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Poetry Samples

"WE ARE"...

A collection of group poems made by program participants.

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We are dark green and bright orange and red

We are Phoenix and Niagara Falls

We are Bengal tigers, a black puma and T-Rex

We are cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza and hot dogs

We are tackle football and hockey

We are Arabic, English, Islam and Catholic

We are lime green, sky blue and twilight violet

We are the setting sun

We are killer whales, polar bears and a bluejay

We are sushi and mushroom pizza

We are gymnastics, basketball, swimming and cricket

We are Superman and Superwoman

We are Islam and Pentecostal

We are Amena, Gaeun, Nimah,

Dhuha, Basil, Austin and Owen.

THUNDERSTORM
by Medina, Ilyssa, Raihan and Sameer

I am a thunderstorm

Wet, soggy

Blurry and fresh

I don't like umbrellas

So people can go outside and take a shower

Animals don't like me because I'm

Wet, yet, I don't fret

I laugh at the crying grass when it's so wet

My only friend is lightning, and

that sun is so frightening.

ON CHRISTMAS AND EID

On Christmas we celebrate all day

On Eid we go to the mosque to pray

On Christmas we eat turkey and meat

On Eid we go to a restaurant to eat

On Christmas we decorate a tree

On Eid we decorate our hands for all to see

On both we have our family

EASTER AND RAMADAN

Easter follows Lent

on Ramadan we give the poor a cent.

During Lent we give up candy, games and meat

and on Ramadan from dawn to dusk we don't eat.

On Good Friday we go to church and pray

during Ramadan we go to the mosque every day.

On Easter Jesus rose from the dead

on Ramadan the Quran was first read.

On Ramadan we eat early in the morning

then get back in bed to do some snoring.