something beautiful
By Yitzel Serna
i want to write something beautiful for you
something unique in time, in rhythm, and rhyme
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By Nafisa Rashid
The great Langston Hughes once talked of dreams deferred
The type of dreams that are not preferred
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By Suzanna Schofield
Breathe in, breathe out.
Smell the roses, feel the thorns,
Embrace life for all that it is, for all that it isn’t.
Return home, realize it no longer is one,
Maybe it never was.
Wildflowers grow on the side of highways,
Pollution spills over, and yet, they grow.
Even painful memories contain joy.
Read MoreBroken Merchandise
By Abigail George
you are crying before the dance
This poem arose out of a frustration with the simplication of the realities of sexual assault victims.
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