad
slowly you turn and walk away
to try so hard to face another day
At Peace by Courtney Bosse
The rolling
hills
blowing through the
ill-looking green grass.
The beautiful, bright sun
beating down on my pale face.
Nature's sounds ringing in my ears,
Like sweet, peaceful music.
This is my serenity, my paradise.
Where I feel at peace.
Serenity by Ebony
Serenity flows,
As all flows,
As sound floats,
Through my head
As peace enters
The spirit.
It is.
Serenity.
And it is solid,
Like a stone,
That moves like water,
And I breathe it in,
And try to hold on forever,
And I almost cry,
When I let go,
Almost cry,
When it's gone.
He
Said by Anwen Hayward
He said that
the moon was pale,
A silver sliver in the choking night,
And that it illuminated their prison like cobwebs in a candle.
The deafening thuds and crashes filled
The dusty, dangerous air,
And lived in harmony with the drowning gases.
The ground was thick and uninhabitable,
So even the simple weeds had withered,
But his pride and sense of duty remained intact.
He said that men were lost each time he blinked,
So he did not close his eyes for fear of missing his friend,
Or a bullet.
Those who died were left behind,
In panic rather than disgrace,
And where they lay, a dusting of vermillion grew
That hid the smears of crimson caked into the earth,
Running into puddles of filth,
Contaminating where he was forced to cower.
He said that even the Sun could not shine a light
On the reasons for their destruction,
Because it was hiding from the enemy.
The stars shrank, wilted,
Like the hope of the men he called his brothers,
And when they died, the stars passed too.
The atmosphere was thick and smoky
With the remnants of gunfire
And the despair of the men.
He said that one evening, all was still
Yet his eyes were open, taking in reality
And he could hear the others breathe
As everyone that crouched in the trenches and the shell holes
Put down their weapons
And cried a new colour.
Time
is Youth by Amaobi Otiji
Sometimes I wonder why we suffer through this life
then I think about what are the rewards of all this strife
We are seated with our father, or for some born again
and when we're old we think about how it was to be ten
Where does the time go? It slips through our fingers
Our minds just seem to linger.
Those of you with youth, like you and me
use the time while you are free
You think your parents enslave you with all their rules
but in the end you will be feeling like a fool
For those golden years in your youth
when you could run around or when you lost your first tooth
those are the golden years, they truly are
for when you're old you will see them from afar
Being young is the best, like gold
for in the immortal words of my grandfather, "It sucks, being
old."
Darkness,
For Sure by Courtney Bosse
The dark sky
above
Surely, showing a sign
Of miserable weather.
It's always so depressing
To see Earth's natural beauty
Looking so hateful
And cruel.
Among the lush, green trees
The wind blows furiously.
The scary, dark sky,
Proving,
Darkness, for sure.
Updated
May 21st 2008
The
Love We Share by Chelsey
The love we share:
You wonder why I love you
And not some other guy
Well boy what I love about you is that sparkle in your eye
What you see in me, I'll never know
Just tell me that you love me so.
You always sent me hints,
Darling now you can be my Prince.
You have such a big heart
We'll never drift apart
I can feel your heart beat fast
Promise me you'll make this last.
Fear
by Ian Morales
Fear can grip
the heart with the strength of a bear,
Or it can creep up the walls of your heart like a disease.
Slowly but surely it can posses your heart's keys.
Fear I think lives in a lair,
And comes out only when what you are afraid of comes to bear.
Fear can sting
you in your back like a swarm of bees,
Or swing by quietly and collect its fees.
Its fees you see are not quite fair
For I think they double every time he swings by
The fees are not paid by money but by how much he can control.
Some may think this is a lie.
Fear is always
on patrol,
And every time fear finds you, your heart may cry.
So don't let fear the silly troll, take control.
Today
by Katie Heflin
Today is a chance to live
Just another day
Everyone says
Like yesterday and tomorrow
But to me that is not true
To me today is unlike any other day
Because it is today, right now
One can choose to take the chance of today and live
Or he/she can run and hide from it
Like so many others do
But I don't want to be like everyone else
Just watching their life float away
Because today I choose to take the chance
To live and have fun
And I will make the best of today
So that tomorrow will be so much unlike today
It will be better
Captured
Beauty by Eva Cooper
I walk along the hallways,
My own school prison,
Its lunchtime,
Though I'm skippin'.
