National Poetry Month

Above the starsIn emptinessWe are there.You look, yetYou can’tFind us.We dwellWe playWe laughYet you don’t see usPeering through your telescopeSeeing the…

I wait and waitfor the momentto come,but when it finally arrives,I amnolongerwaiting.

Dear World,If I were to hold you,you would have to be small,to fit my small hands.I would hold you and protect youif it weren’t for the problemthat…

I am a Hispanic-American, 14 years old.Both of my parents are from Mexicoand it’s in my blood.On weekdays, I sometimes go homeand watch novelas, eat…

Sun burning bright in soft blank sky.Asphalt streetslined with trees, yet emanating heat.Black ramp, years of people gripping its rail.The street an…

What is love?Love is something you earn or gain through the challenges you face with others.Love is something that you need in order to live in everyday…

My name is Alex or Alejandro.I am Mexicanbut I am also American.I am just 14 years old.Others see me as brown skin.I’m very nice to everyone,doesn’t…

You stand in the center of a room of friendsAnd yet you stand alone.Afraid of what they may say about you,The real you.They are friends with who you think…

Darian Longoria, I’mHolding it down for you, yeahIt’s messed up whatthey did to you and Ipromised I wasgoing to be there foryou, but look at whereyou…

The fence snaps.She would have ignored the hatchlings,But they taunt her.She taunts them back.The coward tastes as bad as he smells.She ignores the small…