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Five dragons born on Brightest Night. Sunday, November 6, 2016. Standing Their Ground Creative Response- A Series of Haikus. Life and culture shrivel up. They said it was safe. What lies they have told. The plains are not ours? Drowned deep in black gold. Where long grass once grew. Death now lurks in the river. Shows its fangs; strikes the land with.
New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American. The Difference 5,653 Miles Can Make. Enter the magical world of Harry Potter? Take part in a geography game? Recite their multiplication times tables? This poem alternates between two boys. The first lives in Syria and recently lost his family in a bombing, after which he fondly remembers the pleasant times the family spent together.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017. You told each other everything. You were the dynamic duo,. To you, it was just a joke. Why would she ever think that? She sobbed and sobbed,. Crafting such a small sentence,. When you posted that comment on her Instagram,. You were just kidding, right? .
Tuesday, January 3, 2017. The wood is a furnace.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Trickling, Trickling, Trickling. Into a country so thriving. An asylum for many from Syria. The turmoil causing mass hysteria. But when the guards say no. Close the door to those full of woe. And even if you are let through. Will you conform or stay true. If you do keep your old tradition. When your heart is maimed. Trying not to be ashamed. Making a living in a new country.
Diving into the World of Wonders. Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Exhausted from the pressure,. Only drunk will they be free. Only smoking will keep them alive. They are aware of its destruction. Petrified of facing reality,. Only drugs could let them dream. Do reach out to them. We can bring them back.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016. What does Wendy mean when she says at the beginning of the book she is frightened for their.
Five dragons born on Brightest Night. Sunday, November 6, 2016. Standing Their Ground Creative Response- A Series of Haikus. Life and culture shrivel up. They said it was safe. What lies they have told. The plains are not ours? Drowned deep in black gold. Where long grass once grew. Death now lurks in the river. Shows its fangs; strikes the land with.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017. He should know better than that. Time to leave high school and move on to college. Not excited for the future, but ready to leave the past. He could still clearly remember the bruises, marks those bullies took pride for. The betrayal of his best friend that will forever burden him.
Lili C coming at you with some w r i t i n g. Thursday, January 5, 2017. Because it has not snowed. Because it has not rained. Worried about a species killing itself from the inside out. Haiti crumbling down to its core. Mountain slopes bare, crops dry. Waiting to be forgiven by our earth. Of people so afraid they feed on hate. Dangerous people, Dangerous world, Dangerous president.
Friday, December 23, 2016. As the last Syrian rebels. A snake like, savage dictator. Apparent failure of democracy,. To quell an entire nation. Of writhing, struggling people. Perhaps a battle has been lost. Perhaps tyranny runs rampant at the moment,. But the unceasing voice of the people. Can never be silenced! The people will rise again. Sunday, November 6, 2016. Thursday, November 3, 2016. Are We Heading Towards a New Cold War. Russia and America could likely return to a state of t.