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Poetry by Teresa Nguyen
Hope Through the Tears
By Teresa Nguyen
April, 2020
A small living thing we can’t even see
A killer among us. In you? In me?
Like a wave in a stadium flowing so fast
It spread. We weren’t ready. With stealth, so vast
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A Mother’s Plea
By Teresa Nguyen
June, 2020
My son, who is brown, why should I feel worry
That you are pulled over if you’re in a hurry
My son with dark hair, why should I feel fear
That one will mistake you for how you appear
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Christmas Hope
By Teresa Nguyen
2020
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When we reflect on this dark year
It’s hard to find that Christmas cheer
Stress and grief have filled our minds
A year so heavy for mankind
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The Drums of War
By Teresa A. Nguyen
2/22/2022
I hear the drums of war
A steady, louder beat
They're elsewhere on this earth
But vibrate at my feet
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To the Class of 2020
By Teresa Nguyen
April, 2020
To the Class of 2020:
You don't want to see my high school senior photo. PFFT. I want to see YOURS!
I'm sorry your last year is ending this way, with such an abrupt halt, especially after you have worked so hard to get here. And now...
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Women
By Teresa Nguyen
2019
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Sacagawea, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Eleanor Roosevelet, Rosa Parks, Dolores Huerta and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have each inspired us...and the list could go on!
These women did not become great by being quiet and fitting comfortably into society’s “ideal woman”. They became great because they stood up and spoke up.
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The Janesville 99
By Teresa Nguyen
May 29, 2021
1942, the height of the war
Stretching through Europe, the Pacific and more
They looked like grown men, but they were just boys
Enduring the terror, the deafening noise
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