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Winning Poetry Entries
from the 2006
"Vision of Race Unity" |
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Elementary School |
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First Place - 2 Way Tie |
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"Rainbow" by Christelle
Miller
4th Grade - Little Flower School
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To me, race is a rainbow.
Everyone has their own color.
Each color makes the rainbow beautiful.
America is a rainbow of different races.
Blacks, Whites, Indians, Hispanics, Asians,. . .make the rainbow
radiant.
We are all united in some way.
So if you are about to judge someone because of their color,
Remember that they are part of our beautiful rainbow. |
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Alex Rahn
5th Grade - St. Agnes School
We live in unity
Every single race is the human community
No matter what colored face
We can all live as one and still have fun
If we do not, how would our lives run?
That is the plot we need to stick together
Forever And ever.
And we can never think we are better than others.
We are equal sisters and brothers.
What matters is the inside not the color of the outside.
People have died because of race hate.
We can’t change that because it’s too late.
But how can we make a difference now?
By loving everyone on earth because we have been given love since
birth.
Love is worth much more than winning a war.
Because of races or similar cases,
We could have been nothing but God made us something.
He made us all equal in his eyes.
If people tell you otherwise then those are lies.
We are all equal and the same size to God, our Father, our Creator.
We can’t wait until later to make a change
Because peace is within our range.
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Second
Place
Clayton Taylor
3rd Grade - St. Agnes School
I see blacks and whites fighting. It makes
me sad.
I wish I could stop this fighting.
One time I was playing basketball and I fell and
a black boy came running by. He asked if I was okay.
I said, in my head, “He isn’t mean or scary. He is nice.
Maybe where his house is, is scary. But it doesn’t mean he is.” I
thought they were until then. God made us equal. He doesn’t see us
black or white, red or yellow. We shouldn’t either. |
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Third
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“Just Us Kids” by Kim Orlando
3rd Grade - St. Agnes School
We are the kids of the USA,
Now listen what we have to say.
We all get along fine
From year one to ninety-nine.
We help each other like we should.
We’d end world hunger if we could.
We have friends, new and old,
Mine are Meredith, Lauren, Kevin, Alex, and Cole.
We all have fun, black, white, red, or yellow
And any other fellow.
We play all day and have a good time,
But isn’t that what we should do?
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Middle
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First Place
Aziza McNeese
7th Grade - Lincoln Magnet School
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“United we stand, divided we fall—“ Aesop
Ha! You’ve got that right.
Our country is slowly falling into a state of jealousy and envy.
But Hey, “We’re
Just Ordinary People”—John Legend
Yeah, we all say that, but without back up.
We were all brought up to treat others the way you want to be
treated. But all that kind of drifted away with all our other
important qualities.
“Love, so many people use your name in vain. . .”-Musiq Soulchild
Now, ain’t that the truth,
But why do we use war instead of love to solve our problems.
You see, “War is not the answer. . . for only love can conquer
hate.”—Marvin Gaye
People fight over little things like, gas money, parking spots and
baby’s daddies,
but fighting gets nothing accomplished.
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together
in unity.”—Colossians 3:14
But is this truly what we believe?
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High
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First Place
"Every Note Has its Own Soul" by Curtis Penfold
9th Grade - Divernon High School
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The
Master plays His song,
everybody listens to the music,
Nobody tells him to segregate the keys
on the piano.
They’re all played together,
making independently beautiful chords
with progressive rhythms,
Each note has its own place in his masterpiece.
Like the keys of a piano are we,
Each note has its own sound as each
person has their own spirit.
Don’t deny any soul the privilege of expression,
Everyone must be allowed to be hear so life
can play its masterpiece.
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Second
Place
Diantha Harper
10th Grade - Auburn High School
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When you
think of racial unity, what do you see?
I see people helping others understand they’re just
like you and me.
But sadly, not everyone agrees with this racial communication.
You can find them anywhere, in any place of the nation.
But looking past those people, I seem to always see,
So many different faces as they smile back at me.
When I think of racial unity and the power that it holds,
I am no longer afraid to stand out and to be bold.
I think of unity and see many people, their color undefined,
No one is excluded and no one is left behind.
Everyone just talked and laughed, until we did proclaim
That no one is different and all will be treated the same.
There will be no more racist comments and jokes to listen to and hear
for some people, this hopefully helps resolve their fear.
But unity is needed for people fighting amongst their own races.
It is needed for those who are less lucky and living in unfortunate
places.
Different gangs are feuding for things that can be fixed without a
fight, making a family and their neighbors worry for half the night.
They sit and wait for the call saying their child is gone
All because he simply “rubbed somebody wrong.”
I hope that my dream will one day come true
and people will see that the races are no different
than me or you.
But for now I can only hope and wait
And pray to God that it’s not too late.
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