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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

Matthew Joseph // LONELY SMILES

People chase dreams of
white picket fences
and big backyards

and forget they
left their –
Smiles
back in kindergarten,
under the coloring table.

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