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    A Daddy's Poem
    From the time I was young you’ve always been there for me.
    To get me out of trouble when mom yells at me.
    You’ve always called me,”Daddy’s Little Girl.”
    You were there when i rode my first horse,you were there when I said my first words.
    Yeah sometimes you were the worst when you got on to me for something I did,
    but yet you always stayed close to my side and never let me go.
    I always ran to you for the trouble I was having.
    I am now 14 and still growing.I will always love you,but you need to see
    that I’m not 4 anymore.That I am a young lady.
    I will still run to you when I have big problems or when mom gets on to me,
    but I’m not little anymore and you need to let that be.
    Dad,I will always love you and you will always love me.I know that.
    Just let go of the little girl you once knew and try and bring up the
    Young lady that you know now.
    When I’m older and your walking me down the aisle.
    Remeber this poem and remeber the times we shared together,and smile.
    Thank You.

    Liz
    Grade 8
    iggie_3000@yahoo.com - Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 21:26:22 (EST)


    The Secret to Life
    Lose 1 friend,
    Lose all friends,
    Lose yourself.

    Liz
    Grade 8
    iggie_3000@yahoo.com - Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 21:19:11 (EST)


    You came into my life
    You came into my life when I was a stranger,
    you came into my life when I was with anger.
    You came into my life and you understood,
    you came into my and life and you did what you could.
    You came into my life just a few short months ago,
    you came into my life so why did have you go?

    -on a personal note:
    This poem came to me, because I have a very dear friend that I lost due to a lack of not being there. He is the greatest of all people and he is my best friend. I was always able to talk to him. After a few months of not being able to cope w/a break-up he came into my life once and again. So I guess this poem should be changed, but I think that if I did then I wouldn't be able to remember the hard time me and him went through. So, Help me to make changes if you see something that would fit better w/the information I have given you. email me at the posted address. Thank You.

    Liz
    Grade 8
    iggie_3000@yahoo.com - Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 21:12:16 (EST)


    My Faith in Us
    My faith in us tells no lies,
    for you can tell just by looking in our eyes.
    My faith in us is why we are a couple today,
    for people tried to get in our way.
    They tried to break us up by getting people we liked around,
    but yet we are still going strong and we will never hit the ground.
    My faith in us is always true,
    because the only love that I see is the love between me and you.

    Liz
    Grade 8
    iggie_3000@yahoo.com - Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 21:04:02 (EST)


    Haiku
    Black silence, only
    broken by tears and footsteps,
    White coffin in hand.

    jules
    - Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at 13:36:46 (EST)


    human race
    Why am i not right?
    you live and breath like me too
    so why is black wrong?
    And white right? i don't know why
    I have dreams and hopes like you too
    We're all human

    kerry
    Grade 13
    - Monday, March 25, 2002 at 06:33:03 (EST)


    my thoughts

    as i look back on
    what has been, what will be, i
    choose the path that leads
    me to the one that i want,
    i need,i care for and love

    sarah
    Grade 11
    - Monday, March 25, 2002 at 06:28:44 (EST)


    You Laugh
    People say that I am diverse
    Everyone is different.
    There is not one correct way to desire,
    There are many ways
    Each exact and mistaken.
    I am not erroneous,
    Nor are you.
    Each way is good…
    It just depends on how you glance at it.
    Every thing appalling that happens is followed by good.
    And it is not immediate,
    Give it time.
    Some people will state that you, that I, am odd.
    That is not correct.
    Every existing thing is not identical,
    Although several aim to be.
    You may take the road that has a path well beaten
    By many others that came before,
    To make it effortless for the adherent.
    Or, you may take the road less trodden.
    All I know is that I am departing on my own trail in existence.
    You laugh at me because I am different,
    I laugh at you because you are all the same.

    Jaime Whitney
    Grade 8
    willy_wonkers@hotmail.com - Friday, March 22, 2002 at 19:35:25 (EST)


    Nobody At All
    Once I had A true friend who was so sweet,
    She was so kind to me she always ask for help,
    This friend of mine she had to go away so far away,

    She had no choice but to go away. Now that she
    is gone I feel like I am a nobody at all.
    she had always made me feel like a somebody.


    A nobody at all.I wish i had somebody who i
    Can talk to but none is her to listen or
    To stay.




