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Dear Pulitzer Prize Judging Board, The book written by Colson Whitehead known as “The Nickel Boys” is a book that has the power within it to change people’s perspectives and evoke empathy effortlessly by giving a raw and honest look into a minority’s life in America, and completely deserves the Pulitzer Prize it received. ThisContinue reading “Finn Offield 2020 Summer Reading – Pulitzer Prize Letter”

Kristine O’Connell George I’m practicing my I-belong-here no-twig-snap no-leaf-rustle no-branch-crack see-all, know-all float-like-fog like-smoke pine-needle-soft forest walk. No one will know I’m coming.No one will know when I’m gone. My Thoughts on the Piece I really liked the playful flow of this poem. I think they cute mood is set when the writer starts allContinue reading “Forest Walk”

Emily Dickinson A Bird, came down the Walk – He did not know I saw –He bit an Angle Worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw, And then, he drank a DewFrom a convenient Grass –And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle pass – He glanced with rapid eyes,That hurriedContinue reading “A Bird, came down to the Walk – (359)”

Marilyn Singer I preferwarm fur,a perfect fireto lie beside,a cozy lapwhere I can nap,an empty chairwhen she’s not there.I want heat on my feet on my nose on my hide.No cat I rememberdislikes December inside. My Thoughts on the Piece I liked the rhythm of this poem because it gave a very intimate feel. IContinue reading “Cat”

My lavender coat cannot protect me from the brisk wind that tickles my sides I pull it closer craving warmth that it is not capable of providing Children with pink noses stand in herds like sheep as they clutch their bodies I sit in my wooden castle and watch over my subjects when we’re setContinue reading “Recess (Childhood Poem)”

I tried to tame my life I scolded its bad behavior and punished it until it coiled itself into neat little pieces I decided to keep the pieces in a locked box The box whimpered during the day and shook at night I was always terrified that the pieces would break free and change myContinue reading “Content:HW Quote Poem”

A chicken pecks at the ground Bright grass sways in the sunlight plump clouds sit above

To be human is to worry, we worry about ourselves, others around us, that one problem at work, and the faults we see within everything, to be human is to worry and sometimes I wish to be a completely different life form to escape the continual screaming of my mind. Whenever I catch myself worryingContinue reading “Prose and Cons – Poems”

To myself because no one else should read this On the 28th of February I sit in biology As we study the photosynthesis and plantae I think back to when I used to play in my Mother’s garden as a child Back then I shared a mindset with Janelle Monae, being that I gave noneContinue reading “Thoughts- A New York School Poem”

Margarita Engle Mad has decided to catch a vulture,the biggest bird she can find. She is so determined, and so inventive,that by stringing together a rickety trapof ropes and sticks, she createsa puzzling structure that just mightbe clever enough to trick a buzzard,once the trap’s baited with leftover porkfrom supper. Mad and I used toContinue reading “Ritmo/Rhythm”