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6am bright and early, time to start my day
Up so early, teeth all pearly, wiping the crust away
Not off to school, though...

Why do we come here?
We dont learn anyway
Seems like our learning depends on your mood everyday
Why am I failing?
...

the blood on the walls
dirt in your hair
broken black nails
bruised chunks of flesh
they have gouged out my skin
ripped...

Books are hard to understand and read
Reading is not for me
What is there to understand?
I'm just a young man
Why must I...

In the soft glow of the morning
I roll out of bed and stare in the mirror
My eyes searching for the thing I've lost....

From the start
It wasn’t that I was afraid no
I was just quiet,
Unsure of my own voice
Hiding behind the veil I allowed...

"Young souls are being wiped away
As if they were grime in the sink
By good men with good guns
And the good news refuses
To...

No one wants to talk to me No one wants to hear my voice People judging me with their stares Like I have a choice Feels like...

I’m in the hallway of a thousand doors
Each door has a different obstacle behind it
Some knobs disappear if I take long to...

Roster Calling , Alarms Screaming , Sun Rising
The Smell of Maple Syrup , Pancake Flippin and Butter Dripping
OJ Pouring...

Early in the morning, from my bed i jump
My heart with fresh new blood i feel pump.
Like an athlete I sprint into my...

There are always love that define the beauty of a person. Beauty is not just a person looks it's the way a person...

Theres many things i want
Not many things i need
Need a necessity or obligation
Well we need water
We need oxygen
I...

Being a student can be fun, but also crazy
I can see the lifestyle creeping on students when they start to get lazy
For me...

You make me feel empty You make me feel sadYou make me feel like I have lost everything I had
Now all I do is lay here and...

ready to learn
you face the day at school
learning
you go home and see a family you don't know anymore
but you don't mind...
Ah high school,
You never truely miss it until its gone.
The friends who last lifetimes,
The crowded football games,
Every...

The problems cannot stare you in the face
Although you may insist it’s you they hate
You say this test they don’t want you...

Eyes dark. The Joker’s grin,bares yellow teeth.Hair,Looks as if rubbed chicken skin was rubbed upon itHunk? Not in the...

The morning sun wakes up the world on a warm day,
work is to be done outside during these warm conditions,
students study...

A quiet room, and a listening ear,But there are darker spirits here.Someone in a mask, an impenetrable slate.Hide the...

Sonnets are spoken for through a story. It involves sorrows and allegories as it's told across the silent floor. Poetry is...

In the night sky of floatingice, burning rocks, emergesa disk of pale quartz, litby halcyon sun lamp;in the wings,...

I am from hiding.
From being self conscoious
about what people think of me.
I am from constanty biting my tongue
even though...

Fresh out of high school
I’m not a certified fool
Instead I’m a graduate
With many careers on my mind, I had to switch
I...

a phone call in which a mother doesn't want to hear
a ringing of disdain that lead to sorrows and uncertainty
nightmare...

The eyes he holds you with, your red lipstick,
Nicotine fingers draped summer's leather
The rain found structure the candle'...

Ugh for real?
This bus smells like eel...
Adolescents sit in the seats
chewing gum while listening to their beats.
This...

aWEsome
Live to inspire
to create a sustainable playground
aweSOme we can run as fast as our lungs will provide
aWEsome...

An education is something you can't hide, its something that stays with you deep down inside.
Since we were little we went...

Cut your hair boy,
Why are you bald.. you are a girl.
You do not meet expections,
but it isn't you, it is just the world......

Four things a man must learn to do, If he would make his life more true: To think without confusion clearly,...

I'm standing in the middle with multiple paths at my side.
How am I supposed to know where to go?
I just pick a path that...

Feeling that you can strive and reach for the top with a positive attitude to every outlook in life
Knowing that you can...

I put my pencil to the page
And let my mind go free
But I have to hide my face
And my poetry
Cuz as a high-school student...

There is no day left
to this December,
no scotch in the hollow cabinet
no ashes left from when you
sat beside the candle…
...

