City of One

by Writerscorps

• ISBN13: 9781879960695
• ISBN10: 1879960699
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Aunt Lute Books

Summary

Young urban poets and authors make the act of writing into an act of peace.

Table of Contents

Introduction	15	(2)
Janet Heller
Foreword	17	(6)
Isabel Allende
one IN THE WORRY OF THE WORLD
Sitting by the Window at Grandma's House	23	(3)
Asefa Subedar
Questions of the Universe	26	(1)
Michael Renigen
What Is	27	(1)
Oscar Mangandid
When Will It End	28	(1)
Suzy Chen
White Balloon	29	(1)
Elina Ansary
What Have You Done?	30	(1)
Diana Marenco
Dear Mr. Bush	31	(1)
Ben I.
Compassion	32	(1)
Richard T. (a.k.a. Reno V.)
In the Mind	33	(1)
Yvette Martinez
The Jungle	34	(1)
Jordan Declouette
I Am in the World of Worry	35	(1)
Charlene Weah-Weah
My 1st Birthday	36	(1)
Eric
Frustrations	37	(1)
Julissa Abigail Juarez
Speaking Underground	38	(2)
Gabby Cole
What Do You Know about African People	40	(3)
Charlene Weah-Weah
Ode to Sunset	43	(1)
Rosa Alvarado
Spirit	44	(1)
Kareem S.
Name Poem	45	(1)
Rachel Fan Wu
Journey of Emotions	46	(2)
Cierra Crowell
Baby Bits	48	(1)
Grace Harpster
Macau	49	(1)
Ryan Tang
Some Day	50	(1)
Juan Angel Sarmiento
Going to God's Place	51	(1)
Tatiana Stewart
Nico	52	(2)
Dominiq Wright
What Is a River?	54	(1)
Apple Li
Haiku	55	(4)
Joseph Beck
two UNDER FIRE
On the Road to Inner Peace	59	(3)
Deborah Gallegos
Incognito	62	(1)
Clea von
OUTside/INside	63	(2)
Natriece Spicer
Twelve Days	65	(1)
Cameron Contos-Slaten
Never Safe	66	(1)
Grace Sizelove
Under Fire	67	(1)
Marco Moon
We Drown	68	(1)
Maya Castleman
Far Away	69	(1)
Dexter (Derwin) Dizon
In the Real World	70	(1)
Armando Mejia
Fog and Peace	71	(1)
Maya Castleman
War	72	(1)
Bora Kim
The Mystery of Cheetahs	73	(1)
Elizabeth Thompson
Home	74	(2)
Greg E. (a.k.a. Pistola)
Black vs. Latino Fight at ISA	76	(1)
ISA Group T'ang Poem
Regret	77	(1)
Everick S.
Safety Issues	78	(2)
Cynthia A.
What I've Seen	80	(1)
Zelkja Lazic
The Projects	81	(1)
Tazia Payne
Ghetto State of Mind	82	(2)
Charles K.
Red and Death	84	(1)
Cynthia Lopez
The Ghetto Curse	85	(1)
Dartanian K.
Hope	86	(1)
Jimmy Phetthiraj
Gangster	87	(1)
Philip Bautista
Never Safe	88	(2)
Jermaine LeBrane
My Story	90	(1)
Yesis Lazo
Dreams	91	(4)
Michael Xiao
three OUR WORDS ARE UNIVERSAL
Paz Comienza Contigo	95	(1)
Armando Aguilar
Waiting	96	(1)
Robby Macam
Mystical	97	(1)
Stephanie Membreno
In My City of One	98	(1)
Amy Guadalupe Medina Villa
I Am	99	(1)
Lawrence W.
Do Not Call Me	100	(2)
Safwan Alzindani
I Come From	102	(1)
Sharina Weatherspoon
Magic	103	(1)
Emmanuel Caramat
Baraka	104	(2)
Marco A. Ramirez
I Bit into Life	106	(1)
Thea Matthews
Inside of Me Are Many Rooms	107	(1)
Luis Miguel Bravo
Sending	108	(1)
Peter Amaya
Love Is Everywhere	109	(1)
Antonia Soto Arias
Seeds That Can't Grow	110	(1)
Raymond Saechao
Friend Who	111	(1)
Bashir Algaheim
Oath of Friendship	112	(1)
Guan Feng
No Paper No Books	113	(1)
Jia Jian Lin
We Are Sisters	114	(1)
Mission Girls Group Poem
I Am	115	(1)
Stephanie Dunlap
What Makes Me Myself	116	(2)
Orion Royce Macario
See Me	118	(1)
Rosy Mena
My Face	119	(1)
Seth Gossage
Seeing Clearly	120	(2)
Rasheedah Mahir
The Peace	122	(1)
Saman Minapara
My Friend	123	(4)
Lily Nguyen
four PEACE IS HARMONY WITH THE THINGS AROUND YOU
My People	127	(2)
Sadaf Minapara
Morning Glory	129	(1)
M'kia McCright
Family Night Out	130	(1)
Daniel A.
Hummingbirds	131	(1)
Huu Viet Chau