    By: Letticia Rose Roman

    Letticia Rose
    Grade 7
    good_for_u15@yahoo.com - Friday, March 22, 2002 at 12:31:01 (EST)


    Life

    Life is dreaming ,
    Ah! life ... there is so many things happens in this life
    sometimes you feel life is good and the other time is bad
    life goes like this way happiness days and sadness days

    Life is dreaming of a lot of things you want to do it
    when you dreaming of falling in love with someone
    who can give you back love , you try to got it all
    your life you won't lose it at all
    and love everyone in this life dreaming of it

    Love is feeling between two people ,but real love ain't
    easy to find it when you feel you got what you need
    and you feel your life is bright with happiness
    Ah life life life is dreaming

    As I said life is good sometime is bad
    these two things it happen in our daily life
    but lief can't be happy all the time and can't be sadness all the times , there is both feelings

    Well you have to find your life in good way that can
    help you to survie well

    As I said life is dreaming so try always follow your
    dreaming and then you will feel what's life mean to you


    Hannna
    - Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at 13:54:46 (EST)


    The Traveler
    The Traveler had a carriage
    he drove where 'ere he went.
    He traveled day and night-time too.
    He searched for time unspent.

    Drive on.
    Don't slow.
    It will improve, you know.

    He searched alone, all by himself.
    He searched in hopes he'd find
    that simple, peaceful love he knew.
    The life he'd left behind.

    Drive on.
    Don't slow.
    It can't be long, you know.

    He drove his horse to pull him on,
    until he found his heart.
    And then he found a woman fair
    with whom he'd loath to part.

    Drive on.
    Don't slow.
    She'll break your heart, you know.

    He slowed his horse, to gaze a while.
    He'd hoped he'd found the one,
    the woman for whom he'd searched so far,
    with whom his search was done.

    Drive on.
    Don't slow.
    The pain will hurt, you know.

    He stopped his search and stayed a while.
    'Twas heaven in her arms.
    He lifted up his hopes and dreams
    succumbing to her charms.

    Stay close.
    Don't go.
    My love is strong, you know.

    She changed her mind and broke his heart.
    She thought it couldn't last.
    He cried for days and nights on end.
    He longed to have the past.

    Go on.
    Don't Stay.
    You must move on, you know.

    He stayed and cried, his soul was wrent.
    He loved her oh, so deep.
    He couldn't change his heart's desire
    this love he had to keep.

    Shut up.
    Don't speak.
    You'll hurt her more you know.

    And now he sits, alone again
    waiting by his horse.
    He sits in hopes and prayers to God
    that she will change her course.

    Get up.
    Don't sit.
    You make it worse, you know.

    The Traveler had a carriage
    that sat unused and worn.
    He used to travel day and night
    in search of love untorn.

    Drive on.
    Don't slow.
    It will improve, you know.

    me (not to be confused with Me)
    Grade 12
    jaycenornin@yahoo.com - Monday, March 18, 2002 at 02:15:29 (EST)


    When we biuld we destroy we lose our home more and more and when we're done we will die for our home is no more.

    Diana Palacios
    Grade 7
    Karenina88@aol.com - Friday, March 15, 2002 at 23:27:31 (EST)


    When we biuld we destroy we lose our home more and more and when we're done we will die for our home is no more.

    Diana Palacios
    - Friday, March 15, 2002 at 23:22:50 (EST)


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    das
    - Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 21:36:43 (EST)


    She is my moon and am am a mere admiaring wolf. She is my sun and I the sky. She is the rose and i am only a lowly weed. She is the beauty and I but a creature from the depths of the sea. She is my love and I am ...... Nothing. How blindly I think that she could ever care for me...

    Chris Herrera
    Grade 7
    ryushi4@hotmail.com - Monday, March 11, 2002 at 17:35:35 (EST)


    best friends
    My best is the one there for me the same with her after i talk tabout something personal or any thing she wont tell a soul.

    She is the one for me to have as a best friend and luv her deeply for being a good friend and she always knows that when ever she needs me i'll also be there for her no matter what happens.

    She is the one that when something happens to her I just the whole world behind me.

    aimee
    Grade 6th
    kiwichick89 - Saturday, March 09, 2002 at 15:08:15 (EST)


    For Jessie
    Someone out there please help me
    Because I'm going insane
    I think I just might of made
    My life go down the drain
    I made a big mistake
    And, well, he did too
    We really should of thought
    But now what can we do?
    We did it anyway
    And now we pay the price
    Our lives will never be the same
    Hell, we only did it twice
    And to think i thought
    'It will never happen to me'
    God, how naive I was!
    If only then I could of seen
    Now I'm in control
    Of not only me but you
    You're this life within me
    What I am you are too.
    So now I guess it's about time
    That I get myself together
    This is now my life
    You and me forever.