I begin to sign...
~~~
When we were younger,
All we wanted to do was play.
But then we grew.
And we wanted--
To Fit--
To...

It's a very black night,
Just with no light,
Living with mosquitos,
Sinking in cold water,
Wondering for my future,
But...

I love being in college
For there is no other way to gain knowledge
There are so many ways to learn
Life experiences in turn...

I don't know you anymore
I used to know you once
We use to laugh and sing
Always as one
We use to play at the park
Swinging...

Sabrina Petroski
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Eyes open
feet slide off the bed and touch the cold floor
step after to she carries herself...

She comes into this world
With a cry so powerful
She isn’t quite aware what it’s for
She has yet to know what it took for...

Oh Gravity,Oh Gravity,All the things you do for me.You're the force thats holds me down,And makes sure that I never leave...

Life is filled with pain
Life is filled with sorrows
Bottled up anger
As it goes deeper and deeper
It's too much to keep...

I sigh,another day
but I will not stay astray,
for the heart of the future rests
on my shoulders today.

My Ama told me that the Dream is real
I asked her is it really worth it?
Why my parents gotta work like this?
Working in...

I fall on my knees picking up my papers,
not wanting to lose another in case it’s important.
I am shoved back down this time...

I am the boy that every says negative thing to , I am the boy who has faild many
times , I am the one who has less...

And when the sun rises
I know you'll no longer be mine
you'll leave my arms and go back to your other life
you tell me you...

To achieve
You must hope.
Because without it,
There is no reason to go for it,
Hope helps you believe that you can do it....

They whisper in my ear
They whisper as I walk alone
They speak of vile things that they cannot say to my face
for the...

When mom and dad were young, she had a fit
So my dad made like a banana and split
As an infant, my mom gave me his outfit
18...

There are piles of homwork to do
And who's going to do it all, Who?
Using all of my time
Tryin to come up with rhymes
But...

When we were children, they said Dream big, never stop running. Tell me why when get older does that stop? Since when does...

when i grow up
i want to be independent
i want to be rich
i want to be a striper
i want to be a rapper
i want to be a pimp
i...

I AM JesseI am a nutty guy who likes dolphins.I wonder what I, and the world, will be like in the year 2020.I hear silence...

Yagquma ingonyama lahlokoma lonke ihlabathi.
Yinkosi yezilwanyana utat'uDaza ngokugquma:
Ubhonga ulwazi kukhale nezithulu....

you say get over it but how
you say get out of your room how
you say think happy thoughts how
we need help
no one helps us ...

I sit here in pre-calc doing no work.
The problem is the problems’ lack of pain.
This even caused the teacher to remark
“...

My head is stuck to the dining room table
tears streaming into little puddles
Suddenly I feel the sun’s rays shining down...

the "tick tick tick" echo is my mind
the bass of the soundtrack for the last year
"hurry hurry!" the clock whispers
as the...

In Memorandum :
There were signs. A lot of them. Sanity was distorted. Everyone focused on one, one focused on everyone. A...

Dear procrastination,
I just think its funny how everytime I want to do something, I can’t
Its like I need some motivation...

School is not meant to be a prison but a instution for one to express themselves freely
to learn who they really are and...

I grew up
Today thinking
Cold, calculated logic
I walk around
Today feeling
Nothing, empty, lifeless
Maturity,
I think...

Something I hate,
Somethin I can't stand.
Something that ruins my day,
That I never look forward to.
Tests are that thing...

A ringing sound awakes the young mans ears
Rushes to a room with a desks and peers
He sits slowly sits like the desk is a...

Find the current throught the resistor to get an A.
But keep in mind the dependent source is in the way
Of the capacitor--...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I need money,
and so do you.
I tried to learn poetry,
In hopes to show you,
That this...

I changed my look
I changed my hair.
I changed for friends who won't be there.
I changed my smile
I changed my clothes...

I get up every morning out of bed. Open up the curtains to see the day ahead. Seeing that the sun is up high and bright, I...

It was for a midterm, I read a poem.
I practiced and executed with perfect diction.
But you had by far more wisdom
And when...

Scared and unsure, the days still go one;
Lonely sometimes, content others
The presence of some fills me with happiness
Love...

My professor is bitchy,
My classmates are rude.
All the stress and homework makes me itchy,
I'm sitting in the desk like my...

To sleep that extra hour
To stay up extra late
To Eat my favorite Breakfast
And feel as If I ate
Makes Summer so...

I’ve been waiting for this day.
What will my parents and friends say?
I can’t even think straight.
My hard work and late...

My ninth grade year 2010 .. senior year 2014 as a stand in line, with my red cap and gown ready to walk across stage because...

Its been a long time coming,
the moment I answer who am i.
A simple answer would be
"well i'm just me!!"
,and that i would...

Ask to walk toward shadows.
Look again and behold.
They ought not be lovers right?
Guardians of blessing, distracted by...

I am just a pen
I wonder what beautiful works my master has in store for me today
I hear him speak a breathtaking symphony...

A: School is for fool!
Let's go to the pool!
Kick the stool,
And grab the tools!
We can make our rules,...

A shaking trembling hand;
A cold night in December.
The trees were dark as pitch,
The owls perched on their timber.
A...

Words are like bullets they pop off when I shoot them,
And my mind is like a powerhouse, I blew it,
My hearts are drum,...

At the early time of life
There seems to be endless
Opportunities of things to do. Strife
Then comes to bring the truth
Of...

How can a mouth be so encomiastic?
...Yet fickle
The tongue practices its role
Like a gymnist in a gymnastic
Preparing...

In this life there is little to say
in this life I am bounded by what I have yet to do and
In this life, love is an...

You cannot see the beguiling manner of those people
You, an amiable person
Them, a people of many faces
You run past the...

We live in a society of difference
Of variety
We live in a society where it's okay to be who you are
As long as it's in...

They say we don't put forth the effort,
we don't put forth the time.
Yet the homework is a stresser
that entraps us like a...

So what i'm not perfect
I don't have the neatest hair
Or the newest shoes
Im clumsly and spill thing a lot
I snort when I...

It’s hard.
Hard to wake up every morning with someone frowning upon every move you make.
It’s even harder when you have no...

This day came to a young man. A man said to be the apple of gods eye. But He couldnt understand why why why then why i am...

Success and Smart
Courteous and Better Future
Hardwork and Education
Observation and New Ideas
Observe and Learn
Learn new...

Sometimes we dieSometimes we get out aliveThe pain so hardSometimes you just want to give up but youKnow you can’t My tears...

Shots firedSchool shot downRepeat school shot down17 people deadWho you ask Who would do something like this.... A...

There's a moment
a moment in time
that one is judged
without reason or rhyme
One look and you see
so judgmental and mean...

Have you wondered for hours, days and years
Why, why people are mean
Mean seeking to reduce you to a simple object of...

Dear board of education
We scream ... but you dont not listen
You teach us about freedom of speech
Just as long as we dont...

I suffer for school survival
U run to class no walk afraid of being chased
Because I'm a outcast,
I don't have friends...

I saw my mom cry her eyes out While I saw u sell your heart out. So tell me all the things u wish I could have seeTell me...

Run manipulators bitch fake ass muthufuckaz.
I see ya. It still all good. Nothing but love
just change or get ripped.
Mr...

The lid sealed so tight, how can one open it.
my voice trapped inside, watch the oxygen escape it.
My feelings kept aside...

Everyday is the same as yesterday
I fight to be a new me but it always flees
