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Title

Solid ground / WritersCorps ; edited by Judith Tannenbaum ; foreword by ZZ Packer.

Publication

San Francisco : Aunt Lute Books, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Tannenbaum, Judith.
• WritersCorps.

Description

185 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"One hundred years after San Francisco's Great Earthquake of 1906, WritersCorps gathers the powerful voices of San Francisco youth reflecting on solidity, violence, upheaval, and regeneration in their lives and in the world. The poems in these pages are a moving story, eloquent, fragile, courageous, and shattering."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Youths' writings, American > San Francisco
• American poetry > San Francisco
• American poetry > 20th century
• American poetry > 21st century
• Youth > Poetry

Contents

Elements / Lily Nguyen -- The Earth's poetry / Sayra Colin -- The letter O / Wen Sheng Huang -- Everything is alive / Joseph Crowell -- There / Jamelvin W. -- Everything I dream / Ignacio Sanchez -- What makes me / Genesis Flota -- Himalaya / Abdessalam Mansori -- City life / Elizabeth Thompson -- Ghetto girl / Deandra Kittles -- Views of San Francisco / Johnny Herrera -- City lust / Craig F. -- The fall that decorates the streets / Maria Marin -- What I remember / Mayra Flores -- In my past life ... / Gabby Cole -- She's awake / Nalashi Almendral -- Between earth and sky / Diana Marenco -- Broken glass / Marco Moon -- What happened? / Lilian Dominguez -- Being a kid is hard / Sebastian Hernandez -- Drama / Bianca Sanchez -- Friends in temptation / Takeyah Chandler -- Ain't nobody wanna be gay / Celia La Luz -- Where I live / Joey Martin -- The bottles / Joaquin Rinaldi-Petroni -- The bus driver / Shahid Minapara -- A big change in my life from China to America / Wu Jia Yi -- The burning bush / John Williams -- Homeless personification / Ynez Agurs -- Get stereotyped / Xue Sun -- Spaces / Annie Yu -- Invasion / Nez Carraseo -- Stairs / Armando Aguilar -- I, too, sing America / T. J. Williams -- Truth hurts / Diante J. -- Life of a toy soldier / Nay Win -- Fallen rose petals / Kenessa Robinson -- Life / Edgar Y. -- Where were you / Marie Antoinette Osborne -- My 'hood / Angelica "Jelly" Pineda -- Stop the useless killings / Alex Trono -- My life / Katelyn Williams -- Free / Eric Foster -- World / Arianne Aman -- What do you do? / Bassam Esmail -- The clock is ticking / Teddy Williams -- A poem / Rosy Mena -- Superstitious / Neil B. -- I am / Alexander O. Muhammad -- Farewell / Jorge Aburto -- Closed window / Lovely Lopez -- Air / Jermaine LeBrane -- Stored dreams / Holly Enrile -- A question of love / Ayinde Bell -- Who will break the chain? / Eric Foster -- Can't see the clouds / Robin Black -- When it rains / Ingrid Z. -- My true name / Elizabeth Thompson -- Fwump frump / Grace Harpster -- Not today / Antonio Caceres -- The neutrals' wake-up call / Robin Black -- Our year / Jessica Nowlan-Green -- Revolve / Corey Largent -- Where the world changes / Chau Thai -- Recipe for fire / Saman Minapara -- Even the cool wind / Xuan Luo -- Afraid of the dark / Cecil T. -- What is a hurricane? / Chang Lin -- Think twice / Marlon R. -- The last time / Miuler Carrillo -- Without parents, without partners / Wen Sheng Huang -- Learning English is like / Luany Teles -- The saddest earthquake in my life / Kaid "Anwar" Alameri -- A long time / Chun Him Ip -- Slashed in two / William Huang -- Blonde and perfect / Ariana Montemayor -- Car lights in a dark garage / Hilsen Zhang -- The wind / Anthony Mejia -- My first busted lip / Celia La Luz -- Dead man walking / Diante J. -- The first / Yanqing Yang -- Two rooms filled with a gang of thoughts ... my mind / Brandon Franklin -- Getting ready / Chun Him Ip -- Poor old rotting flower / Ivan Cheng -- Your heart / Lena Zheng -- Adolescence / Monique Chanduvi -- Necklace / Alicia Ortega -- What world are we living in? / Ricardo O. -- Heart ... and knives / Kaid Alameri -- Entering the heart / Jonathan Lopez -- Justice / Andriaj Cirklelis -- Earth, no sun / Jeremiah M. -- An obstacle / Franklin Bracamonte -- Getting out of bedrock / Jamal S. -- Nothing till you've fallen / Hardy H. -- At least with me / Wakima Clark -- Compatriot / Jorge Aburto -- As I walk / Elisa Batis -- This is the year / Michelle Vail -- Sunset / Shahil Patel -- A free place / Nestor Cerda -- Dark figure / Brandon Kissinger -- Anger & poetry / Alma Garcia -- Through time / Marie Antoinette Osborne -- Andrew / Monica Sanchez -- Human target / Francisco -- Making new things before us / Nadessa Corea-Levy -- Venus : a love poem / Adrian Mowbray -- The letter O / Sobia Khan -- Who doesn't see beauty in pain? / Martrice Candler -- Inside / Mikael La Torre -- Lost girl / Cheyenne Tores -- Sisters / Noelle Turcotte -- My mom is everything / Ruben Hernandez -- Below yellow glass / Jin Wei Deng -- The sun and my life / Cocatli Martinez-Alvarado -- Kobritika / Valentina Prado -- Compassion / Heki Zhao -- Ode to hopscotch / Lily Nguyen -- Family / Jialie Liu -- Moon craters / Maya Castleman -- Tranquility / Suzanne Ly -- Night lights / Araceli Navarrete -- The Fourth of July / John E. Sweeney -- Reflection / Rhea Lyn Ferrer -- Nothing at all / Luz Aburto -- Between me and the world ... / Truong An Do -- Let the rain kiss / Edson So -- Once upon a time / Egbert Gonzales -- Poetry bottle / Asefa Subedar -- House without a door / Dennis Villalta -- Nana don't die / Martrice Candler -- Put me somewhere else / Sandro Haro.

ISBN

1879960710 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005037424
• 9781879960718

OCLC

• OCM62762222
• SCSB-5240997

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries