LEI in the Community

Writing from our off-site projects in schools and after school programs for youth.

Spring Renga Poem

By Kalia, Eva, and Cameron

I see the trees, which sway like they’re dancing.

I hear birds chirping like non-stop alarm clocks.

I smell the grass like I am lying in the sun.

I feel a breeze hitting my face and I feel relaxed.

I see the dandelion seeds fly like the birds.

I hear the wind blowing the leaves of the trees,

And the grass flowing.

I think that outside is so great.

My Hands

By Mariah H. from Mary McLeod Bethune School

My hands create love for my baby cousin.

My hands hold my baby cousin.

My hands reach for my baby cousin to hug him.

My hands let go of anger.

My hands make my own play dough,

My hands let go of sadness,

My hands reach for the sky.

The Dream

By Madison from Mary McLeod Bethune School

I like going to the dream because it calms my feelings down. When I’m there I see nature, woods, flowers, and the sky. I only touch there is the petals on the flowers and the bark on the tree. I go there because it makes me chilled and takes my anger away. I smell the air.

Fairytale Retellings

Amir the Drummer

 

I Love Camping

By Sania C., King Kennedy Boys and Girls Club

 

Me

By Destiny C., from Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland

They call me the money spender

The respect giver the baby face

Assassin it you will

I play ball like Curry, manipulate

My parents to the point where they

Wanna hurt me but I sit back and

Laugh.

I do me to the point where

All the girls hate me.

Now put my name Destiny and doing

Hair is my game

I eat and cook food as I aim

On getting good grades and I play

Uno like it spades

I Am

By Dajanaé B., from the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland

I am a singer and smart.

I am not what people think I am.

I am the player of my favorite basketball team making a shoot one hand.

I am Jenal Monae with the weird style.

I am the breakfast you sit on your table in the morning and wake up saying finger-licking good.

I am the swish you hear when Curry hit that 3 pointer.

I am the newborn nany that has to grow up to learn and to be successful in life.

I am the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King when he gives inspiring speech to Blacks and Whites.

I am the confident one who doesn’t care about that others said.

I am a Golden State fan and I’m also Dajanaé.

Broadway Boys & Girls Club Creative Writing

 

I am from

by Omar, 8  years old.  Written at the Carnegie West Public Library Page to Stage Workshop

I am from playing with my friends outside.
I am from playing with Legos and watching DragonBallZ.
I am from the time when I was on Animal Jam.
I had a trophy for playing basketball when I was 6.
I like Mike and Ike’s and I eat candy.
I don’t like tick baths.
I am from Somalia where sometime I go at the beach and swim.
I sleep at my cousin’s house every Friday and Saturday.
I play hide and go seek with my cousins, Abdi, Mohamed, and with my little brother Yusef, and my big brother Ahmed.
I am from eating rice and peas and I eat spaghetti.

The Adventures of the Book Minion

By MacKenzie from the Sunbeam School Writers’ Club.