Category Archives: NaPoWriMo

Day 28 – National Poetry Month

April 28, 2019

Prompt #28: Write a poem about yourself in which nothing is true.

Me?

As he stares at the mirror
The mirror stares back at him
The reflection he sees
does not reflect what he feels.

Is he really the happy, smiling boy
the mirror makes him out to be?
Does the reflection reflect the truth?
Or does he want the facade to be true?

Sadness and anger build upon his eyes.
The glass mirror shatters
As he strikes to the reflection
of the boy, he does not consider himself.

– Lotus (10th grade)

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Day 26 – National Poetry Month

April 26, 2019

Prompt #26: Write a poem about your shadow.

Shadow

I truly am who I am in the dark.
Apart from fake smiles, prying eyes
and positive remarks;
it’s a deep abyss of lies…
as the umbrage takes over the light.

Shadow, bear with me
in hate and pleasure
as I expose my real nature
to the comfort of your eternity;
as the moon shines through twilight.

– Lotus (10th grade)

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Day 22 – National Poetry Month

April 22, 2019

Prompt #22: Movie Character: Write a poem about a character from a recent movie you watched.

Our Archeological Savior

The Ark of the Covenant
The Temple of Doom
The Holy Grail
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


He’s been through it all
Indiana Jones saves lives
Saves archeological findings
And, most importantly,
He saves our history

– Mariana Rosado (10th grade)

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Day 21 – National Poetry Month

April 21, 2019

Prompt #21: Food: Write a poem about food.

Food Dreams

With my recent operation
Food has been just a dream
I can eat only liquids
While I yearn for some meat
The sweet taste of meat
Of chicken
Of fish
Of anything other than Ensure
Would bring a smile to my face

– Mariana Rosado (10th grade)

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Day 13 – National Poetry Month

April 13, 2019

Prompt #13: Parallel Universe: Imagine yourself living a completely different life, based on making a different decision that impacted everything else.

My Life’s Pages

Some days I stop and wonder
What if I hadn’t opened the first book?
The one that took me under
A spell that held me captive


Had I not gazed upon those crisp pages
Ran my fingers along their edges
Visited kingdoms from the kitchen chair
Cowered in a lion’s daunting lair


I don’t think right now I’d be writing
Maybe I wouldn’t think it exciting
And the words that now entice me
I would not find so enchanting

– Lucía Garrido (8th grade)

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Day 12 – National Poetry Month

April 12, 2019

Prompt #12: Time Freeze: What would happen for you if the world froze?

Wartime

This feeling of a never-ending drop
and life moving way too fast,
I need time to stop,
And to make peace last.


A world now amidst a war,
A war the world is far from ready for;
If only I could stop time,
No others shall die anymore.


I wish time could stop,
I do not want to see my friends die
In a war with a meaningless end.
Peace, not hatred, as we share the same sky.


I try to hold on to these values,
but they are slipping far away
Nothing can grant my time’s wish
For violence has led me deeply astray.

– Lotus (10th grade)

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Day 8 – National Poetry Month

April 8, 2019

Prompt #8: Imagine weather indoors: a thunderstorm in the kitchen, a tornado in the family room.

weather inside the house

Clouds gather near the ceiling
Lightning flashes and thunder booms
Darkness signals that rain is nearing
It splashes down and floods the rooms


The formerly made bed now in tatters
The vase on the sill falls and shatters
The wind blows as strong as the waters
That fall with unstoppable splatters


But slowly the rain starts to cease
And the house is finally at peace
All that’s left are the sodden sheets
And more than a few upturned seats

– Lucía Garrido (8th grade)

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Day 6 – National Poetry Month

April 6, 2019

Prompt #6: To do list: Write about the things you need to do, a project you have worked on for a long time, your bucket list, etc.

Distractions

I probably could
considering that I definitely should,
but the Mind wanders,
demanding attention be paid to an undeserving distraction
and although I shouldn’t,
I still could.

– Julia García (11th grade)

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Day 5 – National Poetry Month

April 5, 2019

Prompt #5: How-to: Write a poem based on how to do a simple task, such as making a cup of coffee.

How to Rest

Close your eyes
Take my hand
Follow me into the mist
Let the fairies flutter near you
Let your body rise; levitate
Become weightless among these meadows
Smile in the comfort of the fresh, spring morning
That scent, maybe tea leaves mixed with rose petals
Let it surround you
Feeling silk upon your fingertips now,
Rest in the darkness
Close your eyes
Sleep.

– Claudia Figueroa (10th grade)

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