Poetic Art

by Patricia

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class has started

Class has started

here i am on a hard desk
what is happening?
why am i alone?
scared
lonely
i need friends around
where are they?
why aren't they here?
i have everything
i'm prepared
i think
i came here to learn and to earn and still i yearn
for something

where are they?
i need their love
i need their knowledge

why oh why aren't they here?

"Come in and sit down"
"Class has started"

immigration haiku

by SG

Immigration Haiku

The sun is burning hot
I look up and see a wall
That's when hope is gone.

a few poems

by SG

"love"

Love is it in your heart do you have any love for something.
Ordinary people do have love in them
Very little changes there is one who does not have any love at all
Everyone should help these love less people in our world.


"Run away"

A young couple running to see freedom.
Could they make it to that place.
They are hiding there face.
They are face to face to life or death.
People hunting after them.

"Poor him"
Illegal drugs destroying young dreams.
Look at him he is stealing from his grandmother just to get some weed.
Losing respect from everyone no more trust.
He got lost did not know where to go.
Begging for money but he still lives in the street.

"Look at her"
A young girl is called mom at age 14.
Is this even right to be a girl just destroyed her dream.
She flee to be free.
She should of stay in school but now she is begging because she can't have a job.
Her kid was taking away from her they gave it to her parents.
Now she is dieing she has std she was exposed to prostitute.
Dieing alone for her action.



"She can't speak"
Pain is going every where though her body.
She say her dad abusing her mom.
Scared to speak up.
She hides in the corner crying so much.
Her mom and her run away to be free.

Why us?

Why did it have to be us?
The ones that had to be deported
Why not other people
We just came to get a better life
now we're back to our old miserable life
Why us?
and not the people that come to be drug dealers
they come to do illegal things
and we come for a better life
so we did we have to be deported and not them
why us?

The Border

From Anonymous Voice Blog

Why is it there?
People wonder that
it separates different races
people still try to get across
they do this to get a better life
a lot of them try
but only some succeed
and the rest are sent back
or some never return
so why is it there?

I'm Scared

by SM

I am locked in my room
With my music so loud
That you can't here me cry

I'm scared to leave
That when I leave this room
I will make mistakes

I'm scared to get hurt
I'm scared to cry
I'm scared to feel... like I don't belong

I feel lonely but at the same time safe,
These 4 walls are my only protection
This is my "heaven"

It's my border from "hell"

I'm scared to hear the cracking of my heart
I'm just scared of the outside world
I'm scared that once I leave this room,
I will mess up...

I try and try
I just can wake up and face the disappointments,
the anger and the dangers...
Why is it so hard for me to grow up???

I'm just so scared... of REALITY...

Alien

by SM

I came from another land,
But people see it as if I came from another planet,
Everything here is different,
People speak in some form of gibberish,
I don't understand it here,

Whats happening,
People say that police... are looking for people like me
But what did I do wrong?? And what are people, like me?
I don't speak there language,
But I promise I will try to learn it....
Where are these men taking us,
All I see I'm my mom crying one tear after another
I'm Scared!!! People are calling me an Alien,
Since when are humans... Aliens??
Why don't they want me here, I promise I don't mean harm
Why can't I stay? Why is me being born in this land, a problem
And since when do people get to decide on my new name being " Alien"???

Child Abuse: A Poem

by SM

What did I do,
(To make you so mad)
When you swipe your hand across my face,
Does it make you feel any better?
Am I in the wrong time and place?
When I fall against the dirt,
How bad do you want it to hurt?
Who am I suppose to be to you?
I thought we had to be our selves
But I finally got the clue...
But am I really that bad??
Just answer me this...
What did I do to make you so mad???

unravelling

by DV


inside my mind i
run like a fugitive
being chased by something
my heart is pounding
as if to jump out of my chest

My throat is dry
withering inside
for no single one
and to no one else

this is my time...
Unraveling, the pain
Unraveling, my heart
Unraveling shadows
stiffling my breath,

I reach for beyond
tearing through the dark

In fighting
and
in love
to the distant light above
I'll keep moving on.

slavery poem

by JC

Slavery back then.......

