Reaching, Dreaming and Writing with Contemporary Young Adults (C-YA) at CAC

We opened our time with movement and haiku’s in response to Isa Gagarin’s gorgeous piece “Risåki (Receding Wave)” in the CAC lobby. Then, we read a piece from Alexis Pauline Gumbs that inspired us to write letters from the future and ended with sharing in an improv performance.

During the month of April some of these poems, along with others, will be shared alongside gallery wall text as part of National Poetry Month. 

Student Poems

Rory Brummer

Reaching to the moon
We hold out our hands to you
As goodbyes come soon

Gwen Uhlenbrock

White and Black and Gray
Silhouettes and abstract shapes
You are my color

If I am darkness
You are sunshine in the spring
Perfect Harmony

Mo Cambron

I am piecing together 
How to be a good friend
It will come together. Soon

And if you are still fighting for it, please carry on. 
Your fight is worth it. Find joy in the fight and in the glory of progress no matter how small. 
Know that each action you do is not insignificant, and it is only amplified by working together with your community. 
Know this: We are fighting for us, yes. But we are also fighting for you. 

Bryce Moorman

To my future comrade, 
How has life treated you?
Are you happy? Are you stressed?
What journeys have you undertaken
Life for your comrade as of now is a lil stressful
The rich are getting richer
The poor are getting poorer
As of now, we are on the brink of a huge change.
What changed?

Anna Morris

My roots are in my
Hands. They hold my dreams, my hopes, 
And my beauty.

Sophia Hamilton
On the mountain
There is a new star rising
Where a new era starts