The chance to change my families name itches at...

I watch them dance - spinning, sliding and moving.
At times they embrace, their shapes intertwined.
Suddenly they disappear...

Trees and plants are green in spring and summer
Autumn comes around, the leaves turn red and orange
Winter arrives, and it...

We watched and stood
A country excited
As the astronauts,
All seven, walked united.
Count down and lift off
A teacher on...

Everything enters the world as Pure...
An Angel if you will,
The sweet joy of innocence and ignorance,
The ability to...

A mentor who changed me
A saivor oh is she
The strongest woman to ever walk this Earth
The very same woman who gave me birth...

No matter how short you are,
You will always be my friend,
No matter how over weight you are,
You will always be my friend,...

He broke me, dragged me
to his dingy white van
I could not stand, bruised
and waving out of reality
for how could he do this...

Math flies in the air;
we live with it.
It complements us
as nothing else does.
There you are,
there you go.
And we are a...

You judge without knowing truely.
You look at me with rejection,
But I look at you with pity,
Because you should see...

ITS ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW
How can I ever refrain from
Memories of our school age days
Days when our world was wild
I...

There's a road by mide side by my left feet
Ther's a guide by my side just ti help me
I got the sun, i got the peace, i got...

Lately I've been feeling so confident
So beautiful and empowering
Like the world is in the palm of my hand
I know if I set...

It's Senior Year
"Finally!" is what most say
But I know with senior year
Comes more pain
College applications
Scholarships...

Middle school I had so many questions
Unanswered and confused
I listened to the lessons
I never understood-I was unamused
...

It hurts,
when these thoughts come in my mind,
with high pressure as blood beats,
pumping my brain veins.
I'm still in coma...

Change The World
By: Aysaria Jackson
I want to change
the world.
But, I really don’t know how.
But... There is something...

Human.
What defies us?
Organs, skin, hair, does science?
Our interests, fears, emotions?
Sometimes race, or etnicity,...

when we were young life was easy we never did care who did what n who was who, fast forward. Couple years later we were...

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violet is a color
Is that not true
Yellow as butter
White as rice
Don't deceive thine very...

What will I do?
Will I answer duty's call?
Will I cure a disease?
Will I build my own hall?
Will I make fire cease?
Will I...

Is fear my living?
I want to feel unattached to fear
Unattached to hollow
Unattached to feeling insecure that absorbs the...

"Last I heard she watched Spongebob, now it's NPR news. Last I heard she depised Jermey, she's now dating him. Last I heard...

Before, having an education was a choice,
Now education has become a necessity,
Without an education,you're just another...

That melody strums in my ear,
Singing courses and refrains that I want to hear,
I bust a move,
The beat is my groove.
Music...

When I think of her all I can do is smile, I feel her heartbeat across all these miles. I think of our little vacation, away...

Salt drops form
on my forehead.
Eyes burn through my determination.
Leaving me stronger than ever.
The piercing screams
"...

Don't speak
Don't look at him in the eye
Because if you do your his next victum
He likes chaos
He loves war
And no matter...

What does learning do to a human mind?
Does it make us feel connected to the world behind??
What if we learn things we won't...

Oh! all the things i can do
like go to OU, ISU, or Tennessee too.
But it's just me, I'm my own crew
Don't try to be someone...

'Pay your student loans or you don't graduate,'
'Apply for a job in the field that you're studying,'
Or the usual two...

A different me
Is what I wanted to be
Something new that no one has seen
I wanted change so I can better me.
And show my...

I sit here in my torn rags as I cry out in happiness , the feelings that I feel, cannot be put into words.
I feel like my...

Well, it's senior year
Graduation is right around the corner
My chin-up ways are tested by the things I hear
Man I hope I...

What can I say?
It's like every single day.
Tryna get by and watching the time fly.
What is this all for? Can I even make it...

I account what they say is true
Since freshman year
you lose people
or rather They lost you
I am finding my way
I am...

As I press my pen to paper
Allowing the ink to spill along the page
New feelings begin to come over me
As if I'm becoming...

Todays that day, To run away
And let my grade, Just sink away
I worked real hard, to keep it up
I'm done with all this...

No one
Can understand how a person feels. when a friend screams at her fears,
but has to plaster on a plastic smile to show...

Life is troubling without completing goals
Me not completing my goal would break my heart
Knowing that I could've
But...

Journey Toward Success
I've always wanted to succeed,
To show people what all I can be,
It can be quite difficult sometimes...

Lambs thrown to lions
not yet taught how to run--
stumble and yelp with hopes set to the sun.
Although all are loved ones,...

As I open my drowsy eyes
there's this pull
Only I seem to feel,
there's this pull
As the birds chirp,
there's this pull,
As...

I come from a neighborhood of South L.A. where it is likely for the local youth who succumb to the world of the Gang Bang....

Hot fifth grade memories.
Six grade, best friends since the first day.
Met you and thought you were ‘kool’ because,
of the...

Let me tell you somin
about growing up
it’s a crazy train
a busy lane
where everyone speeds
Welcome to high school
I’m...

Oh school why do you cost. Why do you hinder me from my thoughts. Oh why do you hinder me from being so great. As the world...

I cannot say words that mean so much as I am afraid of anything of which conveys meaning of such harm, this needle which I...

The sweat, the soreness, and the beating sun
None of which stopped me from pushing harder
There was not a few girls, but a...

maybe if i dont say i am, i wont be.
maybe if i pretend to be happy, i will be.
maybe if i keep building these walls, i'll...

Because I love you
I will let you be your own person
Because I love you
I will help you succeed
Because I love you...
At some point, I thought that dandelions taught me how to live.
Sometimes the breezes would kick in and gently uproot my...

Maybe I'm misunderstood
Or maybe you don't see the good
Or even the great parts of me.
I have always been different
But...

Im sweet as a school student
Im a cool sweet learner
I create sweet nails
Im a sweet manicurist student at a insistute call...

It seems like a simple thing
I want to make the world a more hopleful place
But fear seems to cling
To hinder my steps and...

Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
Uniform kids look straight as they walk by:
So cool for wearing ray bans...

Friends
By: William Pia
School, we mostly see it as making friends,
Spending time with them daily in classes.
Every thirty...

A college education means sitting in class
taking your tests and trying to pass.
A college education means meeting new...

There are times when I miss being a kid
Where I touched the cracks on the pavements that I walked past by
Where everything...

Facing new challenges, that's what humans do,
We all find a way to get through.
Taking one day at a time,
Slowly, but surely...

So here we are with nothing new.
the coaches sit there and talk to you.
words floating around the room.
Lonely, alone, upset...

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Everything in my life raced before my eyes
I couldn’t think...

I'm just me.
The guy who makes a joke
and at fun I always poke.
I'm just me.
The guy who makes you feel uneasy
and the...

When your in the face of adversity Get up
When your facing challenges Step up
And when your given orders don't melt down
Or...

Life life can be very very
hard care less and cruel
but the thanig is
we have to live through it
pepole do expect us to...

Fine. Fine. Fine.
Careless people askng if I'm "okay." Students giving me looks cause I act differently.
It seems nowadays...

It’s a beautiful day and you have no place to go,