    Kala
    Grade 10
    SimplyUnique155@aol.com - Saturday, March 02, 2002 at 18:24:14 (EST)


    In My Mind
    The world says that I’m not tough
    That I will never be enough
    In my life I get along
    In my mind I am strong
    The world says that my spirit is weak
    That I’m among the dumb and meek
    In my life I’m faced with lies
    In my mind I am wise
    The world says that I’ll never be
    My ambitions are too high to see
    In my life I’m below the rest
    In my mind I am the best
    The world says that ‘thin is in’
    That I must strive to be slim
    In my life I appear truly
    In my mind I am beauty
    The world says that I won’t last
    That I’ll always be second-class
    In my life I’m only human
    In my mind I am woman.

    Kala
    Grade 10
    SimplyUnique155@aol.com - Saturday, March 02, 2002 at 18:21:55 (EST)


    WHY?

    WHY DOES LIFE ALWAYS BRING SURPRISES
    WHY DOES IT SOMETIMES TELL LIES
    IS IT A TIME OR IS IT A WAY OF DOING SOMETHING
    WHY DO PEOPLE HIDE WHAT THEY FEEL
    WHY DO WE ALL DO WHAT WE DO
    IS IT THE WAY HUMANS ARE OR IS IT THE WAY PEOPLE SAY WE ARE
    DOES THE WORD WHY HAVE ANY MEANING OR IS IT JUST ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    jamore harris
    Grade 7th
    lhs2786@cs.com - Friday, March 01, 2002 at 15:53:48 (EST)


    Daddy
    Sitting on my daddy's knee is the only place for me.
    A place I've had for all my life, through all the pain and strife.
    He picked me up when I fell, saying "don't worry, you did well."
    When grampa died, Daddy held me close to his side.
    When fire took all we had, he said "we're all alive, don't be sad."
    He will always be my dad, my hero, my friend.
    I know I will not always have him. But I am happy for the time we have.
    I will never forget the feeling in me, sitting on my daddy's knee.

    Me
    Grade 12
    - Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 01:05:41 (EST)


    Gone
    As I look back on my childhood, one face stands out from all the rest. Yours. You were always there for me. In my eyes, you were my brother. But your feelings weren't like those of a brother. I was too young to understand. The years passed, you married, and moved away. And then suddenly, there you were. After four years, you had a daughter, and you were free. I saw you from different eyes this time. I saw you from the eyes of a woman. You were not my brother. You were my friend, yet so much more. I finally realized that you meant more to me than anything. But it was too late. You are gone now. Though I will never see you again in this life, I know you are with me. I see you in your daughter's eyes. Such young eyes. I feel you in the breeze. You gently dry my tears. I feel your arms around me when I sleep. I dream of having one more moment to stand by your side. I long for the chance to say it all. I long to say I love you.

    Me
    Grade 12
    - Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 01:18:06 (EST)


    Laura Chicken
    none - Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 20:12:38 (EST)


    MY poem/song
    I wake up in the morning
    "bawk bawk chicken chicken bawk bawk chicken head"
    I go to sleep at night
    "bawk bawk chicken chicken bawk bawk chicken head"
    and i'm so sorry Ms.Jackson
    "woo"
    but I am for real.

    *YaY!*

    Laura
    Grade 7
    none - Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 20:12:08 (EST)


    A Big Brother
    A big brother is about the most important thing in a sister’s life, due to the fact that they always watch you.
    YOu were there when I got hurt and you held me close and kissed me and told me that everything would be alright.
    Me and you had fun times together.
    We laughed we played we did what every normal child would do.
    As the years grew, so did we. Our laughter turned into fighting and eventually we would have nothing to do w/one another.
    Now that I am 14,I see that a you are the most important thing to me.
    You help me when mom and dad can’t.
    You encourage me to do things.
    That helps me a lot.
    Because I feel that if you believe in me that I can do anything.
    Yes over the years we haven’t had anything to do with each other because a jealousy and a hatred for one another grew.
    But now that me and you are old enough to see that with out each other the whole world would seem different and so would you.
    So accept this as an apology for the years that we lost and let’s fill up the space that is empty.
    I will always love you no matter how angry I get.
    Just remember that without you I would never be able to live.

    Elizabeth
    Grade 8
    iggie_3000@yahoo.com - Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 13:39:24 (EST)


    I'm sorry
    You told me you loved me and you would always be there,
    But I didn't understand nor did I really care.
    You said that if we dated we would still be friends,
    but I didn't want to see that I just wanted it to end.
    I wanted me and you to just stay friends like always,
    but I wanted too much and that I could never say.
    I understand now that when you told me you love me you really meant it,
    and now I really resent it.
    Meaning,I'm sorry for not believing you,
    I'm sorry for not caring for you like you did me,
    I'm sorry for ever telling you I really didn't care,
    and for that I want to make a swear.
    I swear to you that my heart will always belong,
    and that I want to tell you that I was wrong.
    For Now I do see that me and you were meant to be.

