Sally- 1st place SUHSD Poetry Competition
Poem Transcribed As Performed Warning this poem contains situations of sexual assault and post traumatic stress disorder. For the things, I left unsaid in my last poem and the chains…
Survival Skills 101- 1st place SUHSD Poetry Competition
Poem transcribed as performed. I can’t remember the last thing he ever said to me. I’m starting to forget what he looks like, maybe that’s why I decided to write…
Flowers, Bones, and Mothers.
An unnamed gentleman walks into an all-white room with nothing on his body except a dirty discarded robe, dirt underneath his fingernails, and his skin bruised as if his sins…
The Way I Was Made- 2nd place at NEA Big Read
“The worst injury is feeling you don’t belong so much / to you” I am 1 in 4. Not 1 in 4 to rebel against my parents and dye my…
Father’s Day to Little Ol’ Me
“It doesn’t matter,” I tell myself, allowing my thoughts to overwhelm me. But there has to be the reason why I was left to scroll through the…
The Beauty In A Name
You probably do not remember who I am and even if my name means any significance, you probably do not remember the way I look, as it is a few…
My Street- SUHSD Poetry Competition 2016-2017 2nd Place
I won second place at The Spoken Word contest with this piece. Poem Published As Performed. My skin color is one of discussion but my race is one of…
Kenya Burton Poetry 