This past week Hyde Park Academy High School’s poetry club spoke their names. They discussed their origins, the power of each nickname, and what their names mean to them. These are two of those poems.
Hyde Park Poetry Club
9th-12th Grade
Bernard…
by Bernard T.
bravery saving me
in the situations
that I’m handling
patiently healing the scars
Bernard always ‘gone realize
the good and evil in different people
awareness rises
and truth be told
Nardo been bold
all of the shadows around him
but he latent to the gold
Acceptance
Javion C.
When I was born my father gave
me my name. It’s a shame I had
disdain because it was different.
Now that I know the history
behind it I don’t mind it.
