Poems

Love, Silent

by juno December 19, 2010

A poem by Peggy Johnson of Wonalancet. The headline of the email read, “winter (a love in winter poem).” It may not be winter quite yet, but nearly…
LOVE, SILENT
Love, silent
in the still room
of a winter day
forgotten by sun
and light,
all white
and still
and quiet
as the deep night
says nothing,
says nothing,
and only I
am here
to decide
it is love,
it is
so
silent.

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In Winter

by juno December 15, 2010

A poem by Molly Canfield, 5th grade.

In Winter
In winter there’s no sunrise
No pretty pinks and blues
To meld the night to day
Now there’s only light and darkness
To separate the light and dark
When light begins to grow
The darkness eats itself
Until all is only light and day
In winter there’s no sunset
No pretty pinks and reds
No auburn light to [...]

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A Sonnet for Aunt Cynthia

by juno December 5, 2010

A poem by Jasmine Lamb:
A Sonnet for Aunt Cynthia
Queen, when I was young, I would quake
When she called out to me.  The whip cracked
As she laughed. Sparks. When she talked
It rang like a metal roof when rain breaks.
Still, I thrilled in her. Her mind as wide
And sharp as the scythe that lays the summer grass
To [...]

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Calling all local poets, writers, artists, songwriters, musicians, et cetera, young and old and in between

by juno November 29, 2010
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We would love to feature YOU on our website this holiday season. Please send us your seasonal (Advent, Hanukkah, solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, winter, etc.) poems, stories and hip-hop scenes, artwork, paintings and photographs, digital images of other media or crafts, MP3s of you singing, or links to video of you [...]

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Memorial Day

by juno May 31, 2010

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take [...]

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We Salute the Irish

by juno March 17, 2010

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