Eastside Electives
Poetry 2021
Poetry Anthologies
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Time.
by Luisa Soto
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Please wait.
Don’t give up
On me,
On what we can be
Give me time.
Time to find
Me.
Without you
Before i can find my love for
You.
give me time
That’s all I ask.
Please wait.
basophobia
by Isabel Mendez
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i’m falling, catch me.
lost in a splintered heart.
might lose an arm or two
nothing, nobody
trapped, petrified
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don’t let me go. don’t let me go. don’t let
me go.
don’t let me fall.
don’t let me go. don’t let me go.
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gone.
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Proud American
by Bresy Pedraza-Perez
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They branded it into my skin
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I am now their
property
They have cut
My slick tongue
They brand a seal
Over my heritage
It is their expertise
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I am American
I must take pride
Silence my complaints
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For they are me
And I am
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Nobody
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The idea
Of
You and me
Sparks danger
I am afraid.
by Luisa Soto
maybe losing myself wasn’t such a bad idea
by Isabel Mendez
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hey mom, hey dad.
i found myself,
she’s not the old me,
but i like this one
a lot better.
can we keep her?
will you guys love her like i do?
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Untitled
by Aby Banales Sedano
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I'm tired of life
I just wanna kick and fight
I wanna run free
And just be me
I'm tired of being held down
And being told what i am
I yell and kick
But does nothing to help
I'm trapped inside
From my body and mind
I can't really think but only weep
The tears fall
The wet warm feel
Pulls me back into reality
The warm and cold reality
I use sleep to dream
Dream of things
I can’t feel
I dream
To escape this reality