National Poetry Month

Read by Carrie FountainI jumped off a ledge onceInto the waterIt took me about half an hour to work up the courageI realized afterwardsThat it all happens…

Read by Rabbi Neil BlumofeThe hum of excitement,
The tense moments before the kickoff,
The game starts and you’re sitting
In the stands but you feel
The…

Read by Sara HickmanThe seasons change,The trees sprout new leaves,Birds sing a beautiful medley,The flowers bloom every day.The sun rises later in…

Like clouds in the sky,My many thoughts float around,Then sink into a deep fog.A maze of feelings,A maze where I can’t get out.Life was quite good,An…

The saddest thing about it is thatit never comes from my enemiesand it’s always a surprise. I start depending on people for my happinessand when they…

Poetry is powerful.Powerful as the deadly flight of a hungry falcon,the majestic roaring of waterfalls,the enormous roar of a free tiger.Poetry is…

Thick bricks blockade my inside laughs.Others giggle, I stare.Mom says it's a new page being turnedBut my inside chattering thinks otherwise.“At least…

Every summer,when the sun beats downand you feel the heat coming off your skin,it seems as if it will never be cold again.And every winter,when the skies…

Remember whenThe raindrops splashedTracing down your face like tearsAnd you would take my handPromising more days, more years?Yet now, underneath the…

TalkingAlways talkingHeard walking under the courtyard sky.Talking walls and floors,A jogging cart with keys ripping words from the air,And trophies…