Solid Ground

by Tannenbaum, Judith

• ISBN13: 9781879960718
• ISBN10: 1879960710
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Aunt Lute Books

Summary

Upheaval, violence, chasm and split: Young poets explore the faultlines of contemporary urban life.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Judith Tannenbaum	1	(2)
Foreword
ZZ Packer	3	(6)
1. Bedrock
Elements
Lily Nguyen	9	(1)
The Earth's Poetry
Sayra Colin	10	(1)
The Letter O
Wen Sheng Huang	11	(1)
Everything Is Alive
Joseph Crowell	12	(1)
There
Jamelvin W.	13	(2)
Everything I Dream
Ignacio Sanchez	15	(1)
What Makes Me
Genesis Flota	16	(2)
Himalaya
Abdessalam Mansori	18	(2)
City Life
Elizabeth Thompson	20	(1)
Ghetto Girl
Deandra Kittles	21	(1)
Views of San Francisco
Johnny Herrera	22	(1)
City Lust
Craig F.	23	(1)
The Fall That Decorates the Streets
Maria Marin	24	(1)
What I Remember
Mayra Flores	25	(1)
In My Past Life...
Gabby Cole	26	(2)
She's Awake
Nalashi Almendral	28	(1)
Between Earth and Sky
Diana Marenco	29	(4)
2. Faultline
Broken Glass
Marco Moon	33	(1)
What Happened?
Lilian Dominguez	34	(1)
Being a Kid Is Hard
Sebastian Hernández	35	(2)
Drama
Bianca Sanchez	37	(1)
Friends in Temptation
Takeyah Chandler	38	(1)
Ain't Nobody Wanna Be Gay
Celia La Luz	39	(1)
Where I Live
Joey Martin	40	(1)
The Bottles
Joaquin Rinaldi-Petroni	41	(1)
The Bus Driver
Shahid Minapara	42	(1)
A Big Change in My Life from China to America
Wu Jia Yi	43	(1)
The Burning Bush
John Williams	44	(1)
Homeless Personification
Ynez Agurs	45	(1)
Get Stereotyped
Xue Sun	46	(1)
Spaces
Annie Yu	47	(1)
Invasion
Nez Carrasco	48
Stairs
Armando Aguilar	50	(1)
I, Too, Sing America
T.J. Williams	51	(1)
Truth Hurts
Diante J.	52	(1)
Life of a Toy Soldier
Nay Win	53	(1)
Fallen Rose Petals
Kenessa Robinson	54	(1)
Life
Edgar Y.	55	(1)
Where Were You
Marie Antoinette Osborne	56	(3)
My 'Hood
Angelica "Jelly" Pineda	59	(1)
Stop the Useless Killings
Alex Trono	60	(2)
My Life
Katelyn Williams	62	(2)
Free
Eric Foster	64	(5)
3. Stress
World
Arianne Aman	69	(1)
What Do You Do?
Bassam Esmail	70	(1)
The Clock Is Ticking
Teddy Williams	71	(1)
A Poem
Rosy Mena	72	(1)
Superstitious
Neil B.	73	(1)
I Am
Alexander O. Muhammad	74	(1)
Farewell
Jorge Aburto	75	(2)
Closed Window
Lovely Lopez	77	(1)
Air
Jermaine LeBrane	78	(1)
Stored Dreams
Holly Enrile	79	(1)
A Question of Love
Ayinde Bell	80	(1)
Who Will Break the Chain?
Eric Foster	81	(1)
Can't See the Clouds
Robin Black	82	(2)
When It Rains
Ingrid Z.	84	(1)
My True Name
Elizabeth Thompson	85	(2)
Fwump Frump
Grace Harpster	87	(1)
Not Today
Antonio Caceres	88	(2)
The Neutrals' Wake-Up Call
Robin Black	90	(1)
Our Year
Jessica Nowlan-Green	91	(1)
Revolve
Corey Largent	92	(1)
Where the World Changes
Chau Thai	93	(4)
4. Upheaval