    Liz
    Grade 8
    - Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 13:35:48 (EST)


    To You
    From the day you held me in your arms,'til the day you left and I to stay,
    I was the light of your life through each and every day,
    I was your baby never to grow and you were my daddy never to go,
    But thing change and people grow as I did and I'll never know,
    I'll never know why I couldn't stay little and I'll never know why you left me,
    So this is to you "my daddy" from your baby girl you always knew,
    and as I watch them lower you down,I watch this letter to you fall to the ground.

    Baby Blue
    - Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 13:31:11 (EST)


    Death
    Death closed its icy fingers,
    grasping your hand tight,
    and dragging you away
    into the dark of night.

    Oh, for the words still unspoken,
    the feelings left unshared.
    Did you ever know
    the depth of how I cared?

    If only I'd had a moment
    to hold you close to me.
    't would not have hurt so
    just to bid farewell to thee.

    The pain of losing you
    has only made me stronger.
    And soon we will be together,
    left to sorrow no longer.

    We must live each day fully,
    tell our loved ones that we care.
    For Death comes swiftly,
    and takes us unaware.

    Jessica Julian
    Grade 12
    jessicajulian_42@hotmail.com - Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 02:15:26 (EST)


    Whats Luv ?
    There is nothing more beauitful than a first Luv ,
    Love isn't one but Love is two
    When you Love someone with real Love you can't ever lose your lover
    Cuz you Love each other from the bottom of the heart and thats good thing in love
    Love feeling coming out from the deep of the soul and heart
    Love needs trust ,needs two person feeling the same way of love
    Love is the real feeling of two who really Love each other
    Love sometime hurt when there is now feeling of each other with no trust between the Lover
    Love needs strong soul and real feeling from the deep of the heart and soul
    But sometimes you find hard to say just three words its "I LOVE YOU " when you know that person feels the same way you feeling
    cuz Love needs two trust each other ,and konw whats love means

    If you trust each other and know each other well ,and know the real meaning of Love , Believe me you will still Love each other for long time whatever you do wherever you are in but you will still Love each other cuz you know the real Love , Love is feeling of each other ,every person in this world have a feeling of Love , (Always we try to LOVE not to HATE )Keep this in your mind

    Hanna
    Grade 11th
    - Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 03:34:48 (EST)


    Whats Luv ?
    There is nothing more beauitful than a first Luv ,
    Love isn't one but Love is two
    When you Love someone with real Love you can't ever lose your lover
    Cuz you Love each other from the bottom of the heart and thats good thing in love
    Love feeling coming out from the deep of the soul and heart
    Love needs trust ,needs two person feeling the same way of love
    Love is the real feeling of two who really Love each other
    Love sometime hurt when there is now feeling of each other with no trust between the Lover
    Love needs strong soul and real feeling from the deep of the heart and soul
    But sometimes you find hard to say just three words its "I LOVE YOU " when you know that person feels the same way you feeling
    cuz Love needs two trust each other ,and konw whats love means

    If you trust each other and know each other well ,and know the real meaning of Love , Believe me you will still Love each other for long time whatever you do wherever you are in but you will still Love each other cuz you know the real Love , Love is feeling of each other ,every person in this world have a feeling of Love , (Always we try to LOVE not to HATE )Keep this in your mind

    Hanna
    Grade 11th
    - Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 03:33:51 (EST)


    What does love really mean?

    Love is what you feel when you wake up in the moring knowing that your with your loved ones......
    Love is the feelings you have for the ones you care for most.
    When you know you have true love in your life you will never feel like you did before.
    Just the little things in life can let you have love in your life.
    I have new people in my life and I know I have TRUE love to give to them and TRUE love to get back!
    I think that it is a joy to have someone in your life you love and I do!!
    I love seven people more than anyone in this world!
    But there is only two people to thank for this wonderful joy......
    that is Mark and Mom!!
    They have done soooo much and deserve a lot!!!!!
    They need more time to themselves and they need to take some time for them selves!
    I love them and so do their seven children.......and no one in this ENTIRE world loves them more!!
    They are like the gods up above and they are shinning their wonderful light on us!!
    Thats why we have grown to be like we are and they have done a wonderful job!!
    They deserve this to know that and not to forget it!!
    What this world would be without them....I would NOT like to know.....I know it wouldnt be good!!
    I know they love each other and that is what I say is LOVE and what they give out to their children is called LOVE too!
    But they are the best people in the world and they should know it and they probably do!!
    I love you two and you are the world to us!!!!!!!!


    This is to Mark and Mom!! I love you two with all of my heart!!!! Never forget that!!!!

