The Poetry Club meets on Wednesdays at lunch in room D-405. Come by and share a poem, or listen to others read their poetry. Each week the club will decide on a theme to write on for the following meeting.
Student Poetry
Theme 1: Central Los Angeles High School #9
Josh Bubar, 11th Grade
CLAHS #9
Your wings are pumping rapidly,
Your nose is slanted up,
You are new, you are strong.
You are the younger sister.
You are growing into your largely fitted shoes,
And soon these shoes will be too small.
For you are the endless dream and the candid politician;
You are what in right in this world,
And you represent the growth of the future generations.
You stand confidently at the clearing of the largest mountain,
Your ready to climb.
And I too am ready to climb,
Even though I am but a strand in the rope that holds you up.
Elida Berry-Donart, 11th grade
Steel spiraling up and up
Concrete blocks building and building
Stairs leading in all different directions
It overwhelms me
Downtown skyline
Skyscrapers of different heights
Cars rushing by
The sound of the cathedral bells when the clock strikes 12
Music from Disney hall
Fills the air
Sculptures and paintings from MOCA
Sounds of classic broadway musicals
This is my new home
Genesee Martinez, 11th grade
I sit in class
Oh beautiful distraction
Your giant windows
Gives escape
An escape that I can only imagine
I walk your hallways
My thoughts unfold
I feel so alone
Like all my friends have gone and grown
And I am still unsure of who I am
This place I have grown to love
Your students I have made friends with
Hope, Your technology has given me
Your teachings I will grow from
One day I will look back
Look back
Look back and Say: “I went there once.”
Marc Manguray, 11th grade
She sits next to North Grade Avenue
Wearing a dress so silver, so new
She is different
She is prudent
She awes passers with her curves
Her sophisticated smile
Cannot be described by words
She is complex
Out of context
But
Her heart
Is simple
Her essence
Is pure
Her body
Not White or Brown, but teal and blac
She sings and dances. She paints and acts
She is talented
Unprecedented
Not yet mature.
She continues to grow
Continues for Greatness
For all to know
Leigh-Leigh Nedloh
Teen Lyfe is Like Living in the sea
We got female fish talking out the side of their neck
The boy dolphins won’t keep their eyes off your chest
Some piranhas pressuring you into sex
School at sea tell me what’s next
There’s female shrimp after what you left
Smooth talking sharks that will eat you if you let
Then there’s fish like me, they all wanna get
School at sea tell me what’s next
