BECA Lit Mag Online by BECA Lit Mag https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19 For any art and writing created by BECA students! Submit to litmagBECA@gmail.com with your name and a title. en-us 2020-05-19 14:11:22 UTC 2026-02-26 12:31:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f42f.png litmagbeca https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/582599739 Jenifer L., Our Urban Growth]]> 2020-05-19 14:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/582599739 This Week's Prompt: litmagbeca https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/582968243 "Summer Vibes"
For this week's Lit Mag prompt create a piece that shows what you enjoy about summer or what you have enjoyed so far. Have fun with it!]]> 2020-05-19 16:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/582968243 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589362968 Sai B., A Sweet Afternoon]]> 2020-05-22 16:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589362968 selineynfante https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589370063 Seline Y., A Blaze of Color [taken in D.R.]]]> 2020-05-22 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589370063 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589384388 Sai B., Holding On

I wanna feel again. I feel so numb. I can’t hold on to anything, not even on to myself. I feel so pressured by all these problems. Can anyone hear me or am I alone? I don’t see anyone but they all claim to be there. My mind is stuck in a place where I want to escape but is forever trapped. I need help but I can’t get it, not for a while. For now I have to hold on to myself the best I can. For how long, I don’t know. Hopefully… long enough.]]> 2020-05-22 16:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589384388 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589589381 Deepa T., A Blooming Start]]> 2020-05-22 18:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589589381 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589592806 Deepa T., A Blossoming Welcome]]> 2020-05-22 19:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589592806 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589598973 Deepa T., The Shining City]]> 2020-05-22 19:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589598973 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589618527 Keandra S., [title]]]> 2020-05-22 19:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589618527 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589637644 Keandra S., The New Normal

“The New Normal”
“Coco, Mango, Cherry?”
People outside..It’s scary.
Noise. 
Phone. 
Car. 
Drone.
Supermarket lines stretched out like an Amazon vine.
Card? Declined.
Long hair.
They don’t care.
Nail shops open.
Racism is still floating.
UberEats over all the streets.
People on sidewalks, no meal to feast.
“Your total is $7.89.”
Two cents needed.
So she greeted.
Fresh fruit everywhere.
No Fresh Air. 
Social Distance.
So the mother can’t kiss him.


]]> 2020-05-22 19:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/589637644 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/592077515 Seline Y., Algodón de Azúcar]]> 2020-05-25 00:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/592077515 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/592194470 Sai B., My Soulmate
I slowly drown out the world around me. I drift into a peace surrounded by various of melody's. I can hear the words travel around my mind and imprinting themselves into my brain. It has the ability to make me feel loved, the ability to believe. Whenever I listen to it, I always remember that I don't want realism, I want Magic. This music was my soulmate, the only one for me, the only one who understands me.  ]]> 2020-05-25 03:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/592194470 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/595475260 Aaryan M., A Sweet Afternoon
Oh sweet afternoon
As the sun disappears
Color begins to manifest
But oh 
Oh
These colors that brings joy 
Creates joy for now, 
A different reason
A reason like none other
It is no longer the joy for the visual aesthetic
But simply
For 
The joy of being able to say 
“I’ve lived through yet another day and was able to see the sun set again”
The joy for pleasing our eyes 
Have now turned into the joy of saying 
“We’ve lived to see the beauty of the world 
For yet another time”
But now what once brought joy 
Once instilled joy 
Just makes us reflect on what we have
As well as 
What others 
Sadly 
Do not


]]> 2020-05-26 18:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/595475260 selineynfante https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/595916130 Seline Y., Words
Words are like a wielding a sniper
Aim at your target from a concealed position 
Pull the trigger and fire at the unsuspecting victim
The gun does not fire itself 
The wielder holds the power 
So is the gun to blame or the person who fires it? 

Words are like candy
Sticky
messy
unhealthy 
Coated in sweetness
They coat you and stick with you 

Words are like a document 
It can not be unsaid 
Blows after blows 
It becomes permanently edged on the skin of the victim 
In bold letters it prints your skin 

Words are like a table whose fourth leg is broken 
Unstable and unreliable 
Having the ability to bring down everything around it

Words, words, words 
Carelessly thrown out of the sky
Pebbles that shouldn’t make a difference 
But even a tiny pebble can gain strength and cause mass destruction 
Words edge into our skin and become permanent


]]> 2020-05-27 00:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/595916130 selineynfante https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/595925598 Anonymous, Darkness
She welcomed darkness
It's ability to hide the monsters 
Their bloodstained hands lured her 
The darkness consumed her 
It's cold long fingers soothing her hair
Telling her “it's okay”
The void eating her sanity at a scrutinizing  pace 
It's hunger growing day by day

Those around her will be her utter destruction 
The expectations have driven her into absolute madness
Their words like bullets
The gunshots cracked into the sky in a cacophony 
As the bullets punctured her skin she begged for mercy
Her cries remained unheard

The blare of the gun leaving her momentarily disoriented
The loud noise echoed and groaned in pain 
Leaving her in a trance

So she welcomed darkness
“Mercy” “mercy” she cried to the void 
Darkness with its cold long fingers soothed her
She is well acquainted with the demons disguised as angels
the darkness disseminated like a deadly disease


]]> 2020-05-27 00:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/595925598 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/607608123 Sai B., To Be An American

What does it mean to be an American?
Does anyone really know?
People tell me that to be an American, 
it means you are proud of the country,
that you feel honored to be a Citizen.
Tell me, how can I be proud to be an American if that's what it means?
How can I be proud when my black brother's and sister's blood are being spilled on the streets?
How can I be proud where in a country with such a strong military believes that violence is not the answer?
How can I be proud when this country runs on racism and prejudice?
How can I be an American if I'm not proud of this country?


]]> 2020-06-02 19:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/607608123 Keandra S., AmeriKKKa keandrasewell https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/612013276
I pledge allegiance to the flag of...
I didn’t pledge to live this way
Scared ..Tired ..Upset..Hated..Hateful
The United States of AmeriKKKa
Land of the free
Land of the wealthy 
Land of the helpless
Land of the oppressed 
And to the republic for which it stands…
We don’t stand 
We glance
We shoot to kill if we have the chance
Shoot them. Kill them. Mistreat them.
It’s only white. (no typo)
No justice. No peace. No sleep at night.
They want no color here..Colorblind..
The only color they want here in AmeriKKKa is the opposite of mine.





]]> 2020-06-04 22:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/612013276 syedabegum https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/652084116 Sai B., I don't know
Tell me, what do you want to be when you grow up?
I don't Know.
What do you mean You don't know?
I don't know.
Child, you should know. You're expected to know.
But, I don't know...please, I really don't know.
I hope you do know though, the future will hold nothing for you if you don't know.
I know.]]> 2020-07-10 23:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/litmagbeca/LitMag19/wish/652084116