ATDOAPTI Poems

I think that Junior is a leader because he is the first one to leave the rez, and who knows maybe later some other kids will leave the rez. His sister leaves the rez and gets married because of him. She moves to montana.

“Where I’m From”

Junior

I am from fighting

and struggling

I am from small houses

and smaller rooms

I am from bad schools

And lost hope

I am from traditional Native dinners

I am from tradition and poverty

I am from racism and bullying

I am from hardships and bravery

I am from the eternal loop

and seclusion, a never ending

cycle of generations

I am from drawing,

comics, and learning

I am from uncertainty and curiosity

I am from the thinkers and the seekers

I think that Rowdy is a leader because he is sort of mean and scary but people look up to him because he fights for what he thinks is right. He doesn't follow anyone, he makes his own path

“Where I’m From”

Rowdy

I am from toughness and attitude

I am from few friends and

many enemies

I am from drunk parents

and fighting

I am from “survive” and protect

From racism and poverty

I am from the old houses,

bad schools, and bad parents

I am from the forgotten

and the lost

The abandoned and the lonely

The strong and powerful

I am from cartoons and hopelessness

I am from the unheard and the unloved