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"2:25 PM" – Poems from Lexington High School Class of 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Ada E. // DEAR CLOCK
  • Adair Treadway // UNDERNEATH THE LAYERS OF A POEM
  • Aditi K // ARMS
  • Aidan K // IN THE MIND OF A TEEN
  • Aidan K // MY SECOND HOME
  • Akul Kesarwani // NIGHTTIME
  • Alexander H. // GRAND CANYON
  • Alexander Peng // PENGUINKIND
  • Alexis Thomas // A DARK EVENING’S SNOW
  • Ali A. // AROUND THE CORNER
  • Alisya Kaur // MY LOVE OF CHIPOTLE
  • Alyssa Zhang // IN EVERY LIFE, A CANDLE BURNS
  • AlyssaR. // THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE
  • Amanda Flashner // MISS YOU
  • Amy Finkelman // BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
  • Ana Burwell // WHERE MY MEMORIES GO
  • Angelique P. // LOST
  • Anhad Sawhney // CHESS
  • Anika Ruberti // SUMMER SUNDOWN
  • Anita K // SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE
  • Anmianyao // CATS
  • Anna F. Honohan // DESPERATION FOR YOUTH
  • Anna Nelson // IM SORRY
  • Annie Hurd // DREAMS
  • Anthony Z. // SEVEN THOUSAND MILES AND MORE AWAY
  • Anubhab Das // REGRET
  • Anya G. // I MET AN ALIEN ONCE
  • Athena M. // COST OF CANDY
  • Audrey Eastridge // BIRCHROCK
  • Audrey Ferrell // DRY PAINT IN EARLY AUGUST
  • Aylin Bruce // SEVEN-YEAR OLD
  • Ben B. // UNRAVELING – BASED ON EDWARD HOPPER’S “NIGHTHAWKS”
  • Ben Epstein // BOLD
  • Ben Kamis // THE GAME OF LIFE
  • Ben Solomon // MY ENEMY
  • Benjamin Liu // ON THE EMPTY STREET
  • Benjamin Tibbetts // REMEMBER
  • Bianca S. // A SUMMER DAY IN TUSCANY
  • Brian Healy // THE WALL
  • Bryan L. // WHY HE CHOSE HER
  • Bryant Xia // SNKRS
  • C. Lee // Behind The Scenes
  • Caleb T. // WELL-ROUNDED
  • Camilla B. // THE GRANITE STATE
  • Campbell Kemp // BIRD
  • Caroline Palys // MY BACKYARD
  • Catalina L. // IMMORTAL BLAZE
  • Celeste H // RAMBLINGS OF A BORED MIND
  • Cellucci // ARUBA
  • Charles L. // SHELTER
  • Chloe Hofland // FINGERTIPS
  • Christian Bernier // MUSEUM
  • Christina Li // FILIAL PIETY
  • Claire Johnson // CHANGE IS NOTHING
  • Collin M. // THE RING OF KERRY
  • Conner Lofstrom // MOUNTAIN HOME
  • Cynthia Fu // THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE
  • Daniel Ong // THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CELLULAR BIOLOGY
  • Daniel Xu // STROLL THROUGH NATURE
  • Darragh M. // COOKIE
  • Darya Iranmanesh // REPUTATION
  • David S. // SERENITY
  • Deniz Erus // KEY TO A HAPPY DAY
  • Dilara Dokmecioglu // AN OPEN BOOK
  • Driscoll // DUBAI
  • Eddie Jiaxin Zh‚ÄÜou // I AM WHAT I AM
  • Edward Nieshoff // SNAPPING TURTLE
  • Eileen Cannon // NIGHTHAWKS BASED ON “NIGHTHAWKS” BY EDWARD HOPPER
  • Elaine Xu // PARIS
  • Eli Lurie // NATURE
  • Eliza M. // IDENTITY
  • Elizabeth Enright // MOBIUS GREEN
  • Ella Wheeler // PA
  • Elly Monaco // SKATING COMPETITION
  • Elsa Tuneblom // SILENT SCREAMS
  • Emily Narouz // BROKEN
  • Erin Cullinan // THAT OTHER GIRL
  • Evren Arif // EYES IN THE WINDOW
  • Fawzi A El-Kattan // I SHOOT, I SCORE. HE SHOOTS, I SCORE.
  • Faye Lewis // PENCIL
  • Fynn Jueppner // HEADACHES FROM HOMEWORK
