I Love You
by Sophia
(9th Grade - Nikolaevsk Elem/High School, AK)

How can I say anything when you won't listen to me anyway?
I'm wanting to scream my thoughts out,
but I can't find the courage to do so.
I'm crying inside,
but you can't hear me anyway.
I write me feelings all away, but somehow I end up thinking of you.
Maybe it's a curse
because I think I'm falling in love with you.
I can't handle this nonsense anymore
so I might as well tell you everything right now.
Maybe it's true,
about how I feel about you.
So I give up,
I'm not going to hide it anymore.
My feelings are at ease,
once I tell you this:
I love you. .

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Do
by Tiara Lewis
(Freshman - Idaho State University)

Do what you say and say what you do.
Live with each breath and love each move.
Strive for success and smile with satisfaction
Because no matter what anyone thinks
You are doing the best you can do.

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Dance
by Tiara Lewis
(Freshman - Idaho State University)

Dance with your feet
Dance until your bones feel weak
Release your energy
Release your stigma
Feel the music
Feel the crowd
Move with the lights
Never look down
Close your eyes for a second
Then open
And realize
Your frown is now curled
To a heart felt smile
A moment
A cure
A resolution
All yours.

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Anti-Tongue Twisting Spell
by Natalie Nelson
(12th Grade - Cheltenham High School, PA)

Anti-Tongue Twisting Spell
Fairies, mermaids and other sprites
come to me
set the confusion of mine free.
Let it flow far, far away,
please don't let it stay.
So use the magic and let it go,
show the magic and let it glow.
Help me say the words that follow,
around a fallen tree, so hollow.
The wood nymphs' dance with free-mind and skill,
so much power is around me still.
So if this isn't enough
I am losing my breath and that is tough,
want the tongue-twisting days of mine to end.
I know you all can hear me
so don't pretend.
Reveal your inner gift, let it fly
along with my tongue-twisting days
so I can say goodbye

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All The Way
by Anthony Blando
(3rd Grade - Washington Elementary School, WI)

Pigskin flying through the air
Going towards a wide receiver
I know he's going to catch it
Because I'm a real believer!

He's running towards the end zone
He's really sprinting fast,
He could go all the way-
Six points on the scoreboard-
That was a blast!

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A Sea Storm
by Toni Betts-Ramos
(7th Grade - Ames Middle School, IA)

Violent shades in the now darkening sky,
Rock my ship from side to side,
The edge seems close,
And the water high,
I'm deafened by the sound,
Of thunder crashing,
The lightning rips the clouds,
And the water is thrashing,
Suddenly there's a crack,
And down comes the mast,
I get a life boat,
It's my only hope,
I drift through the sea,
Holding on tightly,
In the distance I faintly see land,
And a city shines brightly,
I reach the shore with white sand,
Now a group of people form,
The story of a sea storm.

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The Whispers Colloquy
by Rebecca Brown
(8h Grade - Princeton High School , NC)

Written are the words of whispers-

Whispers of the wind reform

And down upon the papers they transform

Into souls hidden in ink

Ink that is like color hidden

And,

The night I listened to the whispers colloquy

I found something lost

Something hidden and whole

Greater than the paper

Greater than myself-

I find it within.

Only midnight whispers held,

The colloquy buried beneath the folds

The folds of the paper unjust

And yet when the stars collide

And the sun glides

I find no real whisper in my mind

But in my heart, as if

It had flown there by chance

And it deceived me

And whispered things that only the stars would know

And the sky shivered at my touch then

And the moon came down to meet me

And the sun glided into my quivering fingers

And the movement of stillness came

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Nature
by Dung Doan
(12h Grade - James Bowie High School, TX)

Between the doorway
Upon the forgotten road
Determined ants worked.

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Eleven
by Callie MacDonald
(6th Grade - Hanover Middle School, MD)

For now, I stand here with no voice or knowledge
Listening to the thoughts of others.
I stand here - a trapped, stupid, screaming voice.
I pour my heart into nonsense things
With no access to the world outside
I am a pointless letter, unopened.

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Our World
by Carter Renta
(1st Grade - Montessori Children’s School, OH)

Our World has many friends.
Animals, trees and people too.
We must love them all we can.
Peace On Earth is the plan!