Mixed Messages
Last week I had a nightmare. Not because it was the first time in months You hadn’t disrupted my perpetually linked Day dreams and REM sleep, I dreamt You got shot, that Skyline’s 09 yearbook held...
View ArticleBay Area Students Represent at Unified District Slam Finals
For the second year in a row, San Leandro High took the championship title for the Unified District Poetry Slam. The competition went down on April 8 at the James Moore Theatre inside of the Oakland...
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Untitled By Victor Ortiz fruit-loops and Twinkies they take me to a place so serene like no other would you like some grape soda with that captain crunch? would you like to go on this trip with me? its...
View ArticleTeen Poets Compete at Poetry Grand Slam Finals
Seventeen Bay Area youth, including two from Skyline, spilled their guts on stage at the biggest poetic event of the Bay: The 15th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Grand Finals. “It was impressive...
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Untitled By Dominick Hildebrand I was lost in imagination, all alone with nothing to grasp or hold These dreams were so unreal but real with fascination, so bold After dreaming of this imagination I...
View ArticleFresh Poet Transitions to Adult Scene
Three minutes: that’s all the time 20 year-old Josh Merchant needs to touch a life and change the world. Since his performances at the 2011 Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam and 2011 Brave New Voices...
View ArticlePoetry Submissions (September 2011)
What Is Love By Christopher Russell What is love? Why do we spend our lives confinding (?) in love A word that is only streched to four letters seems to rule the world. LOVE Is it happy is it sad....
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Piece of the Month
So this is a new part under the Poetry section, “Piece of the Month.” Here we’ll highlight pieces outside of Skyline, from local poets and spoken word OGs to Edgar Allan Poe and Maya Angelou. These...
View ArticleStudent Submissions — March 2012
This is for You (You Know Who You Are) By Andrew Wong-Rolle She stands there in the corner waiting Stands still beckoning to me like we’re dating But I remember the thrills of that first awakening My...
View ArticleStudent Submissions — April 2012
Killa-Cali By Bryant Phan I live in the city that gave California the nickname “Killa-Cali” And I find it funny how a city named for its trees is killing its seeds We don’t water our children with...
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