Student Writing Gallery

The Wolf (Don't be Scared of the Wolf)

I am a wolf

I am strong

I am caring

People think I am bad

but I am kind

I am not scary

(I am scary sometimes)

By:Faisa, Grade 4

Utopia

My utopia will be a safe haven for people all over the galaxy. My location will be under the ice of Saturn’s moons. When you come to my planet Orian you will see a sky moth that will take you to my utopia.

By:Ahmed, grade 7

I Write

I write for my rights.

I write for peace and freedom.

My writing matters to everyone because it has meaning.

By:Sabrin, Grade 10

Be Proud of Who You Are

Be proud of who you are

Let your hair style complement your beauty

Be proud of who you are

Have pride in your skin color

By:Hawi

Suheyb's plan

don’t fight, don’t talk

when somebody is,

and be good so you

can’t fight.

By:Suheyb I., Grade 2

I am

I am respectful and hesitant

I wonder when people that are in cages will get out.

I hear about world hunger

I see people suffering

I want the world to be peaceful

By:Haney Mohamed

What the Stars said to the Humans on Earth

Inspired by Clint Smith’s “what the ocean said to the black boy”

We are only seen in the night sky

disappearing in the daylight

Sun covering our lights

But we come back during the night

shining really bright.

By:Bezawit Abate

I Am a Human

I am a human with a pulse,

Who seeks solitude in the world,

And has a contained mermaid,

And lives in a walnut.

By:Stephen Delong

Winter Song

It is a snowy windy day.

The earth is white with snow.

I hear icicles dripping all around me,

The dripping is white.

By:Salma, Grade 6

Happy Place

Some happy place I’d go to just to disappear would be
a beach no one knows is there. It’s as if you’re the only
person in the world who exists.

By:Shaheen, Grade 11

The Day

The sun

is so nice

outside, it

is good

let’s go to the beach

By:Abdullahi, Grade 2

Poem

Based on a poem by Joy Harjo

I hear two people dazing off into the horizon

The earth is a sphere of different weathers

If I think forward like units and buildings

I have found you in the music of Black

forever will be pink.

By:Adam, Grade 8

Lo Que Importa Es Como Soy Yo

My Spanish is not perfect or good,

Parents get mad when I talk English at home

Although it’s really not my fault, really.

Wondering if I ever will get better at my language.

Mi familia y yo no somos ricos como otros,

Pero tenemos lo que necesitamos.

By:Roselyn, Grade 9

My Language

My culture is based on how you speak,

It’s like a rainy day without the rainbow at the end, it’s just

gloomy and sad.

My mother always said, if u step out of a plane speaking

like that, u might as well cry ur way back inside.

By:Fahima Dahir, Grade 9

Tornado

My life was spun around.

When I am out of houses, they are broken

and the people in there feel so dizzy

that they don’t think they’re on planet Earth.

By:Ayub F., Grade 5

Where Home Lies

I don’t know where home lies.

I’m 100 percent Native,

I’m culturally connected.

I’m from a city where some people

don’t got it like I do.

By:Lennox, Grade 9

Snowflake

I am small

I fall from the sky

I fall from the sky with friends

The blizzard blows me down

I get snow all over my face

I like my design because it’s beautiful

I am a very good snowflake.

By:Amish, Grade 3

I Am Not a Terrorist

I am Musliim

Not a terrorist

I’m a Muslim girl

No, I am not a terrorist

So think twice before you judge me, brother

By:Hawi Ali, Grade 9

Confident Najah

One day I was feeling confident so I went outside. That’s when my superpowers started to activate. So I went to a store usually I don’t because I’m nervous but I had superpowers so I had no reason to feel nervous.

By:Najah, Grade 6

The Blood of a Dragon

I was walking in the forest when I met Anger. It was looking at me with its eyes. And my whole world shook. It roared so loud that I was blown five miles away.

By:Ayub, Grade 4