Giggling girls walk by me,
Not noticing their surroundings,
They walk by the school garden,
That captures trees, in its boundaries.
The ground is littered with paper and wrappers,
But the tree stands taller than I,
Weeds inherit the ground,
Though the tree still will not die.
The dirty windows,
Beauty it hides.
I walk outside,
And see it for real life.
The teachers can see it,
But their shutters are down.
Casting their eyes away,
Beauty screams,
But they cannot hear a sound.
The tree stands out in glee,
It captures life's serenity.
Some people call it ugly,
I call it captured beauty.
Over Reacting by Joanne Dumerand
Breathing heavily
and heart beating fast,
I tell every one that hikes on me to kiss my…
Getting mad and walking out of class.
Feeling left out at every event at school.
Depressed all day having different emotions every second of the
way.
Punching, kicking stabbing and killing, watching blood pour from
bodies and bodies no body cares about how I feel inside,
I'm just a piece of sugar, honey, ice, tea that gets treated badly.
Now tell me something you definitely don't know about me.
Why?
by Katie Heflin
I wonder why
We can't all fly
Why are some people smart
When others fall right from the very beginning
They all say well life is just unfair
Like that is such a reasonable explanation
Well I want to know
Why am I so lucky?
Some people write poems
To get all of their problems out of their heads
Well I am writing this one to tell you
Wherever you are
Whatever your dilemmas
I am sorry
I know that isn't saying much
And I can't say that I know how it feels
'Cause I really don't
But reading some peoples' s poems on here
Make me so mad
Because life in unfair
But just remember to stay strong
Because life does go on
What
Will Come of Me by Eva Cooper
I wish I was little and free again,
Where the laws of society,
Were of no concern to me.
I did what I pleased,
And ate what I wanted.
I said what I felt,
And people listened too.
When love was ,
And easy to come by,
And people weren't so nosy,
As in the present day life.
When soda wasn't bad for you,
And the airport lines where shorter.
When the national debt was smaller,
And a dollar was worth a dollar.
When the world was black and white,
And there was only wrong and right.
When older people had more faith in younger people,
And younger people could trust older people.
When friends had sleepovers,
And we all made good grades.
When tulips would entice us,
More than grenades.
When the biggest question in life was,
If we believed in aliens.
And the hardest days ever,
Are when we had to clean our rooms.
My biggest fear now,
Is how life will be in another 10 years.
Will it get worse?
Will all hope disappear?
Or…
Will it get better?
Can I still dream like I'm 4 when I'm really 40?
That will always be my mystery.
Cry by Shivleen Gill
It touches you, it makes you believe
It hurts you, it makes you grieve
Never the same, do you stay
Searching I go, for hope, a ray.
I can't stop; I have to go on,
Time never waits, forgive me for my cons.
Lost in the world, faced by the truth,
Fooled by the fake, I learned from my mistakes
You, Me, I, are all dream.
I wake up, when tears scream.
I lie, died, I see around me
I have gone, and I wonder why carrying are we?
Together by Katie Heflin
Someone
Something
You and me
Growing apart
But always coming back together
Somewhere in between
Somewhere
Somehow
I will find you again
Because
by Shivleen Gill
Sometimes just a look is enough,
And we understand what hurt
Sometimes silence is enough
And one can listen to a heart
Sometimes situations
are stuff
But he makes things easy rather
Sometimes we act rough
But we oath to commit to each other
Sometimes I
don't understand, why?
So I see you clam
Your beautiful eyes answering, why
So I recited to silence...
No Sense by Katie Heflin
Can't complete my thoughts
I write words down
But they make no sense
Hatred
Resentment
Being scared
Running
Throwing up
Not wanting to move
All these words
Describe how I feel
Without you
But they also describe
How I felt when I was with you
These words that make no sense
Just made a poem
About my feelings towards you
Born
as You by Shivleen Gill
If you could only see,
The way I love you,
You would have loved me more.
