Kent’s Park Orchard Elementary student Weang Weang read the following poem as part of the Writers in the Schools Student Reading and Celebration June 1 at the downtown Seattle Public Library. He also read the poem June 22 in front of the Kent School Board.
My Skin
by Weang Weang (with Daliantae McNeil)
My skin is like shadows on the ground
That keep you cool when it’s hot
My skin is like sweet chocolate cookies
My skin is like crows
Flying in the sky naturally
My skin is like the nights when you dream
Sweet dreams and not sour
My skin is like black labels
My skin is like juicy olives
My skin is like soft panda skin
My skin is like dark knights armor
My skin is like a black tuxedo
My skin is like ants marching from one place to another
My skin is like a fast furious and sneaky puma
My skin is like sweet hot cocoa
When I’m happy I taste like gumdrops
When I’m happy I smell like fresh pears
My feeling is creative and powerful
When I dream I see music filling people’s hearts
Just cause I’m dark like the night sky
Doesn’t mean I can’t shine like the bright stars
So think before you speak next time cause
This is the way I am
Weang Weang is a fourth-grader at Park Orchard Elementary in Kent.
Park Orchard, 11010 S.E. 232nd St., was the first Kent school to partner with Seattle Arts and Lectures to offer the Writers in the Schools program. Park Orchard joined the Writers in the Schools program two years ago. Each school in the program houses a professional writer in resident who visits classrooms once a week.
The poem will be published in the Writers in the Schools anthology.
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