  • Galaton Z. // POETRY
  • Galen Roy // HER FACE
  • Garen Sahakian // ETERNAL CYCLE
  • Gauri G. // THE TURTLE
  • Giancarlo Zaniolo // THE LAWNMOWER
  • Gianna Watson // NEVER KNOW
  • Gladys Lee // MOVING AHEAD
  • Grace Horwitz // I MISS HER
  • Grace Zhang // GOLDFISH
  • Hank S. // ALARM CLOCK
  • Hanna Jiang // RICE KRISPIES
  • Hannah E. // FUNERALS
  • Helen T. // WHAT A POEM SHOULD BE
  • Henry F. // BROKEN CLOCK
  • Henry Xu // SEESAW
  • Hyungbin Kim // THE NIGHT WE MET
  • Ian Carson // WATER ON A STORMY DAY
  • Irene Zhang // MY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING THIS RELATIONSHIP POEM
  • Isabel L. // TO THE HOME
  • Isabelle Lim // A REQUIEM FOR UNREQUITED MIDDLE SCHOOL LOVE
  • Ishika Mandelia // ICICLE
  • Jack Man // PERFECT DOESN’T ALWAYS WORK
  • Jacqueline Cheng // AN ODE TO MY JEAN’S POCKETS
  • Jacqueline Fertitta // SLOW KILLER
  • Jadyn Thibodeau // ALL HOURS
  • Jake V. // THE PIE OF A POEM
  • Jalessi Aviles // THANK YOU
  • James Maliszewski // YEARNING FOR A FOOTBALL AUTUMN
  • Jarret Dlugy // SNOW
  • JC // HOME
  • Jeffrey Chan // MYSELF
  • Jennifer Li // LIGHT
  • Jenny Jin // CAPTIVE BIRD
  • Jenny L // GAME OF LIFE
  • Jimmy S. // ROMEO’S WILL
  • Jiyoon Choi // SLEEP
  • Jocelyn Hsieh // THE LAST TIME
  • John Nordman // POMPANO
  • Johnathan Dagan // ONLY A PEN?
  • Johnny Cowdrick // FROSTY AIR
  • Jonah Stang-Osborne // THE PICK
  • Jonathan H. // GUANGZHOU, THE CITY OF RAMS
  • Jonathan Z. // A SINCERE CONFESSION
  • Joshua Lee // THE NURSERY
  • Joshua Lo // MY SONG
  • Joy Gong // THE CAMPGROUND
  • Julia Carreras // NATURE’S ROLE MODEL
  • Julia Irving // A MUSICAL FLOWER
  • Justin McCarthy // SNEAKERS
  • Kacey J // ME AND YOUNGER ME
  • Kaitlyn Driscoll // I DON’T KNOW
  • Karl Schapfel // NIGHT
  • Kat Mooney // FIFTEEN
  • Kathy Xue // A GOODBYE TO REMEMBER
  • Katie D. // HOPE IS A WAVE
  • Kayla Weng // MOTHER AND I: CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE
  • Keegan Thourani // IMAGINATION
  • Kingsbury // NOMOPHOBIA
  • Kristina Wong // ODE TO MY EATING DISORDER
  • Kylin Gao // JIA
  • Lachlan McLaren // AFFAIR
  • Lavanya L. // JEALOUS
  • Leanna Bai // ODE TO MY PIANO
  • Libby Walter // MY RIVER
  • Lihan Lin // WATCH BY MOM
  • Lina Jaafar // “SCARED FOR THE FUTURE”, A CONVERSATION WITH MY ANXIETY
  • Linda Chen // GAME
  • Lior Amitay // THE BALLAD FOR A FALLING ANGEL
  • Lluvia Brambila // LET LIFE BE COFFEE
  • Lucca W. // OVERSEAS
  • Luke Mager // RIVERSIDE
  • Mahima // THE UNIVERSE
  • Manaswini Pujar // THE STRUGGLE OF MY TWO SELVES
  • Maria P. // SNOWDAY
  • Mark Gianino // I AM SORRY
  • Matei Golesteanu // CELERY
  • Matt Healy // NAIL
  • Matteen T // VOID
  • Matteo Arshad // PEAKS ISLAND
  • Matteo Nguyen // SKATEBOARD
  • Matthew Berhe // OVER AND OVER
  • Matthew Joseph // LONELY SMILES
  • Max DiCerbo // EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
  • Max Ostrowski // FOREST
  • Maya Anand // WINDWARD
  • Maya Lurie // YOUR POETRY
  • Maya Subramanian // SMILE
  • Megan L. // IN THE GAME
  • Mehdi Zidar // ADDICTION IN OUR LIVES
  • Mehr Khuran // LIFE OR DEATH
  • Michael H // THE PLASTIC SPOON
