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For Teenage Girls by Clementine Von Radics

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For Teenage Girls by Clementine Von Radics

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Mrs. Marroquin
Topic/Thematic Concept: Female Empowerment
Explanation: I love the way she highlights teenage girls throughout history who, despite adversity, pursued their dreams and changed the world. This piece serves as a reminder that there is greatness inside us all. Greatness that is louder than the fear of failure.

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Clementine von Radics - For Teenage Girls

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Mrs. Plunkett

Topic/Thematic Concept: Unrequited (unreturned) love

Explanation: I enjoy how Sarah Kay personifies the toothbrush and bicycle tire. This extended metaphor captures the heartache of unrequited love, but it is also humorous and invites reflection.

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Dear Future Generations: Sorry by Prince EA

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Dear Future Generations: Sorry by Prince EA

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Gillian Kibbey
Theme: earth pollution
Explanation:  I like this poem because it really speaks the truth and touches on a lot of important problems in our world. I feel that earth pollution is one of our biggest problems as a human race.Not only is it hurting our resources but it is hurting the wildlife and what the future is going to be like.

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Natalia Targonski
Theme: Anxiety
Explanation: It talks about how anxiety is taking over her life and hows loving her is like staying at a haunted house and you can handle going there once a year but no one wants to actually live in a haunted house.

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Why am I not good enough? by Olivia Vella 

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Why am I not good enough? by Olivia Vella 

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Salma Nasr
Theme : Insecurities
Explanation : I like this spoken word poem because this girl is our age (in seventh grade ) and she talks about how girls have a lot of insecurities about themselves and feel as if they are getting compare to the "perfect girls" . And she asks " Why am I not good enough".

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Student's viral poem asks 'Why am I not good enough?'

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The Truth About Being A Girl by Aija Mayrock

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The Truth About Being A Girl by Aija Mayrock

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Morgan Boone
Topic: Female equality
Explanation: I love this poem so much because it explains the daily struggle of being a girl. I love how she obviously believes in what she writes and is an inspiration to others. I love how this poem gets right to the point and explains how even though girls should be equal girls are not treated like it.

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The People Vs. The School System by Prince Ea

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The People Vs. The School System by Prince Ea

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Chloe Davis
Topic/Thematic Concept - School System
Explanation - I love this spoken word poem because the author is explaining how leaders the US need to do better and change things when it comes to the United States' school system. He gives great examples of things we can change and makes valuable points as well.

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Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? by Prince EA

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Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? by Prince EA

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Maia Coyle
Topic/Thematic Concept: Social Media taking over our lives
Explanation: I like this poem because it shows that everyone is always attached to their devices. I also like it because he talks about how people don't have to be like everyone else on social media. It shows how social media influences people to put themselves down, and in this spoken word poem, Prince EA talks about how we can change that, and put down our devices to realize how beautiful the world we live in is.

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Syracuse Football Player's Spoken Word Poem To Orange Athletes by Cameron MacPherson

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Syracuse Football Player's Spoken Word Poem To Orange Athletes by Cameron MacPherson

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Graham Walter

Topic: Teamwork/Determination
Explanation: This spoken word poem describes the tough parts about working hard. Sleepless nights, sore body, worn out mind. But, it pays off. The determination to be great is unstoppable. He describes his season with his syracuse teammates, and how great of an experience it is. He talks about the ups and downs, but how they worked hard and as a team to dominate.

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Syracuse Football Player's Spoken Word Poem To Orange Athletes

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Slam Poem about Bullying by Aija Mayrock

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Slam Poem about Bullying by Aija Mayrock

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Dylynne Tutino
Topic/Thematic Concept: Bullying
Explanation: I love the way she talks about what happened to her to give a personal feel to the poem. Also, I can tell she is really passionate about the topic she chose and that helps the reader feel her pain. She helps you learn how to stand up for yourself and that others know that their not alone.

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Name: Riley Burns
Topics: Self empowerment
Explanation: I like this poem because it shows that you shouldn't hate on yourself and believe in yourself . Also it shows that you should be  proud of who you are and although the tone of the poem is disappointing because it shows how worried people can be, it makes you wonder and feel that you shouldn't feel that way about yourself .