I Remember Ukraine	132	(1)
Anna Zaytseva
Mexico	133	(1)
Alejandra Gamez
In Chinatown	134	(1)
De Feng Yu
Searching for the Perfect Wave	135	(1)
Jonathan Hansen-Weaver
Jamaica	136	(1)
Sharina Weatherspoon
Sweet Mangoes	137	(1)
Emmanuel Caramat
El Salvador	138	(1)
Claudia Portillo
Deep Inside	139	(1)
Antoine
It Is the Earth's Birthday	140	(2)
Shahid Minapara
Rander, India	142	(2)
Asefa Subedar
Ireland	144	(1)
Sara Aylward-Brown
The Peacefulness of Mexico	145	(1)
Ruben Cuevas
Gifts of Life	146	(1)
Gilma De León
Ramadan	147	(1)
Abd Hammash
Where I Want to Be	148	(1)
Gabriel Deras
Aja Cayetano	149	(1)
Aja Cayetano
My Mommy	150	(1)
Ei Ei Kyu San
When IGrow Up	151	(1)
Yen JunXu
You Bring Out the Latino in Me	152	(1)
Erick Piedrasanta
Today I Feel	153	(1)
Remy Stapleton
New York Sites	154	(1)
Bella Tishkovskaya
Indian Spirit	155	(1)
Octavio S.
I Remember	156	(1)
Ignacio Sandoval
The Other Side	157	(1)
Kali Shelton
Why I Love Au	158	(1)
Angelica Pineda
Rain	159	(1)
Minny Wang
Coconut Milk	160	(1)
Rigoberto Canchola
15th Street	161	(1)
Armando Aguilar
House of Dreams	162	(1)
Reygen Pardilla
My Mom	163	(1)
Samantha Cortez
The Seasons Back Home	164	(1)
Zhen Wen Zhang
My Brother	165	(1)
Grace Sizelove
Monkey	166	(1)
Angel Allen
Night and Day	167	(1)
Liu-Fen Zeng
My Heart	168	(1)
Tommy Nguyen
The Reflection of My Eyes	169	(4)
Jesse Paul Meek
five HOPE WAITS, LIKE US
Uttarayan, Festival of the Kites	173	(2)
Shahid Minapara
Sleep	175	(1)
Dexter Ganaden
The Healing	176	(1)
Susana Sandoval
Hope Sounds Like the Sea	177	(1)
Raudel Ruiz May
Equality	178	(1)
Valentina Prado
Dragon in Eagle's House	179	(1)
Fu Xiong Zeng
Anger	180	(1)
Saman Minapara
One Body Found by Love	181	(1)
Evangelina Thomas-Guevara
My Feelings	182	(1)
Denise Navarro
My Imagination	183	(1)
Choi Wa Kuong
My Brother	184	(1)
Zhi Min Lin
Abuelita Birra	185	(1)
Lizzeth Carmona
Counting the Ways	186	(2)
Andrea Rodriguez
My Magic Senses	188	(1)
Steffanie Surga La Cumbis
The Tree	189	(1)
Cierra Crowell
Nani	190	(2)
Asefa Subedar
No Mo	192	(1)
Antoine Johnson
Freedom	193	(1)
Hardy H.
Stories of Our Past	194	(2)
Marshay Dillard
I Want to Send	196	(1)
Carlos Cartagena
WAR	197	(1)
Bianca Porras
The Bus to the Big House	198	(1)
Leo P
Something to Live For	199	(1)
Onnie B.
The Ghetto	200	(2)
Neil B.
Nigeria's Girls	202	(2)
Ibukun Hambolu
This Is What I Want to Pass On	204	(1)
Lateefah Simon
Mother Who	205	(1)
Elmehdi Rahmaoui
Anthem to the Tree of Freedom	206	(2)
Qiana Powell
Where My Beauty Comes From	208	(1)
Sadaf Minapara
Blessing	209	(1)
Mercy Services Group Poem
Work for Change	210	(1)
Penelope Zheng
I Wish	211	(1)
Whitney Spencer
Healer of Natoma	212	(2)
Vicente Nalam
The Sweater	214	(1)
Jorge Pacheco
Broken Man	215	(1)
Raeana Martin
Beautiful Painting	216	(5)
Nichelle Fullbright
six OURS POETICA
My Poem about Peace	221	(1)
Nalashi Almendral
How to Sing	222	(1)
Dannesha Nash
Anything	223	(1)
Janudine (Tom) Tran
The Music of Poetry	224	(1)
Cierra Crowell
I Need to Write	225	(1)
Emmanuela Ocean
Everything	226	(1)
David Hernandez
Poetry	227	(1)
Jacqueline Beck
The City	228	(2)
Eric Corn forth
Poetry Does Not Come Easy to Me	230	(1)
Ben Carter
A Simple Piece of Nothing	231	(1)
Shahid Minapara
What Poetry Is	232	(1)
Bella Tishkovskaya
The Girl Hidden	233	(1)
Asefa Subedar
How Poetry Feels	234	(1)
Angela Anderson
Kalu	235	(1)
Anthony Miller
A Poem Is the World	236	(2)
Rosmery Ramirez
WritersCorps History	238