CAL MIDDLE SCHOOL'S 1st Annual Poetry Slam

CAL MIDDLE SCHOOL'S 1st Annual Poetry Slam was a huge success... Hosted by SAYS very own INTENSE (www.intenseproductionz.com) and CAL Middle School's best teacher Ellen Holt. There were so many students from CAL Middle School and McClatchy High School that the night lasted an hour longer due to high demand in poets wanting to perform their pieces they worked so hard during our writing workshops...We can't wait for next years event. In the end, Cal Middle's very own Lavesha Cisco won the title of Slam Champion from a tear-jerker poem about her own personal experiences within her family. Please watch this awesome poet spit her heart out in front of strangers and peers; a Brave New Voice created in front of your very own eyes...

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Hurts Me Soul by INTENSE

By INTENSE

(Inspired by Lupe Fiasco)

I'm so affected/

How I neglected/

Your pain and feelings/

Told a lie to withhold the truth/

Came back and pulled the tooth/

HURTS ME SOUL

No hope just despair/

Made fun of U about ya hair/

Cheated on you with no purpose/

Now I feel so hopeless/

HURTS ME SOUL

Time Spent on late nite conversations/

Connections linking relations/

So I pray for forgiveness/

Yet double standards inspired this/

HURTS ME SOUL

Now I have to change my arrangement/

Or lose out on a future engagement/

No ring needed or symbol required/

White dress black tux so uninspired/

No wedding bells or rice in place/

Unconditional Love in dire need of space/

HURTS ME SOUL

All beginnings have an End/

What French Films call FIN/

Finding Forever was our love/

But Love was conquered by distrust/

And without trust there is no L.O.V.E./

HURTS ME SOOOOOOOUUUUULLLLLL!

Thanks LUPE!

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