The following 20 poems by WritersCorps students are available for the Poetry Projection Project. Adults aged 23 and older must include the entire text or audio of one of these poems. Youth ages 22 and under entering the contest are welcome to use one of these poems, but may also submit films based on their own writing.

Text for the poems can be downloaded here:  Poetry Projection Project 2012 Poems (This link downloads a PDF.)

Listen to the poets reading their poems below. You can download the MP3s via the widget below, or through this link. (Once you have clicked on the link, you will see a list of all of the poems. Please find the poem you wish to download. On the far right-hand side will be three icons: a downward arrow, a heart, and a right-pointing arrow. Click on the downward arrow to download the MP3 file.)

Several poems were recorded in Spanish. The English translations have been provided in the text document. Should you use the Spanish audio, please provide the English subtitles in your video.

Please note that you are not required to use the audio provided. You may record someone else reading or forgo audio altogether.

If you need assistance, please contact us at writerscorpsevents@gmail.com or 415-252-4655.

She, by Kendra Allen (1:04)
Because she used meth / She forgot who she was

clawboy, by Robin Black (1:54)
light rain and rusty tin can wind chimes

con man, by Robin Black (2:42)
the dice dance…the trumpet trance

imagine, by Robin Black (1:18)
ill agenda / gone ’til november / surrender

In So Many Words, by Antonio Caceres (0:33)
I’ll meet you there / In between Nonsense/ And speaking wit the utmost confidence

My Life as a Floret of Broccoli, by Leah Kelly-Reingold (3:05)
You’ve seen me dozens of times before.

bus 49, by Anna Lei (0:54)
(riiiinnnng) / kids rush out / and onto the bus

Destination of the Heart, by Evelyn León (:53)
the destination of my heart / buy a ticket and get on BART

There’s No Place Like Home, There’s No Place Like Home, by Ashton M (:33)
for ill and for good / give me something worth fighting for

Cities Change, by Marcella Ortiz (:50)
I was born right off of / what is now cesar chavez street

Untitled, by Marcella Ortiz (:42)
Footsteps imprint / sink into the sand

ad pondus ominum/to the weight of all things, by Indiana Pehlivanova (1:28)
my father is water and water tight / fire and fire proof

To the man in the train, by Indiana Pehlivanova (1:14)
I remember scattered coffee beans / and piles of sugar for the ants to find

Untitled, by Indiana Pehlivanova (:44)
A asegull was learning to fly / Learning to manipulate the night

Amiga, by Sandra Pulido (:33)
Amiga, sé que nuestra vida tiene / mucho en común

En Alguna Habitacion, by Sandra Pulido (1:50)
En alguna habitacion me encontre / con un cuerpo abandonado

Untitled, by Hong Truong (0:50)
Every day I wake up and see / A reflection of myself that I can’t see

Welcome, by Hong Truong (0:36)
Welcome! / Welcome to the biggest park in the world!

Musee Mecanique, by Annie Yu (1:35)
I enter nostalgia / with 25 cents clutched in my fist

My Name, by Nicole Zatarain Rivera (1:31)
Name, name calling, name dropping name-less