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"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.

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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
 

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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.