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Name : Skylar Seidenfrau
Topic : Bullying
Explanation : This video talks about how hurtful words can be . The guy is saying that words make you sad and insecure . No matter how much you try not to  care , you do .

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Sticks and Stones: a poem about bullying | Jon Jorgenson

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Efrain Angon-Cruz
Topic: Technology
Explanation: I like this poem because it defines today's world really well. It also made me realize how attached we are to our phones and other devices.
Source:https://youtu.be/8-xk7YunVhc

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Ciarra Terrell-Smith
Topic: LGBTQ Community
Explanation: I like this poem because it talks about her everyday life and how people around begins to feel uncomfortable around her but. They don't know that the way they look at her makes her feel uncomfortable.

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Denice Frohman - "Dear Straight People" (WOWPS 2013)

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Brooke Zevon
Topic/Thematic Concept: mental illnesses, having support
Explanation: I chose this poem because the author puts no blame, hatred, or fear towards people with mental illnesses. Instead of informing readers that people with schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and eating disorders are abnormal, he takes a different approach. The author says how people with mental illnesses are superheroes, because they get up every morning, and put on a cape and a fake smile. They hide behind a mask people don't even know exsist; and for that reason, they should never feel alone. The author explains how telling someone "You're not alone" may not solve the person's problems, but it makes them feel worth something. Nobody should ever feel alone, and this poem emphasizes it.

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"You're Not Alone" - A Mental Health Awareness Spoken Word Poem

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I am NOT Black, You are NOT white by Prince Ea

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I am NOT Black, You are NOT white by Prince Ea

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Aditi Moturi
Topic/Thematic Concept: (racial) Equality
Explanation:  I love the way he presents his idea by bringing together people of all different kinds of races and backgrounds and how they speak the words he says making it seem like we have the same mind. Especially the two old men "switched" races by having the white man say he's not black and vice-versa. It made me think about how if those labels were switched, that would would society shaped them into someone they are not and be judged off of stereotypes.
This reminds us to not simply judge others based on what they look like or where they came from, but for who they actually are. You are most than just a label.

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I Am NOT Black, You are NOT White (2025)

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Roman Martinez

Topic/Thematic Concept: Skin Color
Explanation: I like this poem because it goes over the labels of skin, and about how the speaker feels when be called these names. This helps realize you shouldn't think of people as one way or another due to the way they look. I also like the vocabulary she is using during the poem, and the rate she is speaking, like she can slow down the pace or speed it up whenever she wants to to make a diffrent statement.

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Alessandria Rhines - "Truth Is..." (Button Live)

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Topic/Thematic Concept:Importance of love
Explanation:I love this poem because the world has almost ruined poem and her poem describes why it is important and if it dies before we die there is no reason on this planet and she uses humor to back it up.

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Elizabeth Acevedo - "Bittersweet Love Poem" | All Def Poetry x Da Poetry Lounge

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Katie Sullivan
Topic/Thematic Concept: Dropping out, school system
Explanation: I like this poem because it shows how often people drop out of school and break under the pressure of school and society. This poem tells listeners/readers that there are many people not able to make it through because of how the school system works.

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Methro Isaac
Topic/Thematic Concept: Love of a mom.
Explanation: I like how Denice use his body language to show readers how he feel about his mom. I also like how he use a lot of metaphor and the absolute languages.

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Adam Chihoub
Topic/Theme: Being yourself
Explanation: I like how he pushed his way through the bullying because he had a stutter and was afraid to speak. When he had to speak, the kids laughed at him and bullied him. He wants people to know that you shouldn't care of what people think about you. You do you. I also like how he said to be yourself no matter what you go through.

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"Everybody dies, but not everybody lives" by Prince EA

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"Everybody dies, but not everybody lives" by Prince EA

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Edith Santos
Topic:  Live life to the fullest, before time runs out
I like this poem because it explains and states how we only have one life to live, and we should live it with our hopes and dreams. We shouldn't be regretting what we have done in life. We should be regretting what we haven't done. We should be living out, taking risk, and going after our dreams. If we don't, then we will regret until the end. We shouldn't be trying to create a brand new begining, we should be trying to create a brand new ending.

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EVERYBODY DIES, BUT NOT EVERYBODY LIVES (2025)