“Untitled” by Hunter Bradford

Table of Contents

Foreword i

“Art” by Mohamed Ba 1 “First Memories Poem” by Emmely Barreto 3 “First Memories” by Emmely Barreto 5 “Deja Vu” by Elijah Bergen 7 “Untitled” by Hunter Bradford 9 “Untitled by Davis Cauthen 11 “The Life of Me” by Tibor Cernak 13 “O Food” by Will Crough 15 “Untitled” by Naasir De Quentin 17 “Family Poem” by Emily Diaz De Leon 19 “The End” by Emmanuel Dopeke 20 “Ode to My Dogs” by Orion Edgington 23 “Untitled” by Geovany Estevez 25 “Your Name” by Eames Ewald 26 “Four Reasons I Love Soccer” by Salvador Farciert 29 “O Jogo Bonito” by Salvador Farciert 31 “Vast Experiences” by Amaury Fernandez 33 “Ode to Pennies” by Aaron Gambrell 35 “Minute Biography” by Daniel Glenn Schultz 37 “Untitled” by Ethan Gonzalez 39 “My Haiku” by Ethan Gonzalez 41 “Behind Closed Doors” by Laisha Guerrerro 43 “About Aaron” by Jeremiah Harriot 45 “Untitled” by Aiden Jiuz 47 “Untitled” by Mya Johnson 49 “What Society Expects of You?” by Mohamed Kebe 50 “Love is Dangerous” by Milos Klaric 53 “Ode to My Heart” by Milos Klaric 55 “One More Day of Fun” by Milos Klaric 57 “Sun on My Skin” by Milos Klaric 59 “Trust Issues” by Milos Klaric 61

“Ode to Chess” by Nhat Minh Le “Random Thoughts” by Nhat Minh Le “Untitled” by Stephanie Noriega “Ups and Downs” by Bryan Novais “Goofy Little Things Cole Has Done” by Cole Ogando “Untitled” by Demetrius Pelzer 63 65 67 69

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“Untitled” by Jean Pistre 75

“The Life of a Dominican Kid from Manhattan” by Harold Plascencia

77 “The Ocean” by Julio Polanco 79 “Wild Life in the City” by Chevez Providence 81 “My Life Summarized” by AJ Pujols 83 “Memory into a Poem” by Adrian Rojas 85 “Echo Lake” by Leo Ross 87 “Poem of Life” by” by Daniel Salinas 89 “Ode to Farm Camp” by Torben Schrieber 91 “Ode to ‘Wah-Nee’” by Jamie Sulimani 93 “The Whole is Equal to the Sum of Its Parts” by Jamie Sulimani 95 “Untitled” by Ellen Tan 97 “Then Again” by Christian Velazquez 98 “Early Dayz” by Micah Williams 101

Acknowledgments 102