On April 6, 2011, future poets, parents, teachers, and library staff attended the El Paso Public Library's Poetry Awards Assembly. El Paso Public Library Director, Dionne Mack Harvin, spoke and took individual pictures with the winners. Keynote speaker and poet Roberto Bryd from Cinco Punto Press read some of his poems as did individual poetry winners.
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Honorable Mention Poem from Esperanza Acosta Moreno; Poet Lauren from El Dorado High School
I am an American Soldier I can't trust civilians around me They all look suspicious Some plan to blow me up to smitherens Some hate us so much for the way we live back home.
I am an American Soldier My family doesn't understand the stress They think I've changed I have changed. I can't see myself anymore That part has died.
I am an American Doldier At night when I'm alone I close my eyes and see fallen comrades Watch as they take their last breath Knowing I'm the last thing That they'll ever see again.
I am an American Soldier I live with sorrow I see suicide I see murder I hear heart wrenching cries I smell broken earth I smell blood stained ground.
I am an American soldier Empty allies Deserted streets The hot wind against my cheek The sweat dripping from my brow My heart is broken I am an American Soldier
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