  • Michele Oldrati // PANTOUM OF WATER: MANKIND’S VICE
  • Miguel Caro // THE MYSTERIOUS FLYING VASE
  • Mikhail Alperovich // TAKE THE SUBURBAN TRAIN
  • Mimansa B // THE BULLY
  • Minjune K. // BUTTERFLY
  • Mor Evron // A SWIFT END
  • Myles Boutwell // FIRST SNOWFLAKE
  • Natalie Chen // LIBRARY BOOK
  • Nate Colburn // RED MOUNTAINS
  • Nicholas Favazzo // VENDING MACHINE
  • Nick Porter // WHAT WE DON’T SEE
  • Nisha N. // SONDER
  • Noelle Germanetto // HOME
  • Nora B. // WITH THE FISH
  • Oriane Cayron // AWAITING
  • Owen H. // STILL, THE SEA GRASS GROWS
  • Parker Lin-Butler // SECRET VILLAGE
  • Peter McCallion // AYE SIR
  • Peter Miniutti // MIRROR MIRROR
  • Peter V.R. // NUMBER ONE
  • Peyton Campbell // NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKEHOUSE
  • Philip Eisner // PENCIL
  • Pia Jain // WITH LOVE, FROM NC
  • Pooja Kawatkar // DAY AND NIGHT
  • Punya G. // EL SUEÑO AMERICANO
  • Rachel (Yeon Woo) Cho // DISTANCE FROM EARBUDS TO AIRPODS
  • Rachel Man // PLAYGROUND
  • Rafael Pedro // CARILO, ARGENTINA
  • Rebecca W. // OPPOSITES
  • Reed Solomon // THE WOODS
  • Richard Chen // NEVER THE SAME
  • Riley Wong // FAIRWAY
  • Robin Erikville // SATYA
  • Rod Tavangar // LOVE OF MY LIFE
  • Roshan Syed // I JUST FLIPPED THE SWITCH
  • Ryan Atkins // EVERGREEN
  • Sam G. // THE MUSINGS OF A MISUNDERSTOOD MISCREANT
  • Sam Troy // THE GARDEN
  • Santiago Parizek // BEET
  • Sarah Jacqueline Murphy // I LIVE WITH THE SUN
  • Sean Kalkat // LONELY
  • Shaina Z. // SICK DAY
  • Shangyin A. // BUS YARD
  • Sharath Jegannathan // CANCUN
  • Sheldon Gentling // SEASONS
  • Shobhan Mohanty // MY APOLOGIES
  • Shui Hu // DESTINY
  • Sirawich H // THE LAND OF SMILES
  • Sohail Mohammed // WARM COLORS
  • Sophia M. // TWO LIVES
  • Sophia Sullivan // PEPPERMINT DECADENCE
  • Sophia Z // GONE
  • Sophie Dwyer // SUMMER
  • Sophie Gregoretti // A BEAUTIFUL SMILE
  • Sterne // TRIGONOMETRY
  • Sunny T. // AT THE SHORE
  • Tara Gensure // HOW TO WASTE TIME IN A PANTOUM
  • Tara Gill // TO BE A CATERPILLAR
  • Tayin D. // A WINDING RIVER
  • Taylor Benson // LAMP
  • Tej Chhabra // THE BIG YELLOW HOUSE
  • Thomas Ahn // FLAKE
  • Thomas Caouette // ICE COLD
  • Thomas Kan // UNWRITTEN
  • Trevor C. // LIFE’ S PLAN
  • Trevor Paul Tisdale // NIGHTHAWKS – BASED ON EDWARD HOPPER’S “NIGHTHAWKS”
  • Varsha R. // THE EIFFEL TOWER
  • Varun Sasisekharan // TOOTHBRUSH
  • Vince C. // THE MOUNTAIN TOP
  • Violet Nabbanja // ELEMENTARY
  • Waka Okuda // A BEE’S ARIA
  • Wenjin Zhang // MORNING IN SHANGHAI
  • Will Buchta // BOREDOM
  • Xinyi Zhao // NANJING
  • Yejun K. // HOPE
  • Youngseo Yi // MEMORY
  • Yuanhui Zhang // STRANGER
  • Zach Vincent // TUMBLEWEED
  • Zenon Perros // TEENAGE BOY

Robin Erikville // SATYA

Your
floppy ears
and fluffy golden fur

Sunday evenings
seven thirty
Seinfeld on CBS
You
on my lap

Body curled
paws tucked
Your
eyes closed
soft snore

My sadness
soft cured by
Your
infinite supply of love
and kisses

Posted on March 6, 2019May 4, 2019Author poetry_3ksn2yCategories lhs-poems-2019, ode - tribute - celebration

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