The way this heart feels for you
If you could realize how I feel,
The way for you, I'm so found.
So much my heart, for you, feels
If could I be only you,
I could have seen the other side.
If only I could be born as you,
I could understand how you feel for me.
If only God
turn my wishes to life,
I could show you, my beloved
We could make things to life
But only if I could learn your way to love.
The
Man by Katie Heflin
I opened my heart
As far as I could
Without breaking it
I let you in
Knowing right from the start
That you couldn't be "the man"
But having that in the back of my head
Says it all
Because I didn't really open my heart
Not as far as I could have
I wouldn't let you in
'Cause I was scared
But you didn't care
I knew right from the start
That you couldn't be "the man"
Ugly Little Girl by Joanne Dumerand
Getting called
ugly is the number one thing I hate to get called. That the one
thing that will make me hurt myself!
Those same bullies
that calls me ugly, are the same ones that asks me why do I do so
much harm to myself?
I always answer because you all call me ugly but I can't defend
me for my own health.
Therapy after
therapy I got help but for some reason it doesn't work the worst
it becomes at school the worst I will get, what else can I ask for?
Boys thinks I'm ugly girls think I'm ugly so good for me you can't
name one boy at my school, in the seventh grade that has even a
tiny crush on me.
Why? Because
I'm an ugly little girl and I forever be one until I'm in my twenties,
that's the absolute truth.
Updated
7th May 2008
Home
by Devin
for the first time, I was home
everything shone in a new-fangled way
things I would've never imagined
passed through my brain
like the air through my lungs
the knowledge of my mistake
radiated in my heart
a buzzing fluorescent light
hanging over the heads of test takers
aggravating, frustrating
a nuisance
like sea salt in wounds
every single day
a new sore on a new patch of skin
another eggshell to avoid
but I know I'm better than that
the things I have realized since then
could stretch to the moon
there has been an earthquake in my head
a tight noose around my neck
a reason to let everything lapse into hibernation
but I know so much more than I did then
incredibly hypocritical speeches
trust broken like twigs underfoot
ill-equipped, inadvertent love
things I've dodged
things I fear
things I cannot accept
all free services you offer
no hidden fees, guaranteed
because your heart is my home,
I've given up my childhood
because your heart is my home,
I am whole
Notre
Dame by Anwen Hayward
I met a traveller
who told me he had seen a sight
That lingered in his eyes even after the scars of night.
Time-blackened heaps of rubble lie, where once carved beauty stood.
Everything that once was is no longer, just earth-stained wood.
He told of empty windows that gaze down like desperate eyes,
Trying to find the reason behind Notre Dame's demise.
Where sculptures of terror once chased the demon games away,
There is now just a vast abyss of death beyond the day.
And where the towering silhouettes and gargoyles' eyes had been,
The ravens call for justice through a mist of ebony.
The majestic statues that once guarded Notre Dame lie
In rubble, with their rigid fingers twisted to the sky.
As one with stone from which they had been carved so long ago,
They cry for memories they've lost under dawn's golden glow.
I asked the traveller why the place that was praised all around
Had sunk into despair and dusk, to meet with rotten ground,
And why everything was desolate, with bruises and with wounds.
He mourned, and said it had been an inevitable doom,
For our ancestors' vain and selfish ways were not to last,
Trying to please a higher power told of in the past
With hopes of gold and love in an uncertain after world.
He told me that these passions were how Notre Dame unfurled
And how Notre Dame was murdered, and how it came to lie
Between these rolling valleys of dark, vermillion sky
With stains of amber as the dim Sun bleeds its wealth and gold
Before it dies and fades before its tale has been told.
The traveller said one last thing that set my mind ablaze;
That history repeats itself and merges with today,
And nothing that is pure of heart can last for evermore
It dies in flames but future echoes mean it is reborn
In all its coloured starlight, but with hatred and with pain,
Notre Dame Cathedral will rise from the rubble again.
