L5C poem Gomez Cora

Our home 

by Bautista Gomez Cora

Watching smoke choking the sky,

Makes me want to cry.

The water was classy and smelled so clean,

There hasn’t been anything more beautiful that I have seen.

Everywhere we saw there was green,

No matter where we looked there was always gonna be a tree.

The factories won’t even try,

To pollute less I don’t know why.

Now the water is dirty and smells vile,

This just happened in a while.

If we don’t have fresh air,

We will die and it will be fair.

Come and see the future with me,

We are all responsible for what you can see,

And we cannot go back to change what we have been.

We don’t have to lose our hope,

Because our future, our tomorrow, isn’t already gone.

Anywhere we are, anywhere we go,

We just need to take care of the planet, Our Home.

Five ways to like a boy

by Catalina Ortiz

There are many cumbersome ways to like a boy.

You can make him go to a party,

And get a pretty dress which you think, he will adore.

Play good music, and dance all along.

Maybe he won`t notice you`re in the party.

And that will make you sad. And will make you think,

Is it me, or is it him?

Next time you will try to wear a shorter skirt,

And maybe he`ll look at you, cause everyone likes

Short skirts. (I wonder whether they like hearts. I wonder

If he`ll look at mine.)

But obviosuly if that doesn`t work,

Maybe you should try to drink Vodka as if it were water,

Because that is cool. And maybe he`ll think you are cute,

Just becuase you could almost pass out, deadly drunk

Retching and straggering as if you were a child.

Before giving up on prince charming, you might try something out.

Turn into those girls, who are desperate, and will even think

They`re ugly.

Or fat.

They`ll get skinny, and wear makeup everyday.

Just to feel beautiful.

Just to feel not themselves.

Indeed, there are cumbersome ways to like a boy.

In real life,

Or in fantasy, you decide,

You can talk to him, about the things you like,

And give him a smile. And look at him,

With your open heart, being just who you are.

And, I promise, he will not only like you, it will be love,

The real love.