Student Poetry Contest

多少元! by 现任女友光

I could put my pen to paper,
and no poetry would come out
I could walk around in circles
也不会想到令人愉悦的散文
I could sit down at my computer,
but I’d stare at a black screen.

No metaphors, no rhymes,
No couplets, no stanzas.
And certainly no iambic pentameter!
Whatever that means…

It doesn’t come naturally to me
It must be forced,
…and if I had a good metaphor,
I’d say it here.
to make one understand.

I admire the poets
the ones who can paint pictures
with just their words so effortlessly
making me feel what they do.

But I could never be one of them
我不能像看起来那么容易想出主意来.
他们会写出启发整首诗的诗句吗?
or does the title come first?
怎么有人能这么轻易地写出自己的感受呢?
我更愿意写我的角色.
他们比我有趣多了.

我醒着躺在床上，试着感受那火花.
That spark of inspiration.
That spark of creativity.
That one good idea.
It doesn’t come.

… ….
…..
Finally, like a bolt of lightning
它来了,
“为什么不写诗有多难呢?”
天才.

Scars

爱上你的时候留下的Scars会一直留在我身上
because believe me,
I fell for you.
Like a child running down the sidewalk
只有风吹着他们的脸让他们减速，
putting so much faith in gravity
that they forget to watch each step.
当他们的身体坠落时，下面的混凝土没有一丝优雅，
just dirt and stones
and everything in between.

爱上你的时候留下的Scars会一直留在我身上.
They run too deep,
比你给过我的任何爱都要深.
它们比你留给我的狂风暴雨的天空还要黑暗，
too dark to ever be able to conceal.
They still hurt sometimes,
当我独自躺在床上，连续几个小时盯着他们看的时候.
痛苦的记忆独自渗入我的皮肤，
making it all feel so fresh and new.

爱上你的时候留下的Scars会一直留在我身上.
Where are yours?
我应该感到高兴，因为我没有伤害到你，没有给你留下任何痛苦，
but at the same time,
I would find comfort in knowing
我在你的生活中留下了一丝自己的痕迹.
当你的新欢用手指轻轻地抚摸它们时，它们会褪色吗?
或者你从一开始就没有?

爱上你的时候留下的Scars会一直留在我身上.
They say that time heals,
但他们从来没有说过它给你留下的Scars.

Untitled by Emilee Wright

当你读这首诗的时候，我希望能感动你. 我也希望你们在读这一节的时候能意识到所有的首字母都是主要的积极分子.

想象一下
梦想
吉祥

Never backing down from the fight.
每个人都在为权利而尖叫和哭泣
携手同行，我们赢得了我们的权利.
团结一致，寻求正确的位置
Open hearts standing brave and bold.
Make them hear you, make them see you.
Enduring struggles, empowering voices

Maroon, blue, green, and pink
看着这些文字，你永远不会思考.
这些知识使我们精通.

在偏见的重压下
忍受着歧视的阴影
Voices rising, for justice ignite.
憧憬一个公平光明的世界
学习 and growing together.

Anyway, to live in peace together
种族公正，在种族、社会和经济界线之间架起桥梁.
一起开会，一起发言，一起站立.
别说话，别嚷嚷，说话需要大量氧气.
They’ll kill me. They’ll kill me.
咽下最后一口气，哭了最后几次.
持续八分钟:恳求
不能活下去，失去一切.
Gaining and losing, fading from equal

Bearing the weight of inequality
权利是宣布的，但斗争是分开的.
鼓励改变，通过每一个团契.
多种多样，但距离单一还很遥远.
Grasping dreams that equality brings
Earning so little working so hard
种族隔离

JusticeforMartese
在大学校园里，这并不意味着冷漠.
Hoping for a change
Neon, dark, light
Spoke out and speaking up.
Ongoing troubles here and there
Noble dreams aglow, in freedom’s sight

Coming together brings justice.
意识，给人们带来新的曙光.
My mission in life is to do my part.
People can become one.
Bettering life
Equality for everyone
学习
领先的

Teenagers have been killed.
Aggressiveness not being handled.
Young people losing life.
学习 to “stand your ground.”
Often being afraid.
Raise awareness.

安娜Kozaczka的《他靠自己的翅膀飞翔

娇嫩的花朵沾上了夜的寒露
树根相互爱抚，支撑着周围的环境，陷入了一种奇怪的浪漫.
沿着古老的紫藤巷盛开，被初升的阳光斑驳
这个场景完美无瑕，是一种恍惚的景象.
古树，饱经风霜的臂膀伸向天空，奋力攀高.
一阵风吹过小路，引导着植物群跳起了令人惊叹的舞蹈.
他躲在紫藤的枝头后面，惊恐地坐着.

爪子不动，在微风中保持平衡，保持静止的姿态.
晶莹的眼睛被涂上了金色的光芒，毫无喜悦地打量着周围的环境.
有了翅膀，他就有能力飞向苍穹
然而他却日日夜夜地独自呆在草地上的树枝上.
他永远体会不到自由的漫游，永远不会去探索各种各样的植物.
尽管他有能力展开翅膀，看到国王的帝国，他拒绝快乐.
你会问为什么一只鸟会停留在同一根树枝上.
当你的视野中有很多东西时，为什么你会选择呆在同一个地方?
如果你不愿跳跃，不愿飞翔，为什么要有翅膀呢.