Painting
by Ashley
she cries silent
tears as the artist prepares to create another painting
the body is the canvas
the blade is the brush
blood is the paint, the coloring
silver strokes from the brush
allow red paint to seep from the canvas
creating a sadly beautiful portrait
of pain and despair
as the paint pours down the canvas
with hues of tan, red, and silver
so do the feelings of the artist
immense feelings of hurt, unacceptance, and betrayal
it is the gateway for the artist to accept her fate
no one will ever appreciate her work, however
she hides her masterpieces under gloves and sleeves
hoping no one will acknowledge her talent for the blade
though she tries
she cannot escape her paintings
it is the only way out from the tears she cries
with her body as the canvas
Venus
by Claire Ewbank
I saw you shining
This morning,
Direct above the Northern Pole,
Light of the frozen skies.
I went to school,
Watched crazed clouds
Cover you in bubble-suds
And missed your smiling face.
Now, home again,
Wind gently pushing back
My hair, I sit.
Humming with the
Melodic stars and
You.
Always You,
Evening star
Midnight
Sky by Robin Cassady
As the midnight
sky turns dark, I start to wonder.
The stars come alive, as they leave shadows among the midnight sky.
The moon is like a light, shining brightly as a reflection in my
eyes.
Everything is calm, and still.
Until the stars start shooting across the sky, they land in my room.
Waiting for the wishes I have to set upon them.
For once I wish nothing but to have a Midnight Sky.
I
Believe by Laura Halliday
I believe in hope
I believe in peace
I believe in good
These beliefs I release
I believe in
the past
I believe in the present
I believe in the future
I believe in heaven
I believe in
you, my friend
As you have believed in me
If not for that belief, my friend
I could never see
I believe the stars
Twinkling secrets in the dark
I believe in the children
Playing in the park
And now the
miracle of all
As I now believe in myself
I never did before
But do not because of your help
Like a Dove by Eva Cooper
Gliding like a plane,
Over the red horizon.
No one to stop it,
Or shoot it down.
Free like the wind,
Or the clear white sky.
Free like the stars,
That shine through the night.
Not a baby cries,
Or a man dare shout.
Not a cricket crick,
Or a bear dare roar.
Over the ocean,
Through the mountains,
Wandering alone,
Through the golden-gated hills.
Like a majestic painting,
Made by Da Vinci.
Like a statue,
Who's image lasts forever.
A camera will wait,
For it to pass by.
A mirror will break,
Trying to capture its beauty.
Even time stops,
For a beautiful white dove.
The whole world stops,
For a single white dove.
The
Little Word Goodbye by Sally Moon
Friday night,
hearing your voice on the phone
Your "I'm sorrys" attacking my tender little heart
Just like the first fifty times you told me I'm sorry
Let me know you were true, nothing but genuine and pure
But letting my jealousy overcome me
Hoping for a little more attention
I hang up the phone
Without even a little goodbye
Saturday morning,
seeing you at my front door
The same swarm of butterflies that attacked my stomach
Just like that day I first saw you
Made me feel like a goddess on a throne in heaven
But letting my jealousy overcome me
Hoping for a little more attention
I shut the door
Without even a little goodbye
Saturday night,
seeing Her on my girls night out
A million and one knives stabbed my heart
Just like that day I saw her lean into your face
And saw you turn away as if you were avoiding a fly
But letting my jealousy overcome me
Hoping for a lot more attention
I run away from your apologies coming from the bottom of your heart
Without even a little goodbye
Sunday morning,
I answer the phone
I feel my heart breaking in to a billion and one pieces
Just as if my heart just fell off a cliff, hitting rock bottom of
the rockiest bottom
Made me feel like I wanted to end my life
But letting your true love overcome me
Hoping for a little bit of hope to be left
Without one memory of ever telling you goodbye
Regret overcomes my selfish, devilish body
Just as if I have just been thrown in the pit of hell
Now I do not
have a choice
But to say that little word goodbye
When all I want to you say is
Hello, Hello, Hello, a zillion and one times
Why'd
You Say You Love Me by Olivia Danielle De'Loach
Why'd you say you love me, when you knew it wasn't true.
