By Jonathan Chen | Staff Writer
Here are the rest of the submissions we received from students for National Poetry Month.
“Rhyme and Reason” – Talia Basma
We write with love, not logic
We share the stories of the silent
We are the voices of the lost
The words guide us like a map for travel
The lines write like music
The rhythm beats like a drum
The rhyme sings like a willow
We shoulder the responsibility
To leave paper wet with truth
We shoulder the responsibility
To be forever
The words arrange with rhyme and reason
The lines read like a song
The rhythm dances like a ballerina
The rhyme rings like a symphony
We shoulder the responsibility
To leave paper wet with truth
We shoulder the responsibility
To be forever
“No Title” – Amrutha Prakasha
i have these fears
they are irrational,
how do i make them rational?
i have these dark secrets
not spoken of to anyone,
how do i reveal them?
i have done these deeds
which are standing like weeds,
how do i pull them out out my mind and others’?
i have love in abundance
but only for a few,
how do i show it to them as if it’s new?
“A New Spring, an Old Blossom” – Hassan Bokhari
The Spring arrives
The time of bloom is now
For all the flowers that are now revived
As they adorn the brilliance of their freshness
Except for my heart
It’s bloom has long since passed
For it’s awakening happened
When we met at that time
That time when you swept me off my feet
Without even having to do a thing
But as I try to find myself within the flow of petals
All I can find is you
You, the one whom I come back to, time and time again
And as the Spring renews the life of flowers
To those flowers which have lost their petals
Spring has given me more vigor to my heart
So that I can continue to find you, wherever I may go