Driven far away,
Missing father and mother,
And all the games we used to play,
Shoved into an unknown ship,
While bodies died from hunger and starvation
on the voyage trip,
Taken to places far and wide,
With each place awaited a misery surprise,
One by on we were left in a country,
Unknown to us and we could see nothing,
This was perhaps an instant trade of slavery,
But could of been done?

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the borderline

by DPVS

The borderline spies,
The borderline lies,
Rips open a scar, damaging trust and hope.
And yet when the truth is told,
It only slows down the wound,
Making more enemies and destroying allies.
The only cure would've made us more compassionate,
But too late, it's gone, it cannot be brought back,
Leaving our country helpless, vulnerable, and crippled.

fear what?

by K G

What is fear?
And what should
I do?
Fear what?

I go to my room
And hide.
I wonder if fear
just took all my pride

What should I do?
be afraid?
be a warrior?
I'm not sure

I want to face
my fear
I just don't know how
so what should I
do?

What is fear?
And what should I do?
Fear what?

Fear

By J. Castillo

FEAR of those who kill and leave behind blood,
FEAR of death that comes beyond,
FEAR of confusion that approaches near by,
FEAR of them troops whom carry a gun,

FEAR of those who kill and leave behind blood,
FEAR of losing my family,
FEAR of everything that surrounds me,
FEAR of those that decide to rape,

AND ALL FOR ALL FEAR OF ALL!!!!!!!!!

this is me

By J Rosales

I am smart and funny
I wonder why people don't help others
I hear people crying for help
I see world peace
I want to be successful
I am smart and funny

I pretend that everything is fine
I feel sadness
I touch the sky
I worry about my mom
I am smart and funny

I understand that I say that every deserves equality
I dream about my life
I try to be my best in school
I hope for world peace
I am smart and funny

Who Am I

By Kayleen

I love my family.
No space of our own but still happy
because we know
that together we must be.

I love music
and the guitar
I listen to it
and look up at a star.

I love puppies
small and cute they get cuddly
and enchanting as can be.

I love my family, music, and puppies
in my heart theres always a place for them.
This must mean Kayleen is who I am.

3 Short Poems

3 short poems

History is cool,
History is a tool,
History is fun
but I’m not done
History is awesome, I like it a bunch
I’d like to keep typing, but it is time for lunch.

History is great,
I might turn this assignment in late.
I learned about the civil war,
That sucks they didn’t have cool stores.

Slaves are treated bad,
That is kind of mad.
Slave owners are messed,
Because they think they’re the best.

I Am Poem

By J. Castillo

I am one of God's creations
I wonder how the earth came to be
I hear the voice of a small crowd near by
I see a beautiful cascade in the center of a forest
I want to explore the open green
I am one of God's creations

I pretend to fly and roam around
I feel the wind touching my face I touch every flower I come upon
I worry this may end at any time
I cry of joy and laugh for fun
I am one of God's creations

I understand that I can't stay for eternity
I say to myself what a wonderful world
I dream that all is real and nothing can take this thing away
I try to talk to the animals to understand their feelings and thoughts
I hope someday I may understand the meaning of life
I am one of God's creations

I Am Respectful and Kind

By R Munoz

I am respectful and kind
I wonder when the world will end
I hear the wind
I see the sky
I want to be a millionaire
I am respectful and kind

I pretend to be smart
I feel good
I touch nothing
I worry when I am sick
I cry when someone dies
I am respectful and kind

I understand math
I say I am smart
I dream about being rich
I try to play basketball
I hope I make it through college
I am respectful and kind

I am kind and helpful

By M. Mendoza

I am kind and helpful
I wonder why there is so much racism
I hear my family calling me
I see people enyoing their lives
I want my family to always be united

I am kind and helpful
I pretend that I am rich
I feel my mom hugging me
I touch goals in my life
I worry that people are not safe in their own houses
I cry when I hear someone from my family fighting
I am kind and helpful

I understand that some people don't get along
I say that a problem can be solved one way or another
I dream that my family will always be together and united
I try to understand my parents
I hope that everyone will soon get along
I am kind and helpful