Now every night I just sit in my room
Wondering.why?
You say you love me but I know it's a lie
Kick, scream and cry.
Hoping I could die.
Why'd you say you love me, when you knew it wasn't true.
Now you'll never lie again.
For what I say is true.
Because I have just killed you.
Like
a Leaf in the Wind by Eva Cooper
Like a leaf in the wind,
Fluttering in freedom.
Like a mouse in a cage,
Squeaking to be free.
Like running a mile,
For no one to stop you.
Like lying chained to the floor,
In a small, decrepit room.
Free as a bird,
Ready to fly away.
Like tied by ropes,
To the laws of society.
Like spotting green hills,
As far as the eye can see.
Like seeing bear cans,
Float down the stream.
Like outside exploring,
Hunting, looking.
Like stuck in a school desk,
Forced to read literacy.
One is free,
To-do what they may,
The other is bound,
To the present day.
The first is a dream,
That might never come true.
The second is a holocaust,
That's killing us all.
Some people think,
Control wins your heart.
Well I really don't agree,
It's all insanity.
Freedom is the key to success,
"The truth will set you free"
Some presidents won't agree,
Control freaks for eternity.
Yellow
- Rainbow by Claire Ewbank
the plastic
ice-cream cone
holds prisoners captive,
they slam against the crosshatched sides
yelling and screaming; an undignified brawl.
and yet I want to help them -
emancipate their empty selves,
so I set them free,
blowing in their souls the breath of life
to watch their chameleon bodies
whisp up and
up and
up
into the sapphire-swept sky.
Wish I could join them and
taste the fresh air on my dry lips
and travel to a place
where I am not seen or heard,
I merely am.
A Simple Tongue by Eva Cooper
9th grade
A simple tongue,
Like a lung.
It can keep you alive,
Or suffocate till you die.
Talk like a scented flower,
Flatter them with a flirtatious shower.
Or…
Burn their emotions,
With hateful devotions.
Shall you talk your way out,
Even through your doubt?
It may cut you out of a tight spot.
May cover you, or get you caught.
Lies spread,
Like the bubonic plague.
Unstoppable gossip,
Like a broken faucet.
Words spewing out,
Lies and truth about.
Don't trust what you hear,
Even if it comes from someone dear.
Words can be captured forever.
Even if, said it never.
You can make life seem like a living hell,
Or make it seem like you're drowning in a well.
You can give them joyous glee.
Or give them light to see.
The truth will set you free.
Liars will burn for eternity.
So choose which one you want to be, wisely.
Cold
Winter by Yuri Owen
I remember the
sound,
I remember the smile...
Sweet you, no one like you...
Name is you inside me, when I'm alive
you'll always be inside me...
But I haven't to stay with you...
But I haven't to stay in this way...
I remember warm December with you
Your November is away....
I remember the truth....
warm December with you....
but I have to go away... go away...
I'll always love you...
Updated
April 28th
Love
and Forgetting by Rosa Villeda
De
la misma manera que tu
Me ensenaste amarte
De esa misma manera ensename
A olvidarte
The
same way that you teach me
How to love you
That same way teach me
How to forget you
Peer
Pressure by Nicola
Once I was a red-head,
Now I bleach my hair blond.
Once I wore grey tunic,
Now I only wear what's 'in'.
Once
I loved all music,
Now I only listen to the 'cool' bands.
Once I played sport five times a week,
Now I chat on the internet.
Once
I pigged out on chocolate,
Now I'm on a permanent diet.
Once I only watched cartoons and documentaries,
Now I only watch something if it's rated at least M.
Once
I was good at school,
Now I never try.
Once I read books,
Now I still do, only I read in secret.
One
day, a teacher said to me,
"Isn't it funny,
How teenagers are affected by peer pressure?"
I don't find peer pressure funny.
Peer
pressure can change the way,
You act,
You dress,
Peer pressure hurts.
Don't
let it affect your life,
Like it did to me.
Be yourself,
Not someone else.
Don't
be a sheep,
When you can be the leader.
Peer pressure,
Feel free.
