The ELM

By Jack Foster

Lessons and Regrets 

Almost every regret is a lesson

The cookie jar in the middle of the table, 

you reach in and mother yells at you.

By Ayanna Dayes

By Julianna Bridges

By Esther Lokossou
When society sees us
They want us to have straight hair 
Instead of our luxurious hair with culture, 
When society sees us 
They want us in jail and want us to keep away 

By Damien Lilly

I am only an inside cat.

My life is warm like a fire,

but my heart is strong like a tiger.

So I left my home.

I searched for an answer.

How to become a tiger.

By Kayla Miles

I freeze nervously and gasp
I realize the wild-looking Soc is dead
I start running feeling red
Draining dark dreams

He feels nervous
He realizes he killed someone
He carefully hides