Fall 2000 Webslam, Round 1 Volley #1, October 30 - November 2 (Choose only 1 and respond to it) Imagine you are invisible. Write a poem about what you see and hear there. Use a favorite line from another poet as the first line of your poem and write from there Use a piece of "found" writing-this could be a part of newspaper article, letter, note, overheard conversation, etc. that is found by the poet and turned into or incorporated into a poem. Another Chance Beaten and mistreated, Living is no easy feat. Cheated out of life, She grew up too soon. She dreams of what Youth must be like But knows it not. She is weary of living. When she was young She wanted to sing, But now she longs for Means to an end. But if her life was To change, If it had meaning, Maybe she could go on. She lifts her chin Skyward And resolves To give life Another try. Now she sees herself In another’s face and says, "Keep on shinin’ baby, Now’s your chance to sing." -Tawny Ford, Rio Rancho High School (Rating: 7.40 Votes: 2) Invisible Man What am I doing here in the cruel and heartless world, Seeing the things that no visible person could see. Being all alone in the cold, with no one to talk to, I sit and cry but who can hear me. I yell to get other people's attention, but no one can hear an Invisible Man. I wish I could put myself to sleep, for in this apathetic world, no one can hear me scream. Adam Henley -Adam Henley, Clayton High School (Rating: 7.35 Votes: 2) Invisible I am invisible to the world unknown I walk each day yet no one notices me Because of this I am in silence unable to sing or speak to you. I just walk, seeing and wish I could be with you, but I guess that's what you get for being invisible. -Alvita Tracey, St. Bonaventure (Rating: 7.35 Votes: 2) By route obscure... By route obscure and lonely I have come before waiting for an eternal bliss on an eternal shore There have been others waiting without a smile, only a grin into the chained darkness we were welcomed in alone many have suffered but they've received their scars for this is just a world and we can touch the stars Feel the wind it's blowing away the pain from time listen to these moments for now they are sublime -Antoinette Smith, West Las Vegas High School (Rating: 7.25 Votes: 2) Invisible I'm not here, you can't see me. I can hear you, you can't hear me. It doesn't matter what I do, you can't see me I want you to know me, but you can't see. I don't understand, Why can't you see me?! I have no voice, you can't feel my breath. I have no hands, you can't feel my touch. Why can't I make you notice me?! I'm invisible. -Robert Lang IV, Rio Rancho High School (Rating: 7.25 Votes: 2) Invisible I am invisible to those I dislike. I am invisible because I am an outcast. I am invisible because I am different. I am invisible because I look different. I am invisible because I think differently. -Delrae Francisco, St. Bonaventure (Rating: 7.20 Votes: 2) When I When I looked into your eyes I knew what I saw Pain and suffering that's all I saw. Your face turned so pale That it made people run and yell. You turned so sad, that I tried to make you glad. But you paid no attention When I tried to solve your frustration. -Ryan Mariano, St. Bonaventure (Rating: 7.20 Votes: 2) Invisible You can't see me I can see you I hear everything But wait I can see the dead too. You are not alone An angel watches everything you do. I can see an angel My angel is with me too. You can't see me But I will always see you. -Chyrlynn Cooley, St. Bonaventure (Rating: 7.15 Votes: 2) Friendship It is very rare and hard to find a special friend. Someone you can trust Someone who is always there for you, good times and bad times. Someone who knows what makes you laugh and makes you cry. Someone who knows everything about you. It is very rare and hard to find a special friend. Someone you can call at all hours of the night Someone who can pick you up when you are feeling blue. Someone that does special things for you, for no reason. Someone who will protect you at all cost. It is very rare and hard to find a special friend. Victoria Willis Freshman -Victoria Willis, Valley High School (Rating: 7.05 Votes: 2) Invisible I am here, little do you know Your eyes slice through me, as though I am not there. Invisible? Do you wish you could be? I see happenings that the most perceptive miss . . . I hear inaudible noises that many cannot . . . Only my eyes are blessed to witness, my ears to hear it. Invisible. -Bobbi Duncan, Rio Rancho High School (Rating: 7.05 Votes: 2) Police Brutality The police entered a home and barred a man From entering his trailer to flush drugs down The toilet. Marijuana paraphernalia was found under The couch and evidence based on The sound of cases of Proof being ruined forced Police to enter And destroy The Home in Which he lived. The officials found the Man in seizures of drugs Under his couch. The property will Be held in court to obtain misdemeanor Drug tests for the police on their belongings. Court will be held on the grounds of state. -Todd Podzemny, Clayton High School (Rating: 7.00 Votes: 2) Invisible I walk around the world seeing everything in sight, yet I cannot be seen. I walk through crowded market places, I see the people as they pass me by, but they cannot see me. I walk along a busy street, but I am not seen by anyone I meet. Each day I walk among the people in the busy city, I see them but they do not see me. No, I am not a ghost and yet I am unable to be seen. How can this be? -Gloria Rivera, West Las Vegas High School (Rating: 6.80 Votes: 2) Invisible I'm invisible. I hear things people don't want me to. They do things I see, but they don't know I see them and hear them. They call my friends things. They call me worse things. -Dan Talbott, Rio Rancho High School (Rating: 6.75 Votes: 2) Prev 50