Ungrateful
by Michelle Chavez
Mom
wants me to change
Like a puzzle
Rearranged:
So I could be like EVERY OTHER girl
her pride and her pearl.
She wants me to panic about my looks,
to ignore my favorite books.
Do I cause that much shame?
Would she prefer a daughter after fame?
Just because I dislike pink.
Just because I like to think.
She'd prefer it if I liked rap.
Truth is, rap is crap.
She wants me to be in style:
Style lasts only a little while.
Does she want to erase.
Eliminate my face?
When I show her work
That fills ME with pride,
HER annoyance has nowhere to hide.
You
Don't Have the Right? by Amy Morris
What
gives you the right?
To hit me to the floor
What gives you the right?
To bash my head on a door
What
gives you the right?
To make me want to cry
What gives you the right?
To make me hurt inside
But
you don't have the right
To make anyone feel like bad
And who gave you the right
To make anyone feel so bad
So
next time you see me
Don't you even try to say BOO
Coz what would happen if
The tables were turned on you!!!
Music by Mandy Selle
Music
is what I breathe and speak and do;
It is my passion and what I live for;
I am obsessed with music it is true;
It lives within me, right down to my core.
I sing until my lungs want to give out,
Until they hurt so badly, I can't breathe;
This feeling that I am talking about,
Was born with me, and I pray it won't leave.
I won't forget the songs that made me cry;
I won't forget the songs that saved my life;
The music of life, all in rich supply,
Of laughter and pain, of love and of strife.
I'm a music lover, it's what I do;
I know for sure, this will always be true.
Friends...?
by Jessielee
What
is a friend?
Some stupid liar who claims
to be there until the end,
there's no light around the bend.
My
friends crushed me
their impact was devastating,
I wish they could see
what they did to me.
All
they do is lie
leave me all alone
leave me out to die,
just let me cry.
They've
treated me like dirt,
and came back to push me back down,
blood runs down my shirt
I'm devastated and hurt.
I've
picked myself up
dusted myself off
my life they can't interrupt.
This transformation so abrupt.
I'm
so longer small and meek
my confidence, coming back
more and more every week!
I'm surprised at my happiness streak.
I
have broken from their hold
my smile is finally visible
I no longer fit their mold
I am no longer cold
Don't
worry, I still trust You.
You've done nothing wrong
it's them that made me blue.
Don't worry, it's not You.
The
Sorrow Things Bring by Josiah Bullock
Since
yet of late, with all I am, I fear,
The tremors of my soul reveal,
My possessions have lost their appeal.
Since yet of late, I do them bear,
Through the mist of life they stare,
Their tone that forces me to kneel,
By now Liberty seems surreal.
Through the mist of life they glare,
Though they don't satisfy,
They must be followed to the letter.
Though their evil can be seen though blind eye,
A greater enemy you could not encounter.
So shackled with them I sigh,
Even a fetter would be better.
Why?
by Rosa Villeda
Why
I like you?
Why I love you?
The only thing I know is that
I love you with all my heart
And nothing or nobody
Is going to change what I feel
For you.
Worth
Living by Theresa Simmons
Life is short, as they say.
Yet is the longest thing you and I will ever do.
So
why do we rush things?
Why hurry through life, like we run on never-ending batteries?
Unaware of everything going on,
we take our lives and the things we have, for granted.
We
all forget to do things and regret
not taking the time for this or for that.
We have all the time in the world,
because we created it.
Yet lose track of it anyway,
so what does it matter?
It
is about time we relax;
kick back and stay awhile, before it's all over.
All
it takes is a moment to buck up, throw away the chaos,
and make life worth living.
Pigeons
of a Feather by Neelam Shah
Pigeons
fly to reach their destination.
Each of them worried about extinction.
As
they are the only birds of their kind.
No one cares to think in their minds,
to feed these poor helpless creatures,
even though they have beautiful features.
Soon
they will all slowly start to fade away,
With empty stomachs and a fear of dismay.
These pigeons constantly scavenge for food,
Some search day and night even in a bad mood.
Sadly many of them die, mostly due to starvation,
But is it the killer; no it is us the London's population.