Recipe for Fire
Saman Minapara	97	(1)
even the cool wind
Xuan Luo	98	(1)
Afraid of the Dark
Cecil T.	99	(1)
What Is a Hurricane?
Chang Lin	100	(1)
Think Twice
Marlon R.	101	(1)
The Last Time
Miuler Carrillo	102	(1)
Without Parents, Without Partners
Wen Sheng Huang	103	(1)
Learning English Is Like
Luany Teles	104	(1)
The Saddest Earthquake in My Life
Kaid "Anwar" Alameri	105	(1)
A Long Time
Chun Him Ip	106	(1)
Slashed in Two
William Huang	107	(1)
Blonde and Perfect
Ariana Montemayor	108	(1)
Car Lights in a Dark Garage
Hilsen Zhang	109	(1)
The Wind
Anthony Mejia	110	(1)
My First Busted Lip
Celia La Luz	111	(1)
Dead Man Walking
Diante J.	112	(1)
The First
Yanqing Yang	113	(1)
Two Rooms Filled with a Gang of Thoughts...My Mind
Brandon Franklin	114	(1)
Getting Ready
Chun Him Ip	115	(1)
poor old rotting flower
Ivan Cheng	116	(1)
Your Heart
Lena Zheng	117	(4)
5. Shock
Adolescence
Monique Chanduvi	121	(1)
Necklace
Alicia Ortega	122	(1)
What World Are We Living In?
Ricardo O.	123	(1)
Heart...and Knives
Kaid "Anwar" Alameri	124	(2)
Entering the Heart
Jonathan Lopez	126	(1)
Justice
Andriaj Cirklelis	127	(1)
Earth, No Sun
Jeremiah M.	128	(1)
An Obstacle
Franklin Bracamonte	129	(1)
Getting Out of Bedrock
Jamal S.	130	(1)
Nothing Till You've
Fallen Hardy H.	131	(1)
At Least with Me
Wakima Clark	132	(1)
Compatriot
Jorge Aburto	133	(1)
As I Walk
Elisa Batis	134	(1)
This Is the Year
Michelle Vail	135	(1)
Sunset
Shahil Patel	136	(1)
A Free Place
Nestor Cerda	137	(1)
Dark Figure
Brandon Kissinger	138	(1)
Anger & Poetry
Alma Garcia	139	(1)
Through Time
Marie Antoinette Osborne	140	(3)
Andrew
Monica Sanchez	143	(1)
Human Target
Francisco	144	(3)
6. After
Making New Things Before Us
Nadessa Corea-Levy	147	(1)
Venus: A Love Poem
Adrian Mowbray	148	(1)
The Letter O
Sobia Khan	149	(1)
Who Doesn't See Beauty in Pain?
Martrice Candler	150	(2)
Inside
Mikael La Torre	152	(1)
Lost Girl
Cheyenne Tores	153	(1)
Sisters
Noelle Turcotte	154	(1)
My Mom Is Everything
Ruben Hernandez	155	(2)
Below Yellow Glass
Jin Wei Deng	157	(1)
The Sun and My Life
Cocatli Martinez-Alvarado	158	(1)
Kobritika
Valentina Prado	159	(2)
Compassion
Heki Zhao	161	(1)
Ode to Hopscotch
Lily Nguyen	162	(1)
Family
Jialie Liu	163	(1)
Moon Craters
Maya Castleman	164	(1)
Tranquility
Suzanne Ly	165	(1)
Night Lights
Araceli Navarrete	166	(1)
The Fourth of July
John E. Sweeney	167	(1)
Reflection Rhea
Lyn Ferrer	168	(1)
Nothing at All
Luz Aburto	169	(2)
Between Me and the World...
Truong An Do	171	(1)
Let the Rain Kiss
Edson So	172	(1)
Once upon a Time
Egbert Gonzales	173	(1)
Poetry Bottle
Asefa Subedar	174	(2)
House without a Door
Dennis Villalta	176	(1)
Nana Don't Die
Martrice Candler	177	(4)
Put me somewhere else
Sandro Haro	181	(3)
WritersCorps History	184