    Kayla
    Grade 8
    klovebaker@aol.com - Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 22:47:50 (EST)


    My loved ones.........

    To my loved ones which I love most.....you are my world!
    I love you so very much.....and if something were to happen to you I dont know what I would do!
    I love you very much and I want to make sure you know that!
    Not a day goes by that I dont know that I am the luckiest girl in the ENTIRE world to have you in my family to love!!
    I am so thankful to be in your family and I never want out!
    You mean the world to me and I want you to never forget it!!
    This may not mean much to you but I have put my heart into everything I do for you and I know you do the same for me...
    And do know that it means EVERYTHING to me and never anything less than that!
    When I had no place to go you were there offering me a place to stay........when I needed love you ALWAYS offered it!
    When you knew I was treated wrong you said that you would always be there for me....and to let you know this is where I want to be for the rest of my life!!!!
    I NEVER want to go back to the old place we USED to call "HOME" NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!
    I ALWAYS want to be with you!!!!!!!!!!Because I LOVE YOU more than anything in this cruel world!!!!!
    Please NEVER forget that!!!!!!
    I Love You!!

    This is for the two people I love most in the ENTIRE world!! Mark and Mom.......I Love You and thats nothing but the truth!!

    Kayla
    Grade 8
    klovebaker@aol.com - Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 21:46:52 (EST)


    "On the Wings of Angels"
    To you I owe, my life, my love,
    You were ssent from that HEAVENLY place above.

    You've given me a place to stay during the storm,
    And showered me with peace in every form.

    You've helped me through the most difficult times,
    And with love, to eachother, we bind.

    I trust you with everything I worry about,
    But your words of love sometimes leave me with doubts.

    I want to give you everything that you need,
    So that our love may grow like a little seed.

    I'm sorry for all the pain you knew,
    But remember through everything that "I love you."

    Bryanna Hodgeman
    Grade 7
    BuTTrflyKisses42@aol.com - Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 17:42:49 (EST)


    My Love For You
    You're always on my mind,
    Even though I know you'll never be mine.
    You have always been my hollow dream,
    Or for me, at least that is how it seems.
    I'll never have my chance with you,
    Cuz you're in love with the 1 who calls u boo.
    My feelings for you never got a chance to leave,
    I'll always care for u and this is a promise I'll keep.
    Even though you said my feelings for you wouldn't effect our friendship,
    I know sumday it will since I'll never be kissing your lips.
    It makes me smile to see you two happy,
    And it makes me sad to see you all sappy.
    I've lived with this pain for a very long time,
    And now it's starting to affect my soul and mind.
    We've been good friends for awhile,
    And for you I would run more than just a thousand miles.
    If I can't be with you,
    Then why even try giving you clues.
    You'll never go for me,
    Cuz the past is just where I'll always be.
    In your mind I'm just a friend,
    But in my mind the love we never had, will never fade

    BabyJo
    Grade 8
    - Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 18:08:46 (EST)


    Anaphoric anomoly assists us, asking again and again,
    "Afterwards, are all angels agile?"
    abstenance, articulation,
    all an afterthought in the abyss that all are adjacent to.
    Because breathless blasphemy breaks the bowels of the black-blooded brain. Brass beacons bruise brown, and brutal.
    can't carelessness coagulate corruption? careful cause, creates co-dependency. Crass, crafty, crisp and cross, we criss cross our candid cameras with cold condensation.
    Do dim lights derive our depths and discontents? we delve into the depths of danger, but do we dive into the damnation of dawn? Enough of this exhasterbating exercise, we eat our endless etables, while exactly eight, are ecstatic in the end.
    for our forthoughts, fuck the facist foundations of foriegn forgottenness. Fists of fury fight for freedom? no. fighting is not freedom. We fight for famine, fatality, fear. Fear us, for we fight for falsehood.
    Great gastly grandeur gallops galiantly, while god is gone, gripping gas masks and grenades. We are going, going, gone from the greatness of god.
    Hither, thither, here lies haunted hollows. Here in the hieghts of history and happyness, here comes half hearted heresy. hindered by hills and hagglers, heat has had us.
    Just enough jest is just. For just enough jubilation is jarring, and joviality is jaded.
    kings and kaisers know how knives and knaves and knowlage never kindle kindness.
    Let us look upon lords and ladies, let us leer at the long lengths of lust, and leniency. Left and low, we light the light of listlessness, looming over loss.
    Moreover, must we meander through the manless men of mystery?
    mankind has mustered up enough mastery to make mistakes in meaning and means.
    No. No one. Never is there a new nostalgia, only national nightimes.
    Open your eyes over the outlandish outstanding oppressions that overwhelm our ovulations.
    pray? please, our peace pauses for no prayer. "PEACE" they pander, well peace is no punch or pine, peace is peace.
    queer, isnt it? the status quo quivers under quiet qi. Quothe the raven, quite the queen are we.
    Restless rampages rule over rightness. Rain rattles righteously, yet we randomly revere our "rightful" ruler. Rain, rain on us.
    suppose we see the seduction of serenity? well serenity sums up in a simple saying: satanic
    towards the total tragedy we teach our toddlers to terrorize. We toughen them, into trite tenderness.
    Underneath the unused unopened unnoticed undergarments, we see the usual understanding: united we stand
    view this viscious variation and visit it with valor. For vital is the vision that we view.
    without this, we would waste away, like we wane through wisdom, like we wake the whining whispers of want, like we wast away, away, away.
    xius, we can't x ray you.
    you are yes, yes yes, we are yonder under "YOUTH"
    it all amounts to: Zero