Pigeons fly to reach their destination.
Each of them worried about extinction.
Valuable
Ideas by Diego G.
My
main interest is music
I listen to hip hop & rap:
My i-pod is valuable,
I love architecture,
New ideas and places.
l am always willing to help
I enjoy teaching and learning.
I can learn from these,
And use it in my future.
This is MY identity.
Will
It Last? by Yvette Z.
Will
it last?
Well so far we've had a blast.
You know we HAVE to be a must.
Are you the one that makes we want to live?
You know we simply can't give in.
I've thought long and hard,
I hate it when you're far.
Will this special feeling last?
You
Are My Life by Rosa Villeda
You
are my life!
You are my mind!
You are my heart!
You are my eyes!
You are my everything!
But the most important thing
You are the boy of my dreams!
Red
by Rosa Villeda
I
don't why but every single time that I look at you
My face goes red like a tomato
My legs begin to shake
My heart beats really fast
I feel like running to you
To hug and kiss you
But I can't
Updated
4th April 2008
Hide
and Seek by Tyler H.
Hiding
Running, fleeing
Become invisible
Never be seen by hunters' eyes
Disappear
The
Game of Life by Olly
Life can be
good
Life can be bad
Life can be happy
Life can be sad
Daffodils will smile
And thistles will yawn
The sunrise is beautiful
And the sunset for morn
For these are the things we must treasure in life
Peace, love, respect, not strife
For life our life for ever and more
The rivers are golden and the seas adore
The glass will shatter on one simple roar!
From your golden coasts, to the Sunday roasts
There will be life no matter what you do or say
For life our life
Shall never go away
Nascar
2.0 by Joe S.
Speeding down
the track
100,000 pairs of eyes staring at you
Spinning out of control
Smoke filling your car
paramedics running towards you
The track is a cruel mistress
Monotony
by Katherine S.
Monotony
The hammering of a nail
Each stroke causes more pain
Your mind becomes captive
Monotony
Gentle raindrops on the roof
Lulling you into a silent world
Endless dreams fill the night
Monotony
The genius tapping on his keyboard
Spelling pages of cryptic patterns
All sign of reality slipping away
Monotony
A child's tear rolls onto her violin
The metronome replaces all reverie
With frustration and anguish
Monotony
The single brown crayon
In a box once filled with bright colors
Its destiny never to be fulfilled
Moonlit
Sun by Alice O'Neil
You see the
man is like the moon
and the woman, the sun.
I sleep through the day so I'm left with the night
and when I look up to the fulfilling sky
the stars ask me to overcome the heat
but the moons glare tells me to admit defeat.
You see he wants me there to brighten him,
but my shine will fade and he'll toss me to the sun.
His allure too close to being complete, I change
but the sun strikes my body with fire
and I fall to the ground begging for rain
but you see I was always just a shooting star.
McDonalds
by Christopher Snell
There I see
the golden arches,
Home of fries and fatty starches.
Must resist the urge to break,
My diet, super-size my shake.
Nothing wrong with one more fry,
I'm not going to beg and cry.
Just give me my burger man,
And I won't have to bite your hand.
To
Catch a Dragonfly by Noel
Ejaz
Amidst war and
toil the adolescent sang,
Till the world finally ended with a bang.
Until that moment he dreamt of love,
Which always flew away like a dove.
He took a stroll
along the Tigris.
Along the road he spotted an iris.
Upon it perched a dragonfly,
Having descended from the sky.
The boy knelt
down to the ground,
Upon which he, purity found.
He then extended his right arm,
Trying not to trigger the insects' alarm.
His hand captured
the dragonfly's tail.
The dragonfly could not prevail.
The boy observed the little beast,
Thinking of its spirit instead of a feast.
After the inspection
he let it go,
Off with the wind he let it flow.
The dragonfly had not been in any woe.
The boy was a friend, not a foe.
The kind-hearted
boy could not stay.
Man and the elements dragged him away.
His heart, however, did not die.
It continued to live with the dragonfly.
Paper Ribbons by Anwen Hayward
I put my pen
down with a triumphant hand
And wait for thoughts to flow out of my head, like paper ribbons.
