In the spirit of National Poetry Month and LitWorld's Global Poem for Change Campaign, the Harlem Teens wrote some poems sparked by author Naomi Shihab Nye's words:
I send my words out into the air, listening for yours from everywhere....
They both decided to dedicate their poems to their mothers.
Tiffany, 17:
I send my words out into the air
Listening for yours from everywhere
You are a part of me.
Without you I would not stand
On my own two feet
You are the bridge on my path
Holding me up through my ups and downs.
Stephanie, 14:
I send my words out into the air
Listening for yours from everywhere
I want to tell you that I love you
That no one on this Earth can make me feel
As special as you can
I hope I have become what you expected me to become
Somewhere, somehow, we will speak
Whether it is from the wind in the air
Or the stars in the sky
We will always have a bond
And I know we will hear each other,
Becuase you won't give up on me.
So I am sending my words out into the air
Listening for yours from everywhere.