Annual Teen Poetry Slam
Join us for the Annual Teen Poetry Slam! Hosted by Heights Libraries, Lake Erie Ink, & Heights High, the slam is open to all high school students. Performers will compete for a panel of guest judges and should have three or more poems ready for the competition. Register by emailing teen@heightslibrary.org. This year the slam […]
On This Playground – by Soren
On this playground there are trees with sap, pine needles and bark and the bark is soft and the grass is sharp and the dirt is gritty. I think that they are part of the universe
Where I’m From – by Gabriel
I am from my mom’s stomach. From a clinic. I’m from my room, in a baby crib. I’m from my memories, where I scream. I am from a gifted classroom – from millions of papers. I’m from meeting a puppy – the joy of getting slobber on my cheek. I’m from falling down and getting […]
In the Dark / In the Light – by Evelyn
When it’s dark… I feel scared, happy or peaceful, fuzzy I taste black air, the stars outside, and the moon. I taste the blackness! I smell darkness and my friends around me. I hear static and cars whooshing by I see dreams of my future and my friends being nice And my dreams of my […]
Light & Dark – Ink Spot
When it’s light… I feel safe, happy, and calm I taste Joy I smell sweet cotton candy I hear laughter and cheering I see what I love and my family And, I think I don’t ever want to leave this place of joy and laughter When it’s dark… I feel like someone is watching me, […]
Poem by Dywayne Johnson
I we’re all the same We all should Dance and start Shouting like if we’re Pouting writing like If we are fighting And sing like if we Wear pretty rings And we dab like A flag we vote Like a blue flat We dive as we Ride through the Blue sky and We all fly […]
Mask Poem
Though our skin colors may differ, We are the same. You may be tall or short, but We are both humans. Boy or girl, We all live on earth. No matter how you look on the outside, We are the same on the inside. We are equals! (From the John Adams Anthology, Fall 2018)
I Come From by Iyona H.
I come from my mother’s stomach and my father’s big heart. I come from Ohio, my town and city, the hospital where I was born, and Lake Erie Ink writing club where I can write for a long time. I come from my birthday and my family’s birthdays. We always go somewhere fun. I come […]
My Mask by Leahnae W.
My mask looks like the color red, beats like a heart and traps things in my head. It makes me feel like the color blue, said in the inside, happy out of the blue. I might take it off when i’m alone, but it depends if I feel at home. Behind the mask you’d find […]
Gratitude by Brooklynn W.
Grapes that I love to eat Rocks that I collect Animals that I draw Time that I spend drawing Ice cream that I love to eat Texts that I send to my friends Universes that i’m interested in Drawings everywhere on the floor Everyone together at once having fun (From the Heights Middle School Anthology, […]
