Okay, this is really, really cool stuff.
The Madison-Morgan County Boys & Girls Club in partnership with the Morgan County African-American Museum and a Grassroots Program Grant started a Youth Poetry Club. The core membership is a highly dedicated and talented group of elementary, middle and high school students. Bobby Mackey, Educational Director of the Boys & Girls Club, mentors the students, “The start for changing something is not to be afraid to talk about it. To start a change, I have to be the change.”
The following is just a sampling of the talent in the Club. Hopefully, within the month the Club will have their own blog up and running. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for these young poets.
wHO iS THIS PERSON???
Who
Who do I go to when I’m sad?
Who do I go to When I need help or advice?
Her
What does she do when I’m Hurt?
(Picks me up and dust me off)
What Does she do when I’m, stressed out or depressed?
Play my favorite song or talk to me
Who can I go To when I need something?
Her
Who do I cry to when I wake up scared or get sick at night?
Her
Who get my lazy self up every morn for school?
Her
And gives me food on the table, roof over my head and, clothes on my back?
Her
Who Do We All Call When Something Is Wrong?
Who Loves Me, You, and Our Brother and Sisters More Than Anything in the World?
Her
Who?
My Mama
Your Mama Breanna Colbert 7th grade
A Dog, A Cat
I saw a cat with a vary tall hat
In that hat was a baseball bat.
For if it was his first time
That was the cat with a very tall hat.
I saw the dog eating a hot dog
With mustard and ketchup.
Some dogs thought deep when
He used hot sause
And that was the dog eating a hotdog.
As they comoind they find out that
Being together is a big mistake
Because dogs hate cats and cats hate dogs. Jasmine Jackson 5th grade
Make A Difference
When I think of living united the word together pops in my mind.
I think that if more people in our world were united it would be a nicer place to live. If we worked together as one we could accomplish a lot more. We need to focus on real issues like homeless people not sexuality, we need to focus on battered women and their children, not how much money you have in the money market, we need to focus on why so many men are in prison and what we can do to help them get back on the right side of the fence. We need to go back to believing in each other, relying on each other, helping each other, caring for each other no matter what your religion, race, sexuality, economic status etc.,…..this is the United States of America….right….all mankind are created equal and we have the right to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. SO let’s do it…
Jasmin Hawkins, age 13 Marel Brown Creative Writing Award Winner
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My idea is too lovely,
while life is too long.
When I write I’m happy,
when my thoughts are alone.
My ink is invisible, so it’s hard to see.
My dream is in color as the deep blue sea.
Chris Benford, age 13 Marel Brown Creative Writing Award Winner
The People on the Other Side of the Tracks
Such a small town, in a place where money tends to fall from the skies
A place
Where the rich are getting richer and the poor are barely getting by
There are houses that appear to be mansions, and people from the town are so nice
Many come to the town to shop and spend money and there are the others that come for the joy of life,
While Billboards hang across Hwy 441, talking about the promise land
All the wealth that this city advertises never makes it around to help some with plans
Sweet ole Georgia, surrounded by History, Love and Unity
As you cross the tracks of Madison, there stands a land of a less fortunate Community
There lies the dream’s of children, whom can’t buy a way out of their society
So, they hit the streets running for obligations
And selling drugs becomes their number one priority
So off to Grandmothers house we go, on a lonely road that has never seen a city worker
A town Located about
About 15 miles from Greensboro, and down a dirt road from the author of the Color Purple
If you pass Uncle Remus, then your journey has progressed too far
A Place where a day is worth millions, and children are seen as lonely stars
In these sadden Communities you will find, the products of the government
And the results of a law called “no child Left Behind”
Upon review, considering the laws and facts
It’s not the Money that makes the town
But, The People on the Other Side of the Tracks
Bobby Mackey, Education Director, Madison-Morgan County Boys & Girls Club
Link to Marel Brown Creative Writing Program; http://www.bgcma.org/view/event/26
