2014 Creating Communities Arts Mentorship Academy Creative Writing Journal
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Transcript of 2014 Creating Communities Arts Mentorship Academy Creative Writing Journal
Make Up Your Mind:
Connect, Extend, Challenge
The 2014 Arts Mentorship Academy
Poetry Journal
Dedicated to the six luminaries who inspire us to connect, extend and
challenge ourselves:
Maya AngelouWiley H. Bates
Bill GatesMahatma Gandhi
Frida KhaloMalala Yousafzai
Much thanks to the generous sponsorsof Arts Mentorship Academy 2014
Leonardo Da Vinci Sponsors℘ The Weinberg Foundation℘ Creating Communities℘ Helen J. Serini Foundation℘ Judy Family Foundation℘ Helena Foundation℘ Matt Larson℘ NextGen Giving Circle of CFAAC℘ Annapolis Musicians Fund for Musicians (AMFM)℘ Anne Arundel County Public Schools℘ Annapolis Rotary℘ Anne Arundel Women Giving Together℘ Arts Council of Anne Arundel County and April Nyman℘ City of Annapolis℘ Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County℘ Anne Arundel County - Maria Casasco and Yevola Peters℘ Inovalon
℘ Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts℘ Olivia Constants Foundation℘ Parole Rotary of Annapolis℘ Severn Savings Bank℘ Vartanian Family Foundation
Picasso Partners℘ ACG Systems℘ Martha Blaxall℘ David and Frances Boyce℘ Centerpoint Church Women’s Group℘ Chick-fil-A, Annapolis Mall℘ Galway Bay℘ Beth Latture℘ Mojo Art and Image℘ Beverly Nash℘ Panda Express, Annapolis Mall℘ The Santin Family and Maximus Properties℘ Seeds4Success/Eastport Girls Club℘ Severn Town Club
It does not take a knight to defeat a dragon.
You do not need to fight with a sword.
You do not need armor to deflect the flames.
All you need is to be yourself.
Savannah Carter
To be brave
is to stand up for yourself,
your beliefs,
and your friends,
no matter what others say.
Even if you are scared
moving forward
despite your fears
takes bravery.
Savannah Carter
Dance
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
Love recognizes no barriers.
It jumps hurdles,
leaps fences
penetrates walls
to arrive at its destination
full of hope.
Savannah Carter
People connect
through common
reasons, goals, or emotions.
They gather together
for strength
and power for the spirit.
Savannah Carter
Feet what do I need you forwhen I have wings to fly?
I don’t paint dreams or nightmares,I paint my own reality.
I love you more than my own skin.
You deserve the bestthe very best
because you are one of the people in the
worldwho are honest to themselves.
Sophia Demilio
trees
don’tlet anyone
ever tell youyou aren’t special
or unique! You are anamazing, wonderful person
like none other! You’relike a tall, beautiful tree. No tree grows
the exact sameway. Each
one hasit’s own
unique branchesjust like how you
have the thingsthat make you
you!so goahead,
spread your branches.
Zander Nix
Author Unknown
Strong As A Stone
Strong as a stone like a rock.Strong as a stone like the Hulkwith the strongest of fear.Can’t hold backI feel like a challengeJust like Nelson Mandela.
A strong man with freedom helps his peopleof the barsof the jailsails with hate.But with the strong of care and love of his peoples.
Of the people that calls my nameNelson, NelsonSon of an African American manNever gives up on love of his people.
Strong as stone,Can’t be brokenWith the love of my people.
Deja Ashanti Barnett
Count all of your talents,
Hang on to them,
All it takes is a
Little practice.
Love what you have,
Enjoy life,
Never stop improving.
Great things can happen.
Accept challenges.
Camille Wallwork
Love ♥
To love someone in this worldyou must penetrate theirs
and your own barriers.
Unless you encounterthe many defeats that love brings
You may never findyour one and only true love.
Delaney Hatfield
A rainbow is as beautiful as you areRecognize that love has no definition.
Find you destination in your heart.You must not let anyone turn you down.
Unless you want to be let down.
Bryana Bynum
What?
What are the stars?Why do they shine?
What is space?How long does it stretch?
What is the moon?Who lays inside?
What are the birds?Where do they fly?We may not know
Unless we ask.
Sabrina Wallwork
Maya Angelou
Try to let love recognize
you.
Love won’t bedefeated. Love will
work onthose whoneed hope.
-Quionna Barnes
Shalom
means
peace
and
peace
should
be
spread
all
around!
Shalom.
Issac Colbert
The promise that I made to myselfwas to make the world
a better place.To bring peace
love,joy
to all.
Issac Colbert
We did an experiment with rocks.
Each rock is something you do to change the world.
What you do might not be such a challenging task.
But everyone’s rocks together is quite a hand full.
When you throw a rock into water it makes ripples.
