"Our Team, Nuestro Equipo"

Our Team Nuestro Equipo

AnAnthologyofpoemsfromthe Poet-AthletesofAmericaSCORESNewYork

Table of Contents

"Watch Me Fade" Assita L

"Why?" Ashley A

"Two Feet, One Step at a Time" Amiel T

"Mistreated" Valentina B

"Abortion Rights" MS 161

"Imagine (Imaginate)" PS 98

"I'm Unstoppable" Emily D

Upper Manhattan Brooklyn

"Watch Me Fade" Assita L

"Why?" Ashley A

"Two Feet, One Step at a Time" Amiel T

"Mistreated" Valentina B

"Abortion Rights" MS 161

"Imagine (Imaginate)" PS 98

"I'm Unstoppable" Emily D

"PS 249" Daneesha P "

If I Was a Feeling" Katherin R

"I Am" Mariana B

"Mi Partido" Mateo

"About Me" Melanie R

"Our Team" by PS 375

"PS 249" by PS 249

Coaching for Change Academy

"Nothing New" Kayla S

"The Power of Power" Johanna S

Watch Me Fade

By Assita L

You watch, YOU WATCH me fade away, You stand, YOU STAND there while I decay, You point, YOU POINT your gun at me, You look around, YOU LOOK AROUND to see my life go free.

I did nothing wrong, NOTHING WRONG to you, You don’t know the pain, KNOW THE PAIN, That you put me through, The wound runs deep, RUNS DEEP, All across my body it traveled, The blood starts to trickle, STARTS TO TRICKLE, Until touching the grounds gravel.

Lying on the ground, I gasp for air, GRASP FOR AIR,

Thinking

will this be the last bit of oxygen I share, OXYGEN I SHARE, I see a brilliant bright light, a warm light, filled with hope, FILLED WITH HOPE, Dreams once I could touch, now I need a telescope, NEED A TELESCOPE.

You WATCHED, YOU WATCHED me fade away, You STOOD, YOU STOOD there while I decay, You POINTED, YOU POINTED your gun at me, You LOOKED AROUND, YOU LOOKED AROUND

To see my life go free.

Why?

By Ashley A

POW! A bullet, A BULLET… passes by, It’s the bullet versus people… THE PEOPLE ASK WHY??

Who got hurt? The unknown witnesses say, There’s blood on his shirt! Says ed lady with no delay,

POW! A bullet, A BULLET… passes by, The people are still asking, STILL ASKING WHY??

IN REPLY, the people say “HEY! That’s not right!”

Why are these bullets, flying throughout this calm night?

POW! A bullet, A BULLET… passes by, The scene is another neighborhood, and the people still ask WHY??

The parents say it hurt, IT HURTS! To say goodbye, The child was only 14, ONLY 14, and yet they died?

We try to DENY, and say it’s not our fault, Guns need to be locked, CLINK, CLINK!... YES.. locked in a vault!

When that happens, the will no longer fly by, The people won’t be hurt anymore, and less people will be asking….WHY…

Two Feet, One Step at a Time

By Amiel T

Ifyoucan’trun,YOUSPRINT, Ifyoucan’tsprint,YOUJOG, Ifyoucan’tjog,YOUWALK…YOUWALKANDNEVERSTOP, Becauseifyoustop,youwon’tgetpassedyourgoals!

Youwon’tfeelsuccessful, Youwon’tgetthroughthoseBADPEOPLEinyourlife, You’llletyourthoughtsTRAPYOUinaBADMINDSET… JUSTSTOP!...JUSTBREATHE…

Andlet2feetequalonestep…ATATIME…

ThisisMYJOURNEYtoSUCCESS!

Mistreated

By Valentina B

Make the world a better place

In you and me is a better trace

Shoutout love anywhere

Treat others good everywhere

Right things are good things

Evil is bad, worse than sad

All people have to be nice

The world has love

Not small like a mice

Even bigger than ever, the world has love

Do you have love for the world?

I think you do

Should we introduce more love and peace on the earth?

Mistreated

“Abortion Rights”

By MS 161

Abortion, abortion…How cruel can you be?

Abortion, abortion… Is this a procedure

That you're doing for free?

Pro-Choice, and Prolife… are not just words they say, Pro-life can happen, but Pro-Choice is THE ONLY WAY!

