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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2000 : Poetry Articles

A Daily Routine
This morningI awoke,
Reluctantly
Unwrapped myself from
A nest offlannel,
And tiptoed to the bathroom ...
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Annoyance
I cross theborder
(showing ID, of course),
I leave the restraints of"Grammar-land" easily
and encompass the freedom of"Poem-wood"
Here I am unfettered by rules, ...
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Brooklyn Bridge
Sun upon my head,
Scorching brown locks.
Fatherstriding,
Too fast for little legs.
High above theroadway, ...
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Chatham
Smell of saltair:
sweet
Sandy beaches
Rain:
so often ...
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Dandelions
Mycold, unblinking eyes
took in the solitary view.
All the usualcrowd was there.
Piano prodigy in the corner,
plodding throughsome sonata. ...
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Fall
The leavesare on fire again,
winter licking them with catlike eyes
andholding our breath still and silent in the air.

Skies moved blueand fierce across the day ...
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Film Critic
I want to bethe picture show for you,
so you can sit in a dark theater
andwatch my movie,
watch my form slide seamlessly
across thescreen, ...
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Loneliness II
It's the rainin Baltimore
In the summer. It's the
sound of the lonelysoul
revealing its grief on a piano.
The piano keys the tone ofthe ...
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Rain Watch
Thunder rolling high inthe clouds
As the trickling droplets of water race down mywindow
I press my small nose against the cool glass
Sporadicflashes of purple light dart across the sky
And the delicate greenleaves glisten with refreshment ...
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Riddles
itis a dangerous game.
i know this,
because an old woman toldme
as i helped her across the street.
a slip of the tongue, ...
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Shoes
oppression
led tosegregation
its spin-off now is degradation
still I thrive in thishating nation
yet your shoes are brand new ...
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Sunday
Sunday worea long, brown skirt
that touched right above the ankle
during along, hot summer day
with heavy dampness in the air.
Sunday woreno shoes ...
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The City
As I walk in the city
several things strike meas odd

everything is square
square and precise ...
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The Red Rose
Wrinkly, blue-eyedwoman with red tainted hair
Humming to the tune of "GreenSleeves,"
Dressed in faded blue jeans in a rose floweredsweater,
I call her my Nana ...
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Untitled
Don't know quitewho I am -
but I'm something more than there -
unaware of my selfpower -
I am slightly unstable -
gone too far to fall back down- ...
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Untitled X
y= mx+b numbers disturb me

Ax+By = C C forconfusion

m = slope b = y-intercept so what =equilibrium? ...
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