once again you are left alone in the dark corner shivering in cold
hiding...

Never have I thought it was easy, but I have fought my evil demons
Throughout leaving home at a 18, biggest regret, but...

I've grown up amidst babies screaming and crying,
laughs and talking over each other,
family dinners and movie nights.
I've...

birds migrate south for the winter
i just watch their 'v' formation above
even the hurricanes know their destination
i don't...

Opened the doors,
and sounds surounded me.
My soul ached for more of this chaotic tranquility.
Oh, and the love of song,...

Bam went the light.
We will not leave without a Fight.
The coach yells,
and off go the bells.
The crowds roar,
and the...

A TRUE FRIEND
A true friend is always there for you.
A true friend will help you no matter how the problem is.
A true friend...

Before you leave my room shut the door,
We’ve talked about this before.
For the love of pearl chew with your mouth closed...

We are all young,
We tend to push people down, and make them feel worthless.
but yet, we know we are doing these things and...

Spaced out from the liars, shit talkers , homophobic remarks appearing from thin air .
Eyes locked at my chest and jean...

The last chair was broken and his house was ruinedThey kept beating his mom, she was bruisingBecuz the rent was due andThere...

I was at one point.
Blemished.
Broken.
Bruised.
But this is not a sob story. This is not a tale of how I was wounded and...

My love for you is a fire,
It burns, grows, and fails to tire.
My love for you is a tower,
Your love and friendship give me...

Usually his acts of divinity and clarity are paraphrased in three's.
The whimsical serenade of charity romps the mind...

I open a book on the 4th floor of Brooks
And smell the cigarettes we shared on July 4th
Through the concrete that binds your...

You told me I couldn't
You called me stupid
You made a "what not to do" example out of me
And here I still stand
Can a...

To Imagine and To Be Thankful
Imagine Life
Imagine Love
Imagine everything in it as distant as the galaxy from above
Imagine...

Her
He’s in her veins,
but there’s no blood.
She craves red,
when her skin is opened,
-nothing.
Again no blood....

Once upon a time
Innocence existed
Love caused clarity
Kindness was a personal trait
Magic fulflled our everyday desires
And...

I'mma start off a quote. "Life is like a box of chocolates."
My chocolates are my vibes.
My flavors could be Lit, Chillin,...

It's been quite a long tedious day--can't wait 'til it's over. Pencils scribbling along the white pages--homework...

Today, a man stands ostracized.
This man has committed acts against society.
Normally such an act's punishment is...

education is life,
of knowledge,
as part of my heart ,
and like breathing air,
its apart of who i am,
to treat me as a...

Now I appreciate the world
Instead of taking it for granted,
Now I work harder in school
Instead of thinking like a fool....

One night into a deep, dark, sleep,
I felt sorrow glancing at me.
In it's eyes were a reflection of what had happen.
i pray...

Read my history and you'll be sad or mad
Ever have you heard a kid so bad
Get out of my class Ny'Kia Taylor get out my class...

The Jock. By Jenna Williams Varsity jackets and nike crew socks. All you do is sit with friends and mock. Strutting around,...

My name is Rickey and I am a 17 year old black kidI am Americas worst nightmare and my familys pride and joyI am optimistic...

His name is Paul and he likes the Dallas Cowboys.
He is a real boy and he is a 21 Savage fan.
He has three brothers...

Im not afraid to show it, I dont care if people know it. I love myself.
Ive taught myself to think it, I live, breathe,...

Fate may change the plans we make
When we least expect it to
But one thing that fate can't change
Is the love I still hold...

Première année
Je me suis réveille
Cinq heure du matin
Trop enthousiaste dormir
Je me demande quoi le jour apportera au...

Pick me! Pick me! Oh please, pick me!
Shall I shout? Shall I pout?
I want to play! I want to stay!
Oh...

Class of 2016,
the year where the path changes.
I have traveled down the jagged road to fin it's end near.
I found a...

"You can't learn," he says stern.
"You will fail," he preaches.
But is it the fault of the students who can't learn,
Or the...

roses are red, violets are blue, faces like yours belong in a zoo, dont worry ill be there too, not in a cage, but laughing...

There was a smart guy big and bold,
He even knew differnt types of mold!
He is smarter than she,
And he is smarter than me...

You make me feel empty You make me feel sadYou make me feel like I have lost everything I had
Now all I do is lay here and...

What is Lyfe? Many people might ask , very few seem to know nor is there just one answer. Lyfe for you could be coming home...

One Day I was diagnosed with Charcot Marie tooth,
Though it takes away my strength and balance,
It caused great pain and...

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Drip Drop Drip
Her tears slided down her lips
Drip Drop Drip
With is knife in hand, I simply coudnt resist
Her rotten body...

No such thing complexity is
A state of mind in all its being
Hope and fear gather here
To try and give someone some more...

I cannot stand still.
I could not stop if I peased to.
I'm busy, busy, busy. A little happy bee.
Musical. Soccer. Canoeing....

I am sixteen
People pick on me
The girl I call
My best friend
Laughs with them
How come I'm ugly?
What if they kill me...

I want to remember what it’s like
to ride a bike
or watch Saturday cartoons
To remember when homework was
just 2+2 ...

Glowering at the bleached sheet of paper,then to the clock
I had 5 minutes to turn my thoughts to words in a poetic way
My...

You two seem to be very busy
But always have time for me
Especially with problems
That I don’t understand easily
I know you...

Fear
My fears are obvious and I'm just like everyone else
I’m scared to trust cause I’m scared of betrayal
I’m scared to...

the mingled stench of green seaweed and salty waves
cascades the nostrils of the adolescent girl.
peaceful sways of pink...

You know sometimes it’s hard to be you all the time,yeah
I’m sick of crying
I’m sick of crying
I’m sick of cry-ing-ing-ing...

From the start of the earth. The tips of Atlas’s fingertips. I stand alone. In a world where, my role models are Kim...

Dear 2018,
Can you believe graduation is soon?
These long eighteen years have gone by so fast,
But to senior-itis I'm not...

Of all the things some think they need
Comes all these colleges and their greed
And any one who dares to try
May go in and...

Jewels and sparkles take me thereTransport me from a world of careTo that place, all girls can shareDestination: what to...

Rising and falling,
Like a tide.
A song that is calling
From where I hide.
If I should breathe;
It would know.
That when...

I'm losing more sleep over your lives
Than I am mine
& how is that possible?
With your rich parents & nice houses ...
I Am the Unborn Child
I am the unborn child
Who refuses to see the light
Of days drenched in black clouds
My hearth breathes...

Hidden behind the curtain, only known to few,
she shines the light and sounds the applause, but little have they knew.
She...

When the sun rises its bright, its early. its peacful. 5:45 is the time. What do i see, I see an advantage. I see a chance...

The curses ran down his face
He tried to run from himself
He ran and ran and got no where
He ran to escape the mist that...

Her smile is the beauty of nature at its best, when leaves are ripe and the trees are at rest. Grin perl white and shines...

Once I forgot the tune to a song
once I got my spelling words wrong
once in PE I fell on my face
once my juicy spilled all...

Personally
inspiration comes in finite amounts
However
A small "P" icon in the bottom corner of my phone
offers infinite...

One last year of... books, homework, strict teachers, school lunches, school buses, pep rallys, and crowded hallways. One...

The way we move in the world
The way we don't care what people think
The way we are formed by what is around us
All of these...

shaunsterXXX depression rap emonal legend rap
i have depression because i get bullied in school
im just crying im i sick...

Amazon the pride
never get the ride
i am very tired
look at that sunny
you are very funny
do no be dummy
This poem...