ABORT MISSION!, ABORT MISSION! The doctor says, But do I REALLY want to LOSE A CHILD??

Are they that important, or is my MIND just RUNNING WILD?

If I ABORT my child, Would I LOSE a part of ME??

Will I Still be the same?? Only TIME will see…

Can you see yourself as a fetus, all NESTLED in that womb??

When you thought about having kids, Did you ever think about a DAY OF DOOM?? Apparently, MEN have the right to dictate

What our bodies can do??!

Even with protesting and fighting, I guess that can’t STOP THEM TOO!

When you pick up your pens, to help FINALIZE YOUR laws, I hope you understand the amount of PAIN it will CAUSE! RAPES and ASSAULTS, sometimes produce UNWANTED PREGNANCIES…

When it happens in YOUR FAMILY, let’s see which side… WILL YOUR CHOICE BE??!

Why does MY BODY matter, when YOU want it too??

MY body, my choice, do you need me to give you a clue?

My body, my choice, and my mind Were made to be carefree, My body, my choice, my mind, and my spirit, Believe these things wholeheartedly.

Men who think they have the right, THE RIGHT, To speak about my body, The entitlement makes them think, THEM THINK, They can declare opinions ON ANYBODY, MAAAAAN! You think you have THE RIGHT… To make rules about my body?

Your entitlement is ridiculous! Did you even ASK ANYBODY??

Imagine (Imaginate)

By PS 98

They say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one.

Imagine all the people smiling and being hopeful.

Imagine all the people being responsible.

Imagine all the people giving a home To people in need.

Imagine all the people in peace With no fighting or wars.

They say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one.

I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one.

Imagine all the people living as one under the sun.

Imaginate todas las personas y el mundo libre de tristeza.

Imagine all the people giving the poor people food.

Imagine all the people living in a world without discrimination.

They say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one.

I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one.

Imagine all the people giving kindness to all.

Imagine all the people loving the world by not throwing trash.

Imagine all the people being grateful And having infinite peace.

Imagine all the people of the world

Being nice to each other.

They say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one.

I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one.

Imaginate todas las personas sin enfermedades.

Imagine all the people feeling happy like a rainbow

On a Lucky Charms cereal box.

Imagine all the people believing they can do anything.

Imagine all the people caring for the Earth like they used to.

They say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one.

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one.

Imaginate todas las personas libres sin sufrimiento.

Imagine all the people caring for each other.

Imagine all the people not judging each other, And instead accept each other.

Imagine all the people being positive.

They say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one.

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one

I'm Unstoppable

By Emily D

I’m unstoppable

We are powerful

We do what is right

I am a leader

We are all leaders

We are unstoppable

You are great

Don’t say you are nothing

Say you are everything

You are not weak

You are worthy

You are useful

You are unstoppable

You are beautiful

We are powerful

We are unstoppable

It is our time to shine

PS 249

By Daneesha P

I’m Daneesha P

From PS 249

I am funny because I tell good jokes

Like how does the chicken cross the road...say how Using their super fast blasters

I am humble because I do my work Which is division and multiplication

I am caring because I find the nearest adult

When my friend has a chest pain or tears in their eyes, Those are all the things that makes me

Deneesha P from PS 249

PS 249 Best School Ever

Ps 249 is like my heart because of all the Amazing friends and teachers

The sport clubs are the best

This is the best school, everyone is like family to me

My school is very hard working people

Because my school is working to Give food to the homeless

That's why I love PS 249

PS 249 is the best blue ribbon school in Brooklyn

If I Was a Feeling

By Katherin R

I would be freedom, Like being a bird

Flying with freedom

In the air flying calmly Without anything on my mind Just enjoying myself

I Am

By Mariana B

By Mariana B

I Am the sister of Mamdou

I love my hair, it is special to me

I am kind and grateful to the clouds in the sky

Through my love of people, I can help my community By working together

If I was a feeling

Mi Partido

By Mateo

Para mi en siguiente partido

Voy a ir dando todo por el equipo

Dando por la escuela voy a dar

Los siguientes partidos con mi

Covazo por que somos Ps 249

Somos America SCORES para mi Yo me siente en todo los

Partidos come Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Hasta donde pueda voy a dar

Lo que yo pueda

About Me

By Melanie R

If I could be named again

My name would be rose

Because I’m pretty I’m caring

And like the thorns I am sharp

I’m not afraid to stand up for myself

Wind flys through the rose petals but instead

Wind flys through my long thin dark brown hair

All of this Together

Makes the perfect Melanie

Our Team

By PS 375

We are a good Team

Everyone understands what is our goal

We are a diverse Team

Our team knows each other by name

Our teammates collaborate

We play well together

We know teamwork and show respect

Our team is awesome

Our team is compassionate

Our team is generous

We show affection to those in need

We are kind and always excited to be here

Our team is good at passing

We have good foot work

Win or lose we always have fun

We all are winners if we play as a team

Our team is great and we do our best all the time

I like our team because we are all treated equally

My team is a wonderful

We are a dream team.

