I Don't Like Being Quiet by Tess Segal

Being quiet feels like the firework of opinion and thought is being suppressed despite its need to shine

Being quiet sounds like the deafening shriek of silence

It looks like a deep, dark ocean from which I cannot escape

It smells like gunpowder being brutally forced into containment

It feels like every minute I'm not expressing myself is another labored step towards doom

It tastes like an accidental drip of glow stick -- seemingly beautiful but pungently toxic

...I really don't like being quiet.

What We Love

Last week, we focused on hobbies or activities that we love to do. Then, we created a poem using our senses to describe that activity.

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Sketch

by Isabella Guerra

Sketching sounds like silence. 

All of the noise in my head goes away. 

Silence.
Sketching feels like I don't have to worry about anything else around me. 

I can just float into another world.
Sketching is a whiff of flowers in the spring with that touch of a fresh breeze.
Sketching is a glare of someone that doesn't have to act like something that they are not.
Sketching feels like the pencil in my hand has all of the ink to sketch me a thousand sketches.

First Meeting: Amazing Poets Already!

During our first meeting with had a little fun creating poetry from a list of words we all brainstormed together.  Here are a couple of poems from club members.

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Summer Indoors

by Tess Segal

6th Grade

Beach?

Sweat.

Sand?

Sweat.

Vacation?

Sweat.

Sun, swimming, camp?

Sweat. Heat.

Basketball? Lake?

SWEAT. HUMIDITY.

Fun?

Netflix!

Sleeping, relaxing!

Drinks, watermelon, smoothies!

STUPENDOUS!

Perfectly lazy.

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Back to School

by Max Powers & Zach Rubin

6th Grade

Reading books in class

Walking to the bus

Student Council club

Homework paranoia

Portables are a prison

Rain is terrible

Birds chirp & bugs buzz

Test grades are on Pinnacle

Notebooks are too large

Sleep is my spirit

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It's never too late to express yourself with words!

Join us at our next meeting

First Meeting!