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2004
Clifton City
Youth
Week Poetry Contest
First
Place
THE DREAMSTEALER
There is a sinister thing in an
imaginative world.
That thing is a Dreamstealer.
It steals your dreams, snatches your thoughts,
Even for those whose dreams are to become astronauts.
It attacks at night.
With it's teal, imp-like body,
Hops into dream bubbles,
And causes the trickiest troubles.
It likes to eat dreams,
Of all sorts of flavors.
From celebrities to athletes,
From game designing to designing game cheats.
But there's something of both worlds that it
calls "The Anti-"
It comes from imagination and can destroy the
Dreamstealer.
It is very powerful in imagination,
And the Dreamstealer only knew,
That powerful and imaginative thing is YOU!
By Julian A. Rivera
7th Grade
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Pioneer Academy Young Poets Society
ON THE GROUND
There's blood on the ground,
Flowing like a stream
There are shards of glass on the floor,
Shinning like diamonds.
There's a burnt match on the floor,
What they used to light up the bomb,
There's too much for humanity to bear.
By TUGBA BAYRAM
7th Grade
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POVERTY
Children scream but there's no sound
Hunger, hunger all around.
It's like a race
Going place to place
For a home
But in the trash where people roam.
Some people are oh so kind
Because of their heart and their mind,
But others just don't care
They don't even give a crumb to spare.
by Natasha Awari
3rd Grade - 2004
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EQUALITY
So many years have passed,
Thinking this would go by fast,
But it is still an issue,
It has been going on so long,
You'd assume everyone would think it is wrong,
No matter what you say,
People always find a way,
To treat one another unequally,
So till that day we have to remember,
Everyone is equal, No matter what gender,
We are all equal,
It's time people learn to accept it,
From this we can all benefit.
By MERVE TEJAOGLU
8th Grade - 2004
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