    Seth
    Grade 10
    snumrich@yahoo.com - Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 14:58:06 (EST)


    Love
    I dream of a place far, far away
    Where Valentine's comes every day
    A place where Cupids fly through the air
    Shooting arrows everywhere
    Where a rainbow shines up above
    And Cupid is the god of love
    A place where romance comes each day
    It is so much fun you will want to stay
    Now my dream is over
    A new day will begin
    And when I go to sleep tonight
    I hope I dream this again

    Terri Ellis
    Grade 7th
    Sb4loi02 - Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 17:01:24 (EST)


    People wilting into the day like wick from a candles hot fire,
    A blossoming of an unknown flower,
    A person being held up to the sky,
    Being taught what a cloud is,
    Learning why the sky is so blue and why we can't reach it,
    Seeing angels in the distance and praying were not going to die,
    Hearing whispers in our ears and not knowing if our mind is playing tricks on us,
    Our families splitting apart and not knowing why,
    Being asked a question you've never given any thought to,
    Not understanding what we say and how we say it,
    Where everyday day questions become life changing situations...

    Laura DiPasquale
    Grade 9
    lo2004@aol.com - Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 12:15:21 (EST)


    Harmony and Peace
    His bright blue eyes gaze at me,
    I am in complete peace,
    His hands wrap around my waist,
    My hand slightly embracing his face,
    He moves closer until his lips meet mine,
    My arms wrap around his neck,
    He gently squeezes me,
    We can hear nothing around us,
    All we feel is each other's presence,
    My heart for once feels free and open,
    Insecurities were left long ago,
    No worries linger amongst us,
    Our lips seperate and he gazes at me again,
    I rest my head ever so softly on his shoulder,
    We are in complete harmony...

    Laura Dipasquale
    Grade 9
    lo2004@AOL.COM - Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 11:54:30 (EST)


    GUILTY:
    As she sits alone in her room
    She starts to wonder her fate, her doom.
    Why does the room feel as dark as night,
    “The sun is up and I have on a light.”
    She feels so suffocated,
    All her stuff’s been confiscated.
    As other people began to stare,
    She started to realize, she was there.
    She couldn’t get it out of her head,
    The words to her that were said.
    “Guilty as charged, guilty, guilty!”
    As it sinks in she feels filthy.
    She killed a man selfishly,
    Now she wonders, “who was he?”
    She killed a man and his wife,
    Now she’s in prison sentenced to life.

    gina
    ginagirl05 - Friday, February 08, 2002 at 19:08:59 (EST)


    GUILTY:
    As she sits alone in her room
    She starts to wonder her fate, her doom.
    Why does the room feel as dark as night,
    “The sun is up and I have on a light.”
    She feels so suffocated,
    All her stuff’s been confiscated.
    As other people began to stare,
    She started to realize, she was there.
    She couldn’t get it out of her head,
    The words to her that were said.
    “Guilty as charged, guilty, guilty!”
    As it sinks in she feels filthy.
    She killed a man selfishly,
    Now she wonders, “who was he?”
    She killed a man and his wife,
    Now she’s in prison sentenced to life.

    gina
    ginagirl05 - Friday, February 08, 2002 at 19:08:36 (EST)


    Your Always In My Heart

    Your always in my heart.............day and night 24/7.
    And I know when its your time you will go to heaven.
    Why is someone in a persons thoughts like a loved one....
    Cause the person knows that they will never be done.
    When I think of them I think of everything that I live for...and know that they helped me through this hard thing you call LIFE.
    I know that they will always be there sitting and waiting..
    and I call out for help and they reply without debaiting.
    They know me for me and I know them for them............
    they are there through the night when its even dim.
    When times are tough they stick through it all.....
    and they are like a little smiling doll.
    They are my best friends,ones that helped me grow through the years.......
    I tell them "I will always love you my dears."
    Through the times we've spent together I never want to loose them and love them forever!!!!!


