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, […]
CMSD students write and perform choreopoems based on Lord of the Flies – Lake Erie Ink In-School Program Highlight
John Adams High School students from Ms. Walker-Hagan’s ELA Honors Class wrote and performed poetry inspired by “The Lord of the Flies,” written by William Golding. The poetry focused on the themes of fear, survival of the fittest, innocence, leadership, and bullying. The students worked with Lake Erie Ink to develop their choreopoems.
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 […]
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 […]
Spring Teen Anthology 2015
Remember Ella V.N. Do you remember me? Once a pretty little girl Dumb with innocence, In love with a demon In a little black dress. Do you remember me? My eyes once shone With the dark of death, For that demon inside me Had poison on its breath. Do you remember me? The […]