GRAPHIC STORIES

There are many ways to tell our stories. Drawings help us to visualize as well as to focus the reader on certain aspects of our story. Here's a sample of some of the graphic stories that we designed. Most are based on a specific aspect of our lives such as an earliest memory or something that is irreplaceable to us.

THREE POEMS

The following three poem drafts were inspired by words from several articles we read in class. Each poem was a collaboration and were chosen by the Literacy Arts classes to be published in the next volume of Scribbled Blue Dreams.

The Novice
by Karina B., Joseph M. and Nyador R.

Her eyes are glistening
as she tumbles down the stairs
her normality perishes
I try to woo her
she’s dissociating herself
her soul flowing away from her body
as if the devil is kidnapping her soul
she’s very terrified
I try to find courage in myself
but I’m a novice

Glistening Day
by Caleb N., Dee T. and Dee Dee M.

On a glistening day a car bombing brings
desolation. The streets are flowing with blood from
the victims. People are suffocating from not only dust and
smoke, but from fear. The tragedy brings an already decrepit
area into a terrified war zone. These regular acts of
evil prove to be a diversion for peace. This broken
society is far from being mended. Evil has become
the normalcy in the region where the loss of courage
has become an epidemic.

No Where to Run
by Breanna K., Joanne R., Johna B. and Jenna H.

The glistening stars above
are so beautiful It takes
your breath away, like a
pillow suffocating you. It’s
like you’re terrified of the
flowing sparkling water. There
was a car bombing and you
started to run. run to where
who knows, then you
stopped because of a diversion
There's a sparkle
coming out of the ground
so you can gain some courage
to walk over, you give yourself
permission to interact with
the sparkle. Then you fall into
the sparkle into desolation. Everything
that sparkles isn't gold