The ripples spread to other peopleinspiring them and making them
a better person.
Sara Andrews
Talent is when you have something special.But if you keep your talent in,
people won’t knowhow special you are.
When you show them your talentthey will know
how special you are.And they might even
become a friend.
Keliss Levone
I will open my mindto love inspiration.
Hope to findThe clearing of friendship
and peace of mind.Peace of art
Peace of hopePeace of kindness
Peace of friendshipof the word.
Travel the riversHoping for love
But what you findIs not what you saw in your mind.
But yet you’re satisfiedWith what stands before.
Mallory Shannahan
Nothing will work unless you do.
Nothing will work unless you try.
Nothing will work
Unless you do it.
Olamide Makinde
To be a good dancerI must jump hurdles.
To make my dreams come trueI may have defeats,
But I can’t be defeated.Nothing brings me down
Unless I let it.
Kaiyah Johnson
To be a performer,You have to have a
Destination of hope and dreams.
We may struggle and sometimes fall.
But hopeful,No one or nothing will stop you
From believing in yourselfAnd your dreams.
Victoria Holt
SilenceHelps othersAllowing others to share personalitiesLive, love, laughOpen heartedMaking you feel calm.
Victoria Holt
CriticalHardAwesomeLife ChangingLifeExcitingNeutralGriefExcellent
Sara Andrews
Life has many components.
In life you should love to learnAnd learn to love.
Life can be cold.Like cheese that’s 10 years old
grown with mold.
In life you should care,Live wanting to keep your hair.
Life can be hot,Live learning what’s right and what’s not.
In life, you should appreciate,that’s the only key to get through life’s gate.
Jaasiel Elaman
Jewelry people describe it has bling
Jewelry I describe it has culture
It is one thing that a lady must haveIt shines in the night time under the moon.
Denaye Pritchett
When I grow up, with my talentI will share it with the world.
I think my talent is singingSo I will share songs with people
And teach them how joyful it is to learnand share other talents.
Talent isn’t something to compete about.Everyone is different in their own way.
Everyone has a talent,Even if you don’t know what it is.
You have one.And it’s unique.
Tora Chikara
TallYoung
JoyAthleticHelpful
Tyjah Brown
Will I have a tragedy like Hamlet?Or will I go mad like Ophelia?
Maybe Il’l end up like CinderellaHaving a perfect ending.
Who knows how my life ends,But one thing I know is that I won’t know where I’ll endBut I know where I’ll start.
I’ll start by beginning the change.
Ta’Nia Ulmer
reality
Reality isn’t an emotion.It’s one to live
one to come alive in.Real is what one should
Be with itself.Be true to who you are
It’s your reality.Live it how you please.
Be yourselfWhether it involves being “weird”
It’s still who you are.This world may judge you
But at least you can sayYou died being real to yourself.
Ta’Nia Ulmer
Slowly but surely I’ll take these stepsThe path that I am destined for.
Everybody knows where they’re going.Everybody but me.
I’m the odd man out.My path is fogged and hidden from me.
The way is slow and so unclear.But yet I’ll try to make it.
Don’t lose your way, I tell myself.Don’t trip, don’t speak,
Just keep walking.I’ve heard there’s a mountain to climb,
That’s bigger than all the others.
I’ve heard it’s dangerous,But I don’t care.
Some may say one should avoid itBut I’ll climb it to the top.I’ll use all of my strength,
And when I feel I can’t do it anymore,I’ll take the last step.
Jessica Diggs
I could not hold temptation any more.
My mind could not control my foot.Tippity-tap-tapping on the floor.
My hand beat oh so gracefully on the drum.
Never before have I had so much fun.
Jimmy Gabriel
Design your ownArtistic loveNever give upCreate your dreamsExpect the best.
Camille Wallwork
Stand for what you loveHave a heart and soulInspire othersNever give in to a dull brainEffort will make you shine.
Camille Wallwork
What you seeWhat is not
Extravagant and amazingShy and melancholy
A little pictureA happy childWe are all oneNot one in fileBut in a place
A place that’s ours
HomeIt’s a place or a thing
Or a feelingmy home is family
My home is my brotherMy home is for my loved ones.
Jasmine Charles
The “Perfect” Family
Look in the mirrorAnd what do you see?
The future that you wantOr the one that they want you to have?
Devonte Bell
Now if you had to choose,What would you want?
The left:Where you work all dayJust so your gold-digger of a wifeCan spend it on herselfAnd be miserable.
Or
The right:Where you can have multiple stories published,And a caring husbandThat can make you happyAnd be happy with you.
Your choice.
Devonte Bell
Follow your Dream
Follow your dreamNever give upNever settle
Keep moving forwardAnd you will succeed.
Angel Colbert
Cover art: Title: Portrait of Wiley H. Bates
Medium: Magazine clippings and acrylic on wood