The paper is inked with words that do not fit,
And each stanza is either too short,
Too long,
Or uneven in an unusual way.
The lines do not live in harmony either.
They fight for freedom
And dominance.
The title, precariously written at the top
Of the scribbled page
Is too small, too detailed,
And gives too much away,
Like an echoing whisper.
Yet, as I put down the pen with a triumphant hand
And wait for thoughts to flow out of my head, like paper ribbons,
I like it.
The
Potato Bug by Jessica Robert
Potato bug!
Potato bug! crunchy and gold
Hiding in the shadows of the untold
What victim shall thee frighten,
And choose to enlighten?
In what corners
shall thee lay
Tempted to find thy prey?
Shall he be an ant?
Or possibly a plant?
And with a body,
oh so rare
Dost thou have any hair?
And with one appearance
Would you cause any interference?
What the eyes?
what the teeth,
How do you break through thy sheath?
What the color? what the days?
How old are you anyways?
When a foot
drops to kill
thou art still:
Without beauty, most disagree
Did he who make the eagle make thee?
Cliché
by Dao
I can only speak one language,
and that is cliché,
for everything I ever say,
was invented in another day.
I aimed for
originality
but its another holy grain,
all my efforts gone in vain,
even if I tried so desperately.
I quote every
word i say,
to express my agony,
hence the birth of this poetry,
for it represents me,
a man who's just another... cliché
A
Color With No Name by Ashton Williams
A nameless color,
Blank, white.
Driving me insane.
Crude song,
An unkempt nest.
My vision blurred,
With negatives of such shame.
I try to paint a smile across an empty pallet.
Atop an unknown color,
When you look upon it.
Empty grin of white teeth and lips.
Shaking paint in a clear colored vile,
To make the world more gray,
Easier to stand.
An emotionless expression,
Equivalent to a color with no name,
A single character strand,
Gone.
The
Blessings of Music by Sarah Nino
Music is a gift
that fills our heart each day
The blessings of music heal our souls each day
Music relieves the stress in our daily lives
Music is soothing to our ears
The blessings of music heal the sick and comfort the sick also
The blessing of music
Is powerful
It is wonderful to hear
When somebody is playing something for every one to listen
His giving you his gift of music to you and others
And to you also God
The blessings of music
Music is powerful
And has a great impact in everybody's lives
The blessings of music
Music is universal
The blessings of music
You can hear the music being played from far away
Every song is special
Every song has a different meaning and different words
My
Ship by Audrey Harker
My ship is made
of a coat of arms; it shields me from the world.
My rudder made of the voice that whispers in my ear
"How dare you give up on what you wish
How dare you bend on knee."
My figurehead is made of dreams, my hull is made of love
My sails are full of inspiration that strain against the winds.
How faithfully my ship has borne me across the ocean's waves
Forever forward, my ship must go
How decisive, the waters can be.
Through gales and winds I have sailed through the stormy seas
Only to find,
This is not the port I was searching for.
Cry
African Girl by Handsen Chikowore
Up in the azure
sky shoots the sun's rays
With its mellow rays
Rises to meet another day, another trouble
To me it's not yet any hopes rays
As more weigh down my tender shoulder
Imagine a girl of only thirteen
Setting alight
fire in the young of morning
Before the cocks signal the alarm
Blanketed by berserk morning air
A beast of burden for firewood, so I am bound
My path darkened by distressing danger
All those bumpy long distances I have to foot
Not to forget the baby clinging on my yonder back
In the thorn
infested forests
Drawing water in deep wells
My head carrying heavy bucket
That threatens to break my back
It makes me tired to think about
My rainbow is my tears
All African
girls
Stand up and be counted
Cry for thy renaissance
The rape, torture, assault and victimisation
Our life an eerie furnace of denied paradise
A swamp of devastating diseases
A journey in great jeopardy
A sad song of denied education
I am weary. So weary. Oh weary
A pain invading my pride
A breath for fresh air cometh not
Don't fall African girl, up and fight
Yearn for another life
Another era.
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