I'm usually referred as the "quiet chick" by almost everyone, but inside of my mind it's loud and a good place to escape the...

Teachers are entrusted with the future of the nationClass should be a celebration not a dictatorshipTeachers should and not...

Heavy hearted
I can barely breath
Some how it seems like you're choking me...
With lies and deceit
That you do
I hope and...

Dawning of another day, crowded busy streets.
People blindly rushing, marching to different beats.
Dirty sidewalks, graffiti...

i believe i will win at
this thing called life 18 years of life
i did not do it all right i believe i am the truth that...

Dear Little Black Girl that desires to be me.
I want you to grow up and chase your own dreams.
Don't follow my footsteps,...

I’m not poet,
But dad gum it,
My mom majored in journalism,
My dad writes songs, a musician,
My sister gets praised for her...

Everybody has heard
The moving to another country for a better future
It isn't easy is what they say
But they were still on...

I am Misunderstood
My mother would describe me as diffrent
My friends call me totally insane
I keep my distance from...

I am my voice
My eyes are your weakness
My smile will make you go crazy
Everything about me is flawless
You've fallen so...

The time was near
It felt like it took forever
But now it's here
The walk across the field
Will be the longest walk...

I am curious and young
I wonder about my future.
I stress about my classes.
I apply for scholarships.
I am curious and young...

Graduation day is coming here,
And so now is your high school career.
Always remember the friends you hold dear,
And look...

Where I sit through so many hours of my life
Many people just want to run away
Hearing these people put me through great...

this morning i woke up to be aquanited with the devil
where what end as a restless morning was a quite a death sentence
i...

I come from a golden hay field
Hay as all as the skyskcrpers
Hayas gold as the suns kss
I come from the rich soil
Soil as...

Lights flickered as he entered the room
In a sort of brooding mood
It seemed the luminance followed his que
His...

Walking through the halls of my school constantly thinking if only I were cool, if I were one of the cool kid's I wouldn't...

It's Monday morning at 7:01. You’re still half asleep
your homework’s half done. Your shower is cold
your oatmeal’s dry....

I'm not one to make excuses, but this is inexcusable! 10 months, $2000 in course fees and countless hours of coursework and...

I am writing this poem
Why am I writing this poem?
I need money to go to college
Really, really bad
If I don't get money I'...

Some enjoy it as they learn about a new thing
All i can think is whomever invented this is not a human being

The wind was calm...
The night was dark...
It was dawn...
You could only see a spark...
In the star's...
The night was...

I love school
I love reading
I say all these things
That are never true
I hate waking up at 5am
I hate going someplace...

I go to work to get a paycheck
I have dreams!
Got good grades in high school because I studed every night, damn!
Parents...

7 Am in Germany, I think of this stash like the book of Eli. I never met a (E) that lied. I believe in Excellence and...

They had their life,
their short time,
and their own pretty prison.
Their clothes of conformity,
and their halls of...

As I watch a light glow from a distance
the darkness slowly consumes me.
I'm afraid of not knowing what there is
but even...

Fighting For Your Dream
By Thalia Flores
Running at every direction for my prey,
I really want this for eternity
I...

My sweet degree
Oh how thee lay.
In a distant time
Who is to say.
How it is I am to aquire thee?
By Hard work and...

If we didn't have school,
You wouldn't be you.
If you were never educated,
Well then what woul you do?
If you were never...

By the color of your shoes, I'll know if youre a crip, by the way you hide your face, I'll know if he busted your lip. By...

PerseveranceThe arrogance to get what I wantTo push through everything that gets in my wayAnd the difficulty that...

Imperfection is all a person really needs to be able to understand the foundation of
Where they're going and where they need...

we value the public school system
cause it’s the primary bud for our children
Don’t forget they are the future
our lives...

What do we believe is in the sea?
How can you believe there’s nothing more to see?
A blue so deep no light seeps through...

The white walls surround us
The chairs confine us
But the complexion of their skin, define me
Another female teacher
Takes...

THE MIRACLES OF POVERTY Yet the most unappreciated industry But the most lucrative industry Forge and mint the legendary ...

MY ACADEMIC EVOLUTION
“Have you ever felt like you are capable to do something when people see you aren't...

Your determination and commitment is your life,
How far are you willing to go, willing to fight?
Commit to your husband or...

I love saving people,
i love been taking care of them,
my community won't be save,
if I'm not with them.
when the alarm...

O' My Lady where has your Courge fled
Do you remember your obligation?
Do you recall your resolve?
No,...

I Am Ijanae an amazing girl with a great peraonality. I am a person with alot of stories i say. No one knows the truth they...

When life brings me down and trips me to fall to the ground,
When life gives me hate instead of the love I crave,
When life...

Mommy, please don't cry for me
I'll be back before you know it.
If I want to scream and cry and fuss,
I promise I won't show...

middle school is really hard you know
it's an obsatcle of things
don't you know
you think you know stuff
but to be honest...

You know, You know
when you know
you grow everyday
but you know
when the grow
is so slow
its as its no more
it feels like...

There goes that kid I see over and over. Education is his world and he carries it on his shoulder.Keeps his head in the...

Put down your pencil,
And pay attention to your class,
Not everyone is like you,
They’re all just trying to pass,
You make...

In the Midst of Misunderstanding
They all assume
That I am what I’m not.
But what can I do,
Other than to bear their...

Relocation is termed as one of the most perplexed jobs. There are numerous processes involved with that that makes it more...

If there was something I could tell you, I would keep it real.
I would tell you this so you would know how I feel
You are...
If I Were in Charge
If I were in charge of the world I’d cancel war,
racism, drunk drivers, cancer and also animal abuse...
Dear Dad,
I look back on the days
When you showed me all of your love
Showed me all of your care
When I thought you just...
I'm not perfect
I make mistakes
I mean I'm only 17
You expect so much
Didn't people tell you that expectations lead to...

Elated and euphoric as I read 23/25 at the top of the page
YES YES YES
Worthy and filled with pride
Momentarily
The...

Flawless, an 8 letter word which means lacking imperfection. I wasn't born flawless, in fact I had to
work hard to reflect...

Where I’m From
Layne Moore
I am from that small old town in Indiana.
From just a child playing in the back yard
to...

The clock continues to tick even though I beg for it to slow
This test is ruthless, causing me so much woe
The words I need...

I am routine, I am a chain with no missing links bound tightly
with the unclenching, rock hard, iron fist of society.
I...

Wake up!
Rise above hatred and become unique!
Make a difference by stopping the racism!
Let me tell you about a young...

I am not Chad
I am jaob Fox
I once thought i was chad
I was not chad
I always looked up to him as a dad
He was more academc...

Dear No One,
I address no one in particular,
though I address everyone this cross's paths with.
We have the same desires,
do...

What frustrates me?
What frustrates me is that 50% of our student population in the United States are non-white, yet we...

Ever had a true friend that always saysTry to make some new friends,Just so they can raise new ways
to get some appraise...

violets are red roses are blue i want a cockatoo
homework is boring i think most of you hate it too
but i have to do it so...

Why Get Up To Hear Nothing But Words Of Hate
Why Keep My Cool When I Can Bust Someones Ass
Whats All The Mouth About?
Over...

The wayward road that leads me astray
Somewhat led me to this heaving Slander
