Social Awareness Writing Project- Assignment 5

5. Write an original literary piece (poem, song, short dramatic scene, personal narrative, etc.) responding to a specific social problem/issue.

Poem:

Swirling, a great mass.

Raising hell from the ocean.

Lives, homes, people. Gone.

This was a haiku on Hurricane Sandy. I wrote a haiku on this topic, because Hurricane Sandy was a natural disaster that has affected us all in the tri-state area, whether it's caused us damage or not. This was a hurricane that devastated many people in the city. Subways were flooded, and many houses too. Some people even died.

Poem:

My heart, beating loud.

I was crying, alone. Dark.

Dragged away, bleeding.

This was a haiku on child soldiers. I wrote a haiku on this topic because we were learning about this issue in class. We read articles and watched videos about this, and it kind of feels like no one is really doing anything to help child soldiers. These are kids we're talking about here. Kids.