First Meeting!

I want to thank you all for attending the first meeting of the Raise Your Voice poetry/nonviolence club! This is a space for you all to contribute your poetry and other creative work for everyone to see. I know many of you went to the assembly where Rudy Cabrera performed. I remember him using the acronym P.O.E.T. (Product Of Everyone's Talent... correct me if I'm wrong Rudy!). Well, I like to think of this blog as a S.P.A.C.E. or Safe Place for Art and Creative Energy. So please feel free to share your creative work and the work of those you admire, and remember that this is a judgment free place.

I will share with you all a poem that I enjoy. It's called, "Fat is Not a Fairy Tale" by Jane Yolen.

Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale
Jane Yolen

I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Cinder Elephant,
Sleeping Tubby,
Snow Weight,
where the princess is not
anorexic, wasp-waisted,
flinging herself down the stairs.

I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Hansel and Great,
Repoundsel,
Bounty and the Beast,
where the beauty
has a pillowed breast,
and fingers plump as sausage.

I am thinking of a fairy tale
that is not yet written,
for a teller not yet born,
for a listener not yet conceived,
for a world not yet won,
where everything round is good:
the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess.


What do you all think of it? I found it on a great website: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/056.html

Also, here is the link to Daniel Beaty's poetry. He is the one who wrote "Knock Knock" that Rudy performed. Check him out!

http://danielbeaty.com/


Just as a reminder, this is still a school space. Though we are all anxious to share our art, please remember to keep everything appropriate. A few swears here and there will not be a big deal, but anything overtly offensive and inappropriate will be taken down. Ms. Botkin, Ms. Friendson, and I will be monitoring this blog to ensure you all follow this policy. Please don't abuse this lovely, free space!

Thank you all again, and see you next week!

Ms. Cote