    For Mom and Mark......I love you lots!

    Kayla
    Grade 8
    klovebaker@aol.com - Thursday, February 07, 2002 at 21:04:52 (EST)


    Found...
    (Thought that comes to me over and over)
    Sunday night
    Power house
    Church of Christ
    I meet a man
    Special indeed
    I knew he could be
    The only one for me
    Could it be truly
    The one I shalllove for eternaty
    But i'm only 15
    Scared as a child
    Not sure what to think
    Run
    Hide
    No
    Hold him tightly
    Everyday
    It is Truly
    The only way
    It can be
    -Jennifer Sjelin-

    Jennifer
    Grade 9
    nightshade77302@yahoo.com - Tuesday, February 05, 2002 at 22:12:40 (EST)


    Mellisa
    - Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 18:31:53 (EST)


    Mellisa
    - Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 18:31:52 (EST)


    rapper
    I was surfin onna net, late one day...
    checkin' all the lames in-the-usual-way...
    when I came upon your site
    and had to say
    I like it just a little
    it could be betta, OK?
    and so if you don't like this
    I'll leave really fast
    but not before I lift a leg
    so's
    you can sniff my ass!

    aight .word up. homos

    pimp daddy wes
    Grade hs
    themayor@ballacheyland.com - Monday, January 21, 2002 at 21:12:04 (EST)


    TV Guide Romance


    In familiar spaces we lay out the way we did yesterday,
    The same positions,
    Your face on the TV while I lie, back turned alone,
    Letting out a sigh that falls silent on your ears
    And echoes in my mind,
    Same thing as the day before,
    I wear this discontent like robe,
    Wallow in each fold,
    Too pragmatic to remove it when the heat rolls high,

    And what I would give for you to switch the dial in my direction,
    Look on me,
    Care about this complexion,
    But you’re lost in a shallow screen,
    Mindless as I cry,
    Barred by fear and God knows what, from the exit,
    I toss and turn, but its no matter,
    The conditions are perpetually pathetic,
    In these familiar spaces, where the memories mold,
    And sheets enclose me with a leaden heaviness,
    Back turned alone,
    You turn up to volume to drown out my screaming.

    Scarlette
    Grade 11
    midgetswithtamberines@hotmail.com - Saturday, January 19, 2002 at 02:11:46 (EST)


    Pain

    Pain how this word is small
    Pain how this word have big meaning
    Pain is the hard thing in the life
    Pain how it's hurte many people
    No one want get pain in life
    No one want cry any more
    Pain is big thing in the life it's hurte
    and make whole life dark and sadness
    Pain make a person feel like hopeless
    Pain make a tears coming down on the floor
    No more pain ,
    No more pain ,makes people tired of
    all this pain
    No more pain in life
    Again no more pain, no more , no more

    Mya
    - Thursday, January 17, 2002 at 19:22:23 (EST)


    rain
    here's what i thought
    about my [secret blue spot]
    'i'll hide it with a cloud
    and keep everyone out'
    but - then again
    you could make it rain.

    Neel
    wildbluething@yahoo.com - Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at 07:56:53 (EST)


    She is the eye of the storms
    I still remember when we last were
    It was dark enough for every colour of her to be vivid
    She dipped her fingers in a quiet pool
    Swaying them from side to side
    Brushing the coolness of it
    Watching carefully as the water tried to grip her fingers
    Clinging to the memory left behind
    Swirling her hand on my chest
    I couldn’t feel it in more than a million ways
    Blindness made her palm so cold
    It left behind a numbness that will never be forgotten
    It trickles when I laugh
    Over rocks worn smooth
    I could hear her with no eyes
    Reaching my hand into the pool of water
    Fluttering my memory and seeing her eyes
    I can remember the smell on my lips
    She wore it on every word that she spoke
    She is the eye of the storm

    Peter
    Grade 12
    kylagrin@hotmail.com - Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 01:10:53 (EST)


    You

    First time I look into your eyes I saw wonderful eyes I don't want take my eyes away from yours

    You're wonderful person I met ,I never met person like you're , you're so cute ,smart,honor

    When I'm thinking I think of you every moment
    When i'm dream I always dreamed of you

    You're more than wonderful person more than emaizing
    when I have problme you were here with me and give me a good advices
    when i'm sad you make me happy

    Your smile ,your simle on your face more than beautiful
    you make a smile on my face , yea you did !
    you had change me that I never had someone changed me like what you did to me

    I miss you so much , and I am waiting for that day we meet again

    "I LUV U ......."