Where the moulde'ring heap of knowledge ...

One year of high school to go,
surviving the same status quo,
six classes a day, learning on the way,
up the ladder I...

Crayon box, I have dented your tips with the force of my hand.
crayon box, your bright colors bring me delight, they express...

Life brings forth hope to ever changing possibiilities,
such as health, wealth, and most of all love.
The path you choose...

I come from that old red house
on top of a mountain
The red rooster’s alarm clock
and the flowers slowly sprouting
Where...

WE ARE THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF WISE HIGH
By Jerae B.
We are the Rulers of Wise High
We stick together no matter what
We...

Complete and utter mystery is what you represent
You give me situations that are sometimes good and sometime bad
You...

Proper: A princess always does the right thing
Respect: A princess always obeys the king
Innocent: A princess never causes...

Dear past me,
As you can see I'm exactly as you wanted to be
You got into college
And now you are chocked full with...

I am...
I am strong like a hundred man army
Words are unable to hurt me
I am not stupid
I am not retarded
This is the girl...

Through the storm I hear only the rain
when living in happiness I just feel pain
is it my fault is it all in my brain...

Dear, Belinda
It's the start of something new in your fifteen year old life, and it's your first day as a sophomore in a...

What they don't tell you
about high school
isn't spoken aloud.
How someone might call you
loud
within the first week of...

There's a difference between having a life and living
When you live,
You enjoy time
Your motto becaomse 'Hakunamatata'
Three...

A filter,
What is it really?
Is it something to purify the air?
Is it a mask?
Is it makeup?
Maybe even a photo enhancer?
...

Why do you think you have the authority to say who I should be or what i should look like?
Does my apperance make you feel...

Trudging to a hole
You've dreaded this all summer long
The smell of cleaning supplies
The ever familiar squeak of some...

My name is Laura
I just don't want to be a
Lifeline a
Lifetime of
Life lies.
Life flies.
I like to take pictures.
But my...

Rows, rows of music
Three people higher then the rest
High brass, melody in hand
Low brass, big white notes
The sweat,...

With all due respect
Am not a failure
Failure is an event
Not a person in fact
To be precise its a line
Of graduation right...

We sit in straight rows and raise our hand to speak
with a system like this is it really greatness they seek
12 years a...

Down under walking threw dark streets , i cant breath i have lost everything im tearing i cant fight mybattles are all so...

There was wire chained inside me,
Spools of lead wrapped tightly,
The weight of words drowned me.
A reticent tongue...

Everything I do is for you
My decision to attend a University is for you
Staying up late reading and studying for hours on...

Does anyone remember the days when they said
"People in college go crazy and party hard"?
Well it seems they forgot to...

A mother's hatred for a child is like a gun shot through the heart, A father's absence
is like a never ending nightmare, A...

Oh, the things I've done,
Working before dawn, midnight doubles for fun,
College is helpless when you're an immigrant's son...

Why do you hide behind walls? Afterall you only need one call for your clique. Why does your clique take number one priority...

Lead us not into temptation but also lead us not into hatred for another man
But destroy a city of certain people that are...

Mrs. Pot has told me
the story of a Prince trapped inside a beast.
I feel nothing but pity,
but why is it that everyone...

Something that really bothers me that I wish I could change , is how the Florida Department of Education requires you to...

Dear School,
I've had my fair share of hardships because of you,
the all nighters, the constant stress, and the looming...

Since day one, I have been here
Here is home, home is comfort
Seventeen years of here.
Things are about to change,
Home...

Dear Everybody,
This is just a letter of me being concerned for you, Everybody. Today you decided to ignore me.
I...

Shots firedSchool shot downRepeat school shot down17 people deadWho you ask Who would do something like this.... A...

Clock is ticking
Pens are clicking
Choir is singing
The bells are ringing
Teacher is yelling
Because the kids are failing...

Stress - tormentor of my dreams
I stay up all night,
It causes me anxiety
My back begins to slouch
Lack of sleep
eyes...

ACADEMIC TESTS
Oh these tests,
Superflous academic tests.
No time to prepare
For entrance tests.
Difficult to store
Vast...

A ringing sound awakes the young mans ears
Rushes to a room with a desks and peers
He sits slowly sits like the desk is a...

life
highschool
youth
thats me
what i have,
going to school everyday
seeing sad faces
depressed kids everywhere
why?
they...

The dependence begins to fade
I began to learn my ways
The frustration with my parents seems to never go away
I know they...

I always thought a lot about my days there.
There with the grey circles and led pencils.
I thought about how they’ll...

Dear Bully,
Do you remember when you punched me it the face
Or in front of the girl I liked, called me a disgrace
Do you...

Daddy told me when I was 8 "You'll make mistakes"
Indeed he was right, I've learned mine in the 9th grade
Although I don't...

I come from a dead end, deadbeat town,
Filled to capacity with dead end, deadbeat souls,
They are the crushers of dreams,...

If you would like lower your expenses on the shift, or perhaps wish to help to make your current transfer very affordable...

The sunset slowly disappears from my sight,
tears roling down my eyes,
my feelings for you, they seem to stop, as the moon...

I do not know who I am.
But I can tell you whom I am not
and just maybe you will see who I am.
I am not light,
but I am...

Why the fuck do we need money to help people with injuries or illnesses?
Why can't all of the countries around the world...

A truth is harder than a lie, but everyone's hearts loves to hide.
Bring your broken mess so that love may heal it.
Don't...

Is it just me or did the summer totally fly by?
It seems to have gone by in the blink of an eye!
It's that time of year...

You are in colleg because you watto b someone life. You know you're destined for greatness and there's no where to go...

I’m going to tell you a tall tale about a boy whose hopes would prevail because he saw to the end of the trail. He saw past...

My vison is not clear.
I think about this a lot. Is it fear?
Prehaps im over thinking this to much.
Faith please give a...

All the things I love about you.I love it when you open your eyes in the morning, and sometimes you look a little...

Woke up this morning the sky was clear
I was thinking about my whole high school career
I remember skipping just rap...

You should know bullying hurts
It starts with one word, one word you blurt
Fat ugly, thot
These are the words they hear. Did...

Gibson Archer
I miss the little pleasures in life,
I miss playing in the backyard
I miss playing with matchbox cars
and...

I am from Texas,
Born and raised
For 5 years.
I am from Utah,
Raised there for
The next 3.
I am from California,
Been...

If there is a future there is time for mending -
Time to see your troubles almost ending.
Life is never hopeless however...

There was a new kid coming to town,
I even heard he had a cute hound!
We met in Mrs. Stephen's class,
And he has a scar...

school,welcome,Back to school.
A circle of friends.
we've joinedtogether as classmates as the new year begins

Large and stuffy building, jam packed full and tight,
Hundreds of students gathered, trying to do what’s right.
“Get an...

If I had a quarter,
for every tear shed by an overworked student.
For every cup of coffee consumed to keep eyes open.
For...

Walking to class with my head held high,
First day of school,
I made it.
I made it through three other first days,
I can do...

When in college, life gets really tough.
When in college, keeping up with relationships gets rough.
When in college,...

What I think makes me unique from the others is that I am a full on mexican, both my parents are mexicans and both of them...

Am I a poet?
How could that be?
For when my mouth opens
I wish I could sow it.