Teamwork Equality

Amazing Magnificent

PS 249

By PS 249

PS 249 Is Bomb

PS 249 is the best blue ribbon school

When we walk on the field

Our opponents already know the deal We are a solid team

We do excellent Who against us

Everyone

No one

NothingNew

byKaylaS

I want to be the reason a change is made, But more than fifty-five years, tell me what has changed

More than fifty-five years,

And Martin Luther King Jr still shared his dream. They treat us like animals then when the streets talk, We get put in handcuffs

Now all of sudden we needa be tamed, They treat us like we gotta be tamed

This isn’t a game

We shouldn’t take the blame.

A lot of black kids feeling like they wrapped up in a cage

And all of us needa stay on the same page,

Us kids can’t separate the person from the uniform

Because that uniform, is killing our Fathers, brothers, sisters and our Mothers

Instead of showing your kid it’s okay to have black friends, They grow up knowing it’s okay to not see color.

Let’s all act like the dream for black folks

To grow old with their children isn’t already shattered

Because when they get sick of us, They decide to stick a bullet into us

Acting as if they didn’t take our blackness for a weapon. The hate you give will be the hate you get in return.

Until then white people skin is they shield, When cops pull us over, did we really commit the crime?

Or did my skin tone commit the crime?

They feel the need to do what they want

Cause when we speak

We get shot down to the ground

They don’t bluff, they don’t show mercy, They get charged once for gun violence, But we, get put into a casket for eternity

Now you explain to me how that is supposed to Make sense to me.

Death.. I never feared, but why do young girl & young boys

Need to fear,

We keep expressing our deepest sympathies

To the ones who keep killing without remorse

We keep expressing our deepest sympathies

So they can hear our screams

The screams they crafted upon us

How many more black folks have to die

Before they realize, this isn’t right?

They must think we, losing ourselves over this, With all the drama on the streets, With every single heartbeat, I refuse to put my hand down,

I’ll stay bruised and beat from all my battles

But I’m still undefeated, I’m fighting all these demons With every angel at my feet.

I thought all men were created equal But they aren’t treated

As though it was true. This isn’t Nothing New.

The Power of Power

By Johanna S

The world we live in is composed

Of the provoked mode

Switched as we walk on roads

To ends that are closed

A head towards the clouds

Never seemed so heavy

A heart towards the ocean

Never moved so aggressively As I think and feel

My emotions tend to misguidedly burn beneath my surface

Juvenile tendencies incited open mildly

Just like my Mother Earth

We are the outer core Of land and shore but

Are we sure that our insides are not as engraved with all the pain we’ve endured

I am exactly like the planet in which I plant my feet

Which implants the soil that is enriched beneath me

Provided roots for a solid foundation

For the man who made me

And for a man who made the nation

Society lies a lil sweetly Sourness comes from the honest truth

It also comes from the forbidden fruit

Some of us forget to see In a man-made world

To a man-made girl

With a man-made vanilla and chocolate swirl

I will not surrender

There have been no disciplinary actions To the allegations of my time

You’ve murdered me

As you’ve murdered my trees

You have disposed of me

As you’ve disposed of my needs

You have neglected me

As you have neglected my peace

Can I spin slowly on my axis

Break my ground

Flood my crossroads

And whirl my way into an alternative placement

Can I have the power?

That generates more power

To fuel my feet to flea towards the seven seas

I choose my heart, as it guides my mind

Tell me what do you see

But tell me what you see through the eyes of the blind

Become condition to start noticing the small things in life

It’s not so sublime

Think about the power

The power of our society

The power of your potential

The power of your earth

Own it

You can move mountains

Role over valleys

Fly over bodies of water

Believe in you

It's the power of all powers

So show it