by ChiTeen Lit Fest New You Haiku By Eduardo Rodriguez Change, motivationA new me? HesitationNew year’s creation Make fresh better youDifferent, contemporaryBut always stay true A new me? Can it be?I see no change feel no changeThis can not be so
By Kyla Pollard by ChiTeen Lit Fest On Home and Body You do not blame the house for how it reacts to an intruderFor how an alarm goes offAnd yet it is still unable to protect itselfYou do not blame the house for how it is unable to speakFor how it can not say “Me […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest Enough is Enough By Paola Beltran 1968, high school students from East L.A. walked out of school toprotest unfair treatment and lack of funds. 1988, students fromGallaudet University protest because never in history of the schoolwas there a deaf president. 2018, students, parents, teachers,professionals, employed, or unemployed are currently marching inplaces […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest Deep Dish By Zilva Asif Gunshots serenade the nightGone from us now, had a bright futureUsed to it, no longer phases us It burned down before, the second cityRose like a Phoenix from ashesChicago, it’s on fire againThe deeper you go, the more the flames flickerUntil you reach a stop, and […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest V-Day Massacre By Zilva Asif Valentine’s DayHighschool five miles awayExpelled for disciplinary reasonsNow back with a .223 caliber AR-15 rifle,Concealed inGold vehicle, keys in2:19pmWalking purposefullyIn school, determinedlyRifle out, fire alarmOut of classrooms, confused not calmSemi Automatic fire, one shot in the armUshered back in class, Mr.Beigel, a sentryJust another drill, a […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest (Growing up Female) By Sylwia Szopa When I was 5 I was told to play with girl toysThe ones that were pinkAnd the ones that sparkledWhen I was 6 I wasn’t allowed to play with a boyBecause they were rough and rowdyAnd I could get hurtWhen I was 7 I was […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest One By KLevana (Keita Morris) Tomorrow’s promise a brand new day?We have foughtFor what?We wanted to be freeNow we are the only ones holding ourselves captiveOur slavery is giving into everything that sounds easyThank you societyFor trying to prove to me it will be easier to be anything but BlackModels bleaching […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest The (Mexican) Girl Learning How to Breathe in America By Jazmin Gonzalez I swim in the sea of ignoranceSearching for a breathBut all I see is that all they see is my ethnicity.All rrrrrolling r’s and accentitosTodo broken English y spanglish.And all I am trying to do is breathe.Breathe through Mexican […]
by ChiTeen Lit Fest A Leap For the Unknown By Sylwia Szopa A leap for the unknownA leap that could end allOneI’m hangingBarely keeping holdThe boys are laughingTwoI’m sweatingAlready my muscles start to strainThe girls are telling me to get downThreeAlmost thereAlmost halfwayMy arms are burningThrobbingFourMy parents are telling me to get downI’ll get hurtFiveHalfway […]
By ChiTeen Lit Fest ChiTeen Lit Fest Lead-Up Events Promotion By Karizma Donelson My teacher, Mrs. Corres, is helping me promote the Chi Teen Lit Fest and come up with ideas for our own lead up event. She is also communicating with Bogan’s Spoken Words Administrator who got the team interested in the event as […]