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		<title>Even More Teen Poetry&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Revolution&#8221; by M. Only we will kiss the fire one heart blazes war but near the sun comes absolute light &#8220;Friends&#8221; by M. Friends are something special, friends are something you have to hold on to, make each day last, keep your friends close some might say, but keep your heart closer. &#8220;The End Of [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;Revolution&#8221; by M.</p>
<p>Only we will</p>
<p>kiss the fire</p>
<p>one heart blazes war</p>
<p>but near the sun</p>
<p>comes absolute light</p>
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<p>&#8220;Friends&#8221; by M.</p>
<p>Friends are something</p>
<p>special,</p>
<p>friends are something</p>
<p>you have to hold on to,</p>
<p>make each day last,</p>
<p>keep your friends</p>
<p>close some might say,</p>
<p>but keep your heart</p>
<p>closer.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The End Of The World As We Know It&#8221; by Mary Devine, Teen Librarian</p>
<p>Skyscrapers tipping</p>
<p>Broken windows</p>
<p>the Earth reclaims with Nature</p>
<p>Green lucious trees and plants</p>
<p>Vines winding floor to floor</p>
<p>Animals reclaim their kingdom</p>
<p>Cars and metal become rust</p>
<p>Humanity eliminated</p>
<p>Piles of Dust</p>
<p>All we are is dust in the wind,</p>
<p>Dude!</p>
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		<title>More Teen Poetry&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I Dance&#8221; by Brianna I dance dance to the rhythm you left me in the rhythm that you used when my mom has your pleasurable shelter. The type of rhythm that the savages used when their freedom was about to come. I dance to that rhythm. That rhythm of life. &#160; I see you when [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;I Dance&#8221; by Brianna</p>
<p>I dance</p>
<p>dance to the rhythm you left me in</p>
<p>the rhythm that you used when my mom</p>
<p>has your pleasurable shelter.</p>
<p>The type of rhythm that the savages</p>
<p>used when their freedom was about to</p>
<p>come.</p>
<p>I dance to that rhythm. That rhythm</p>
<p>of life.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I see you when I dance</p>
<p>I see the eyes that capture me when</p>
<p>I was born.</p>
<p>The two hands that held me in your</p>
<p>strong arms</p>
<p>the hands that went through dirt and</p>
<p>pulled out the struggles of what you</p>
<p>went through.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>But I can&#8217;t feel you when I stop</p>
<p>moving.</p>
<p>So I take each step so I can see you</p>
<p>as my father.</p>
<p>I take each step to feel you</p>
<p>but every time I lose my way</p>
<p>try to find music to help me breathe</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sometimes I don&#8217;t know who you are</p>
<p>cause when I stop dancing</p>
<p>the building around me shut down</p>
<p>the people turn around and face each other</p>
<p>and the love for each other on the</p>
<p>inside fades away</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>the bruises on my mom&#8217;s arm</p>
<p>appears.</p>
<p>And the happiness you once felt turns to be anger</p>
<p>I wonder why you are like this</p>
<p>cause God stopped playing the music</p>
<p>I wonder why you are not listening</p>
<p>cause the grooviness of your step lost</p>
<p>its way</p>
<p>I wonder why you don&#8217;t see me anymore</p>
<p>cause the music in our lives stop showing</p>
<p>a happy image.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t take it when everything stops</p>
<p>cause I stomp my feet to hear singing</p>
<p>and I stomp my feet to the beat to breathe</p>
<p>in life.</p>
<p>I stomp my feet to end the fighting</p>
<p>that&#8217;s going on</p>
<p>I tap my feet to bring back your</p>
<p>heart from hell.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I try to bee the reason of the</p>
<p>had autotune violent music in our</p>
<p>house.</p>
<p>But I breathe in the soulness of</p>
<p>the 60&#8242;s, 80&#8242;s, and 90&#8242;s.</p>
<p>To get a trace of what a family</p>
<p>of music should be like.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>So I dance, dance to the stress of the beat</p>
<p>I dance, dance to the anger it its</p>
<p>tone.</p>
<p>I swing my hair in the air of</p>
<p>madness</p>
<p>and shake myself up and down</p>
<p>to get the happiness flowing</p>
<p>I sweat cause I need to survive</p>
<p>so I can get a happy home in this</p>
<p>house we call saintairs home.</p>
<p>I dance cause it&#8217;s the only freedom</p>
<p>I call my mother.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Monsoon&#8221; &#8211; A Teen Poem</title>
		<link>http://www.bpl.org/teens/2012/04/25/monsoon-a-teen-poem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following poem was written by Oleg during our poetry workshop last Friday at the Central Library. Be Quiet, the storm is approaching he is watching, no one can stop him the day was blue and purple, like the horizon the black cloud is silent, but so was I though then I saw the reflection, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following poem was written by Oleg during our poetry workshop last Friday at the Central Library.</p>
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<p>Be Quiet, the storm is approaching</p>
<p>he is watching, no one can stop him</p>
<p>the day was blue and purple, like the horizon</p>
<p>the black cloud is silent, but so was I though</p>
<p>then I saw the reflection, and came the thunder</p>
<p>but I stayed under, I&#8217;m not a runner</p>
<p>I will remain, until it&#8217;s gone soon</p>
<p>And if you want to go somewhere, follow the monsoon</p>
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