The words that I say don't say what I will...

Hey People,
i am a student
who came to US in 2013
I have come to become idependent
let me tell you what I have so far seen...

Once upon a time somewhere in outer space there was an alien named Stitch that came about. This alien was extraordinary for...

this is crazy how i end up hear
oh my god i am in the middle of
no where i been working
to change my whole life today i ...

Gobbledegook from my math teacher's lips,
An impending lab report due,
The headaches they come; I internally grieve
As my...

Love is a battlefield
you fight for who you like
you bleed and get hurt
you get lost and confused
but all you think about
is...

For every time in my life
That I have been
Knocked down
Called out
Rejected
Made fun of
Hurt
Hurt
Hurt
I’d feel the burn...

When we were kids, we thought growing up would be fun However, as we age we realize we just want to be done During senior...

Once Again It's the start of a new school year
Once Again It's time to go back to school
Once Again I'll have to get...

Despair! Despair!
Senior Year!
It is the end
of my high school career.
College
'round the corner.
Applications
Statements...

The Race
The gun was shot and stride for stride we race
The lions roared but I could feel the Dove
Around we pushed at an...

I am useful
For 12 years in the making I used my brain as a tool
My parents did not ever have to force me to go to school...

Bonjour. You look at my beauty, you look at my prevelent poisnous poise,
And none would expect that I would have such a...

Nights like these are what I cherish the most
The unmade bed, the lull of the outdoors
Light seeping trough the blinds
An...

Glowering at the bleached sheet of paper,then to the clock
I had 5 minutes to turn my thoughts to words in a poetic way
My...

My mom’s car pulls up to the giant brick building
Another day will go to waste
I take my time getting out of the car
Is...

Time to time
Combine life, and what's the price of crime
Money tight with christ or live wrong
Sacrifice my life, my money...

She was a lively girl, unique and different.
She laughed, danced, and loved to express herself
but everyone looked at her as...

My dad always told me I was beautiful,
But inside I never thought the words were useful.
I would never truly believe what he...

Hey you filthy creature,
Do you really know why you need to be educated?
Do you know the reason why you have to go and learn...

One Day I was diagnosed with Charcot Marie tooth,
Though it takes away my strength and balance,
It caused great pain and...

When you’re all alone at night
Looking for someone to talk to in sight
Crying each night for not being good enough
Though I...

To the super woman
You are good and strong
You give without a word in life
You have your way of strive
You never ask for...

She seems to be
Unstoppable
Like the world can’t hold her
Down.
And sometimes she seems so
Confident,
Like she’s waiting...

Good morning, oh good morning I say as I awake to see the alarm blaring, signaling the start of the new day. How I wish to...

FIRST STANZA:
I bet you feel overwhelmed, full of fear and a tad bit of stress.
It's your freshman year, in a new school and...

Negative Poem
Late at night and deep into my thoughts
Wrestling with all of the emotions I got
It’s coming all too quickly...

Roses are red, violets are blue,
your dress is white and my tie is too,
sense we match will you go to homecoming with me.

Education is free but not always easy, some say that its careless or even carefree, yet to me its a way out ...

I am
Emerge into joy
Flee from the destructive world
Revive sanity
Emerge from thyself
Seek and find tranquility...

Just a few can change your day
Just a few may save your day
A lot of different poems to choose from
Can put you on your way...

Working so hard, giving it all I got.
Shouting so loud, bearing out for what I fought,
For freedom, for knowledge, for the...

I've been told to appreciate each day as a gift. I'm proud to say that it's true. I love to experience each day because they...

We were deep into the winter season.
The weather was as cold as ice.
We shivered with all reason.
Our warmth was our price...

Clicks and Clacks, Clicks and Clacks
A math test in in session.
Clicks and Clacks, Clicks and Clacks
Do none remember the...

Swing left, swing right
you don't get it, keep your hands tight
fight like today is the last day
and hold on like you want a...

Where did we go wrong?
I love so deep I got cuts that need stitches,
the less I hear from you more pain I feel
I gave you...

People think they need many things to live.
If I were to ever be stranded on an island and be able to ask for anything in...

The unknown
So I find myself sitting on a sofa in the middle of nowhere
At house in the middle of nowhere
With people I don'...

Inspired by the love you give
so what if my parents were low income
you provided jobs
so what if I was an immigrant
you...

To the super woman
You are good and strong
You give without a word in life
You have your way of strive
You never ask for...

Scared and unsure, the days still go one;
Lonely sometimes, content others
The presence of some fills me with happiness
Love...

I haven't taken statistics but here's a probability
A young boy learning about all his impossibilities
His ability slated...

ऐ मेरे नवोदय मुझे जरा फिर से तो बुलाना … आओ मिलकर हम उन यादों को ताजा करे। उठ जाए सर गर्व से उन अनुभवों को साझा करे।। ...

One of the greatest pleasures in life, Bagehot told me, is doing what people say
YA CAN'T. IMPOSSIBLE. STOP. DON'T EVEN TRY...

Dear, you( I mean me),
Do you know the synonyms for consistency,
Do you feel the warmth of tradition or smell home coupled...

How do you define yourself?
Do you even know who you are?
And if not,
how can you not
and still
judge others for who they...

My brain is dehydrated,
and so is yours.
Stuck in a fast paced world,
growing weary forevermore.
We no longer think, but...

Lip gloss , because I want to feel alive and not die. You beat my mind till I cried. Why? I'm trapped in my mind. Why? I...

My list of reasons why I have considered applying for scholarships to be a joke
One, why do I attend a university just to...

Love is like a waterfall in spring time,
It flows from the top and drops till it flops,
Love shines like a sun and your love...

When shoes are worn they are worn for a simple reason. My reason, to become the greatest I can become. So me and my shoes,...

If I knew what I know now, Things would be way different then they are now, no lien, no cheating, no stealing, just love,...

A Turbulent delirium withinthe throat.breathe.White noise, a drowning reverberationOf the crowds,Breathe.Hands trembling,...

How I long for the center stage
To be finally out of this mental cage
How I wish to be who I want to be
and to live happy,...

Why should I have to prove myself?
Must it be the silk of my skin that defines me
Must it be the way that my locks tumble...

Ever felt like times couldn't get any better
temptations all about, and all in my vessels
how can it be tempting when they...

This is War,
They said as they dropped drones onto villages and killed grandma who was picking vegetables from her garden,...

A tree tries to grow on a battlefield of men,
Filled with greed, the soldiers attempt to break the tree,
They yank and pull...

On day one I came into Honors class
I had no clue of what I should expect
But soon it was clear that we’d have a blast
I’m...

"What is your passion?"
Is what teachers and colleges ask me.
I like video games, but
I can't actually put that on a...

The KeyEducation
is the
key
it shows
who you
want to be
it's going
to be
hard
but your
education
will get you
far
if you...

I just spent three hundred dollars on a textbookThree hundredDollars
And it's not even a real bookIt's just pagesThat you...

It's a hard knock life
WPHS
Washington Preparatory High School is a diamond in the ruff
Just because it...

A girl is hiding, hiding behind that curtain
That curtain right there, I know I am certain
That is her, that girl hiding...

Glowering at the bleached sheet of paper,then to the clock
I had 5 minutes to turn my thoughts to words in a poetic style
My...

EUPHORIA: My body filled with fireworks. My vocal cords ready to ignite.
This is my year!!!
JUMP: My memories flood down my...

