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By: Savannah Smith based on Austin Kleon's Black Out Poetry

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Black like me
Ain't "brown" like her
It's darker, more authentic
And it sho 'nuff don't look blended
Nothin' in me but negro
And it sho 'nuff shows!
The color of a coffee bean
And I admit not always easily seen
But when it shows,
It "SHOWS"
And it's sho 'nuff beautiful?
So, consider it stepping outside the cubicle,
The way I ain't at all 'shame'
To stand in the sun
And risk a tan
Ain't afraid of bein' darker than I am
Not like some folks
Who can't cope
With dark skin
Don't know what they would do
If they turned black-blue
So I had to come to a conclusion
To Step outside the dark skin/light skin
Illusion
'Cuz see, my skin, I really can't change it
You know, 'cuz this the God made it
And all my pigment really ain't none
Of yo' business
'Less you wanna tell me that ya love it
Like I do
'Cuz black like me ain't "brown" like her
And it never will be, 'cuz it's too easy 'bein BLACK, LIKE ME!

Mariel Hicks, Creative Writing Department

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Swimming through a sea of tears, hoping you won't drown in your own misery
Flying through a cloud full of thoughts, hoping you won't be engulfed by stress overload
Seeing the world through both your eyes instead of a camera by your side
Hearing everything that's real and not hooking beats, capturing verses, and flowing
melodies through headphones
Tasting every flavor of the sky's painted cliche in contrast of edible artificials that will
never stay
Taking everything this majestic land has to offer but not to compensate by taking
shortcuts that will never prosper
Feeling the sand of a Westside California beach or the mud of a swamp in Australia under
your feet but you let designer shoes be your standing seat
Smelling the natural existence of this universe as you inhale every morning yet you
immerse your lungs in store bought fragrances that you're yearning
Ailing in a forest of fading breaths where you find a kingdom of final peace and rest
And when dismissed from this world for lack of energy
You will see a dream come true - a change of SCENERY

Silas Vassar, Creative Writing Department

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Creative Writing provides opportunities for students to refine their creative writing skills and abilities beyond those developed in the required English Language Arts Courses.  This course encourages students to see writing as a unique way of thinking, and as a means of constructing and conveying meaning.  Students are encouraged to explore and develop their own ideas.  They are also encouraged to explore many different ways of conveying meaning through writing, and to see how methods and styles vary among differing perspectives.  Through experiences in creative writing, students are encouraged to see connections between their own writing, the writing of others, and the broader world around them.  Students are to focus on the genre of their choice (which is subject to change throughout their individualized courses of study).  Students will be responsible for working independently on their chosen focus.  Weekly assignments will be posted to include weekly writing assignments, readings, workshops, and journals.  Such assignments will be submitted for contests and publication.  Students will also work as mentors and editors within the Creative Writing Department.

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