    Lisa
    Grade 11
    - Monday, January 14, 2002 at 13:07:51 (EST)


    Grandpa
    I wish you could be here,
    I wish with all my heart,
    But I know your much happier,
    Much happier with God.

    When I think of you,
    I start to cry,
    But I know you don't want me to,
    So I try,
    I miss you,
    I think your still alive,
    And I know that you are,
    You always are deep within my hear.

    I know I'll never stop missing you,
    I hope your not mad,
    But I love you,
    I hope you'll say it back,
    I can't hear you,
    But I'm sure you do,
    Please watch over me,
    And I'll watch over you.

    Miriam Veldman
    Grade 7
    mirjamveldman@hotmail.com - Wednesday, January 09, 2002 at 15:03:57 (EST)


    Kayla
    - Sunday, January 06, 2002 at 21:04:12 (EST)


    ** Wonderful Parents **

    You are shine my life ...
    When my eyes had opened ,I saw two wonderful faces looking at me, with happiness .

    You are my everything in this world ...
    When i get sick you were here with me ,take care of me ,
    and spend your time with me to make me happy ,you taught me all good thing in the world .

    You mean everyting to me ...
    and without you there's no me ,I want thank God for you my wonderful PARENTS
    I want thank you from my bottom of my heart for everything you done to me in my hole life ,and you are most appreciated of all, God Bless you all .

    you alawys in my heart
    LUV MOM and DAD ,

    Lisa
    Grade 11th
    - Friday, January 04, 2002 at 20:55:11 (EST)


    She was....

    She is....
    A girl who became
    A woman,
    A mother,
    A role model.

    She is....
    A great person,
    A shining star,
    Not a mean lady.

    She is....
    The woman in charge;
    A woman who loves,
    Without harming a single person;
    A woman who enjoys all.

    She is....
    bright,
    true hearted in every way,
    Sometimes goofy,
    To her family,friends,and others.

    She is....
    Always true,
    Never a lier,
    Often had been know as the BEST mom around.

    She is....
    My mother.

    Kayla
    Grade 8
    klovebaker@aol.com - Friday, January 04, 2002 at 12:19:20 (EST)


    He was.....

    He is...
    A boy who became
    A man,
    A father,
    A role model.

    He is....
    A wonderful person,
    A shining star,
    Not a harmful person.

    He is...
    The great one;
    A man who loves,
    Without harming one soul;
    A man who enjoys everyone.

    He is....
    true,
    kind hearted in every way,
    Sometimes crazy,
    To his friends,family,and others.

    He is...
    Always there,
    Never gone,
    Often gone without sleep just to be there for family.

    He is....
    Mark Feilds.

    Kayla
    Grade 8
    klovebaker@aol.com - Friday, January 04, 2002 at 12:08:15 (EST)


    I Cry

    Sometimes when i'm alone i cry
    cause I am on my own.
    The tears I cry are bitter and worm
    they flow with life but take no form.
    I cry because my heart is torn
    if i had an ear to confiding
    I would cry mong my treasured friend
    But who do you know that stops thst long ,to help another carry on .
    The world moves fast and it would rather pass by
    Then to stop and see what makes one cry
    so painful and sad
    And sometimes...
    I cry
    And no one cares about why .

    Lisa
    Grade 11th
    - Wednesday, January 02, 2002 at 17:26:46 (EST)


    '' A Good Friend ''

    A Friend is special,someone who cares about you,someone who helps you through good time and bad.
    Someone who listens to your problems,wether it's happy or sad .

    A Friend is someone who you can believe in,someone who you can trust ,someone who gives you good advice when you make the wrong decisions .

    A Friend is someone who gives you nice compliments just to see you happy .

    A good friend is a BEST FRIEND ,who you'll always remeber through your life !!

    Have a friend with open heart ,and a mind to lead your way,keep your door open for another one .

    Mya H.
    Grade 11
    hanin_maskut@hotmail.com - Tuesday, January 01, 2002 at 19:53:37 (EST)


    HATE
    Hate is a word that should never be used. Hate never stays in one place---it often moves. Hate can start as a little whap but then it turns into a nasty bruise. Hate can often be felt in the heart and can be thrown at you like a aiming dart. When people say, "I hate this" and "I hate you" they don't know what they're saying or what they're doing to you. Why do people say what they say? I don't know but to to tell you the truth, someone says some things that lead to hate everyday.

    I hope this poem will help you in everyway. Simply, what I'm trying to say, is that hate should never be a part of you and if you let hate in your heart, hate will take you through and change you into someone new. So don't let hate be a part of you ...and remember, God will always love you!

    Monique M. Sapp
    Grade 8
    - Tuesday, January 01, 2002 at 17:14:22 (EST)


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