Imma graduate feeling free from this locked mentally.Rising to my heights, using my full potentially.God gave me a gift,...

A child's love to learn about everything
Is something that is beloved
An Adult's love to learn about everything
Is...

Peer pressure is destructive
It makes you lower yourself because that’s the last thing you expect to do
At times you will...

You see me as strong and beautiful,
While when I gaze in the mirror I see weak and helpless.
You see me as a perfectionist,...

falling through, walking around
time on my hands
the long days and night ' im still confused on my daily days
make it...

The mornings are not my strong point
School however is my main point.
I wake up ready to learn
I wake up thinking of a...

What a feelin
Comfort as a craddle for a baby
Takes me to another World
Where I sing and dance
Within no time makes you fey

Dear friend,
Where are you?
I hope you are doing well.
I miss you so much it makes my heart swell.
You left this world too...

The endless hurtache of waking up
With nothing to show for it
Where trying your best always seem to be silence by the truth...

I am soicety's reject.
I am my school's worst enemy.
I am the student teachers despise.
I am the "troubled one"
I am who...

We are all but ordinary
But from within we share a common vision
One where we will not be the roots of ridicule
Where we...

Dedication is what I have learned to be
Growing up I was living according to me
Never was I looking at the future and what...

The ritual is the same.
Wake up, brush your teeth, get dressed, do your hair. There’s hardly any change.
Doesn’t it ever get...

It's the time of the day,
where kids can have a brief moment of peace.
It's where they can abruptly stop their work,
and...
Authentic,
Loving,
True,
Or Bold,
I watch life go by as I turn old,
I love the world around me,
I love the people near,
to...

There are some events in life that leave you hollow.
That take every piece of you until there's nothing left.
It swallows...

At first it was all a peice of cake,
then i realized i was insane.
Most of the time i just want to give up.
When did life...

at one moment I didn't have hope
I thought school was a joke
i played around
joked
thinking my grades would still be...

June 30, 1994
Born, 5:38 am to be exact,
7 lbs, 8 ounces healthy baby,
Not knowing what life has ahead of me,
Innocent,...

Can we enter 2015 with no filter? With so many filters and mask, I sometimes hate to ask what's real or what's fake. What...

I can’t tell you what makes me tick
I can’t tell me what makes me tick.
I tried to pull myself apart piece by piece, bolt by...

No flaw me
eyes blue
perfect hair
I dont even have a dumbfounded stare
Yes me . perfections my key
Open minded , yes thats...

A woman standing in the the road
Thinking of what tomorrow would hold
Hoping & praying for better days
The birds are...

Ohh these math problems drain my mind,
Solving it daily make me blind.
Everyday I find x, y and z,
But still the right...

Teens from over the world need to hear this
You might think school is stressful, but really it's bliss
12 year of learning,...

I sit in a desk
scrawled with black pen,
of words smudged and long forgotten.
Curses and doodles and dreams
are blurred...

Small.
I began as a shy and scared student.
But you slowly brought me from the shadows and taught me to be myself.
You gave...

Going first.
So easy it might seem.
It starts feeling like a dream.
It's rattling me from within.
How bad can it be?
Like...

We live in a society that knows nothing about respect
So worried about how they appear to others.
They forget about...

Freshman year is thought to be life changing
Sophomore year is when it gets a bit tough
Junior year is said to be...

This artist is prisoned,
In thoughts of grassy head.
Many things describes him,
But few expresses.
He is empty with...

Oh Sadness my soul's anthem it does sing
a woman of faith tests mine once daily
the wailing of my heart as she does wring...

Sitting in this rock hard chair
The page inscribed is so unfair,
Stripes of blue fill up the space
Freedom of speech is not...

They made me ryme
They made me rythem
They made me Haiku
"Write about what you feel,
Write about what you think,
Write about...

Had a lot of disappointment in my life,
not graduating tops it,
I cry a million times,
but who hears me,
It does not matter...

what is music ?
what would you do without music ?
how would you feel if music didn"t excist
did you ever notice that there...

“you want black tea?”
bitterness curled like
steam through
frozen tendrils of air.
“yeah, like always”
the car crept up...

Moonflowers do not grow here,
For we have grown the primrose.
The blue violets and balsams
Only continue to grow.
Gorse is...

The school system in America is bullshit
Have they taught us anything important
Other than what mitosis is
What do we really...

When I was in high school everyone was skipping class
Not me cuz my mom would kill me if I didn't pass
But it was wreckless...

My first face is one timidity, of shyness and of meekness
Bowing for others more "superior", convinced of my supposed...

The bodies will walk on the fourth closest sphere,
And they like all forms that exist must adhere,
The rules that these...

I had to dig through my late night journals and old Tumblr posts,Then recovered those old songs, and unleashed all of our...

Helmet of Steel, Decorated with Mac & Cheese
Hands occupied with Kraft Singles I see
A formidable force of nature...

You were my first serious commitment. You taught me that an earned love is ever-giving.
I wish I had more time to spend with...

don't be afraid
of raiseing your hand
don't be afraid
to stand up for someone
don't be afraid
to fight for our rights
don'be...

You blamed my people
Tried to steal our pride
We've done nothing wrong
Have nothing to hide.
You called us worthless
Treated...

No one cares about a little girl who tried to make this place her world
Hiding behind others because she was afraid to show...

Books can teach and excite
Books can comfort and thrill
Books can show you te world
And wil make you feel
Thrillers bore...

My name is Regan,
And I'm pretty smart.
I might be small,
But I have a big heart.
Sometimes I'm quiet,
But it's time you...

Overconfident and unstructured,
Never having been pushed to my limit,
Thinking about my potential future,
And all that came...

Wow...never really thought being a seventeen year old would be so, difficult. Things that I have done to impact my year...

I can’t believe how boring physics is
Sitting in back of class can get so dull
Until to our surprise a homework quiz...

There is this place
Where we laugh and learn
And the Mysteries we face
We yearn to learn
To my knowledge I now turn
That I...

One night into a deep, dark, sleep,
I felt sorrow glancing at me.
In it's eyes were a reflection of what had happen.
i pray...

Does anybody up in here have a story to tell or is it just me
You know me growing up being the lawyer that I want to be or...

Is that a tear,
I see rolling
down your cheek,If you loved me
enough you and I would care enough,
Time Marches On the speed...

High School - best years of my life said by many
oh, how wrong they were about half of it
Senior year used up my very last...

When you’re all alone at night
Looking for someone to talk to in sight
Crying each night for not being good enough
Though I...

The phase of tensionis now paying its pension.The time where your hands never unwindhas now made the mouths without a bind....

Fear no opinons
Let you be you
Always be who you want to be
Win the hearts of those you love
Love yourself
Express how you...

I wish things wouldn't be so roughEveryday has been so tough
I used to lie
Now I just want to die
It could be worse
But...

STAR LIGHTS...I CAME TO SEE
INNOSENCE...YOU STOLE FROM ME
ON A COLD AND WINDY NIGHT
I PLANTED MY SEED
TO BUD AND BLOOM
IN...

"The sky is the limit" someone once said
but sometimes it's hard to get out of bed
I want to excel and be the best I can be...

I stand
So quiet I can almost hear their thoughts
Those boys laughing
And they stare like I'm something they dont...

Keep your shrill voice quiet, you’re disturbing the men at work.
Actually, it’s preferred you don’t speak at all, honey.
“Go...

Running to first period, I can’t be late anyone who has been here can relate “buzz” the tardy bell rings. I walk into class...