Tuesday, September 29, 2009

But When by Professor Joann Brown

She allows her children to experience themselves through her.

She knows they will eventually understand

Their connectedness to all

For, although they have dominion,

They are all intertwined, related, enmeshed in her

And with all other life expressions.

How could it be otherwise,

Since they emerged from the same source.

The same divine energy flows through them all, plant and animal alike.

They do not understand how powerful they are, but they will.

Without knowledge or understanding of what they are doing,

Their thoughts, words, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors pour their consequences

Into her being, and she allows it all.

For they must learn.

Though she stands firm and unwavering in her love for them,

They do not see that they are destroying, her beauty

Her ability to sustain herself, them, all life.

Species lost, land and water polluted,

Yet they continue, blindly believing

In their selfish ignorance

that they can do anything and remain unscathed.

In her great love for them, she warns them

She cannot allow herself to be destroyed,

So she must cough up their poison,

Wash out their pollution,

And blow away their indiscretions.

Still, They do not heed her admonitions.

They continue their reckless, wanton exploitation

Of all that she is.

She knows that they can and must learn

But when?

Friday, September 18, 2009

Change Your Mind And Change Your Life By Prof. Bert Lorenzo

Proposed College Prep Anthem


We help you change your mind and change your life

In college prep.

We help you reach your goals step by step.

We start with a main idea

That education is the mind’s panacea.

Learn to tell fact from fiction

And to spot contradiction.

With logic and clarity sentences you’ll compose

So great ideas and truth you can expose.

We dedicate our knowledge and experience

To teach our students to reject prejudice

And see how some use words illusively

To hide their bias.

In college prep we help you develop the skills

To conquer strife.

We help you change your mind and change your life.

Copyright Bert Lorenzo, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I Stand Beside Nature by Ms. Yasmin Moses

I stand on the floor that is man-made!

I breathe the air that’s supposed to be fresh and clear!

I walk on the rich green grass.

I sit next to a tired animal waiting to be heard!

As I live each day…I care for the smaller voices.

The ones who have no say!

The shrubs yell to be clasped by the hands of a caring-person.

The nature…we belong to yearns for help!

Time is not courteous…it does not stop!

I stand beside nature…

People walk by …looking, nearing to the end of the day!

The wall is as white as an angel’s wing!

The sky is blue as sea that is beneath me!

If I stand beside nature…will you see the face that it gives...sadness?

I stand beside nature worried, concerned, and frustrated

Like nature, I worry…what is going to happen in 20 years from now, to this place I call home!

Nature has no voice; therefore, my voice is nature’s voice!

Monday, September 14, 2009

What My Mercedes Means to Me by Prof. Stephanie Packer

Watch out who you hang with

Shadows
Dreams pressed into cold cash
For you maybe it’s just a beautiful machine
Held harmless

What’s missing in here
Do I see it out there shimmering on the pavement

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Brave by Ms. Yasmin Moses


Strength, wisdom, courage;

No one can deny these three words, if you are Brave!

Keep your dreams alive…

Live fearlessly…

Change only when you are ready!

Take a risk and chance!

Be Brave!

Everyone has that special gift!

Have you found it yet?

Be the Brave woman, or man that you are!

Before you realize it… the goal you have tried to achieve stands right beside you!

In the strength, wisdom, and courage that molds your bravery.

Brave is who you are, just find it within!