In honor of April’s National Poetry Month, we are pleased to showcase a selection of student poetry. Enjoy! Feel free to email us your own poems!

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You
Every morning I wake up and wonder how you’re doing
Every night I go to sleep thinking about how you feel
Every day I hope you’re doing better than the day before
And every second I want to hold you

Every time you cry, my heart breaks
Every time you laugh, my heart skips
Every time you hold on to me in fear, a tear falls down my cheek

Every moment I spend with you is a moment in heaven
Every moment I spend away from you makes me worry

Every day I love you more and more

-Terry Holman (Class of 2023)

I Miss You

The bee floating in the sky
The cat sitting in the tree
The frog looking at the fly
I see you in my dreams

I see you here and I see you there
Though I haven’t seen you in years
I miss you so, and know you miss me
You’re in the necklace that I wear

When I cry I feel you

When my coffee goes missing I blame you

I see you looking at us hazily

Come back to your family 

I wonder what it’s like where you are

I almost joined you once

But I felt your soul comforting mine

As you brought me back from my stunt

We miss you so

I know you miss us

I see you every sun set

And every sun rise

I love you so

-Terry Holman (Class of 2023)

“Should I Catch You”

It’s been more than a year
Yet you’re still in my dreams
Will I ever escape?

That’s a truth yet to be told
I don’t remember every time clearly
And maybe that’s part of the problem
You took something that was mine

Something I’ll never get back

The first time it happened,
I was confused
The second time it happened,
I was unnerved
I may not remember the date
I may not remember how many times
But I’ll never forget how it felt
I’ll never forget what you took

One thing haunts me more than the rest
Not the “why”
I know why
And it’s definitely not the “why me”

It’s the “should I catch you”
You were in pain, not the right state of mind
I’m tasked with this endless debate
“Should I catch you”

Is it worth the energy?
I don’t think I’ll ever know
You know what you did, exactly what you took
You know how much you hurt me

But I don’t think I’ll catch you
You’re too fast and I’ve been silenced
I never loved you and I’ll never hate you
But I’ll never forget your name

Forever <3

-Anonymous (Class of 2023)

Hmm
Will they ever know?
I think it is a question
That will stay unknown
-Terry Holman (Class of 2023)

Day and Night

I’ll hold you forever

I love you more and more

Day and Night forever<4

-Terry Holman (Class of 2023)

I’ll Miss You

I know you will leave

You will be much more happy

But it will still hurt

-Terry Holman (Class of 2023)