My Chinese by YuShu L.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

My Chinese is grass, it is common in the forest.

My Chinese is water, it is common in the ocean.

My Chinese is hole, a drop of water flows daily until it is full.

My Chinese is my memoir, it records my growth.

So I will let it record my all life. 我爱中文

My Turkish by Firas S.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

If you tell me "do you know Turkish" I will say evet az. My Turkish is like a tree getting taller every day. My Turkish is balloon getting bigger and bigger. My Turkish is like a house getting built every day. My Turkish is like an infancy growing every day. My Turkish is a soldier getting trained every day. My Turkish is a library that gets new books every day. My Turkish is a cubic trying to be together.

This reminds me when I came from Yemen. I was trying to build my English and my father helped me to achieve my goal which is building my English. I felt so excited to learn new language and I also felt that my future started in this moment. Because I was excited I started to learn the language Turkish and my goal is continue learning new languages.

The Translation by Kendy R.

Translation is a way to understand what they say,

If you do not know the language the best way

To understand and understand and be able to do your

Clases . if you know the answer but not the language

You do not know how to write it you are looking

For translation. The translation it's like the lost dog

Trying to search the streets.

I Love My Spanish by Juan D.T.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

My Spanish is like the dawn of the day.

My Spanish is amazing.

My Spanish is the love that I can express.

My Spanish is good because I like

it more than English.

Never Stop by Emma Esther G.

Never stop follow your dreams

Never stop smile

Never stop do what you think

is better for you

Vive tu vida como creas que es mejor

Proponte ser better each day

Live apesar what the people said

Since September by Nisha J.M.

Since September I think I accomplish a lot of thing in my life in school I made a lot of great friends

And they are very nice and trouble sometimes. The only thing that’s bother is being in a class that is like a airplane that is about to crash and the pilot try to keep it in control, that’s how I feel about doing hard work

(Untitled) by Nirvana R.

Tragedy is the most ridiculous that man has but I am sure that animals although suffering, do not exhibit their grief in open or closed theaters (homes) and their pain is more true than any image that each man can portray as painful. If only I had his caress close to me as the earth the air is given the reality of his a person would make me more cheerful, I would move away from the sense that fills me with gray. Nothing would be in me so deep, so final. But how do I explain my enormous need for tenure! My loneliness of years. My nonconforming for maladjustment I think it is better to leave, to leave and not to escape. Let everything happen in an instant.

My Dear French by Loukens C.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

My French is a an elder gazelle left behind,

by its running herd to get mauled by lions

My French is like digging a backyard with bare hands,

looking for unknown treasure

My French is my promise made to my grandmother at her deathbed,

with no hope of accomplishing

My French is like a high priced shoes left in a closet

and never worn again

My French is a wolf with no arms being judged in a court,

accused of murder with claw marks as evidence

If you ask me how well I know French, I will tell you that French was an old acquaintance of mine betrayed by my memory

La vie etant courte by Farid Abdel T.

Il faut jamais cesser d’en profiter comme on le veut

Essayer de realiser ses reves les plus fou

Sans se demander que seraient les consequences

Se faire plaisir autant qu’on veut selon nos moyens

Ne jamais ecoute les grands parleurs

Qui sont la pour nous pourrie la vie

Penser un seul instant a ceux qui sont sur les lits d’ hopitaux

Ils aimeraient etre a votre pace en bonne sante

Profiter de votre vies parce qu’on sait jamais quand on partira

Life is very short you must never stop enjoying as you want

Try to realize your craziest dreams without wondering what the consequences would be

To please ourselves as much as we can

Never listen to the big speakers who are there for us rotten life

Think for a moment about those who are on hospital beds

They would like to be at our place in good health

Enjoy your life because we never know when we leave this world

English Poem by Mohammadou A.

1.The English is important to me sometimes the people talk something I don’t understand

2.The English can help some people or can help you

3.Sometimes the other country they use English language

4.The English is the language the people like

Fulani Poem by Mohammadou Anne

1.English Ene wadi fayida taw ko miin waala yimbe wodbe

2.English Ene waawi waluudem wala yimbe

3.Sahaji ko godo woro kambe ebe kaala English

4.English ko demgal jimbe njidi

My Language by Shaima N.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

My language is not separated

Even if move away from my country I will not be able to get away from my language

My language

My language is the only thing that will be with me where I go

I and my language like soul and body do not live one of us without the other I need and need me

Dave by Dave H.

Dave,

Son of God,

Which means David in French

My Mother got that name from a Bible,

Which is a really popular name.

Dave,

Running like a leopard,

Shining like stars,

Hot like the sun

Always prepared for school.

I was a little kid

Who Always dreamed big,

Also scared of my dreams

And still want to chase it.

Dave,

Came from a little Island

That has a billion of birds,

And it’s like a mysterious Island.

Shadow your past and bright your future.

I believe in my religion because

It keeps you in safe,

Help you do good things,

It’s like a paradise.

My family is like God,

They supported me in every situation

They help you a billion times.

MON CREOL by Dorine F.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Mon créole est ma culture

Mon créole a été présent le jour de ma naissance

Mon créole dit ou je suis indigene

Mon créole défini qui je suis

Mon créole défini ma mere, mon pere, bref ma famille en entier

My Learning Makes an Endless Future by Amgad N.

My learning makes an endless future

But your learning will remain

Everything will leave you

But your learning will be with you

All people will dispense with

But your learning will help you

Everything is difficult in this life

But your learning help you overcome difficult

Nothing can deliver you to what you want

But your learning will deliver you to what you want

My French by Romial C.

after Melissa Lozada-Oliva

My French is what I need

My French is easy to read

My French is what I want to be

My French is all about me

My French is a story I want to share

My French is understanding better than my English

My French is my second native language

My French is where I from and where I go

If you asking me about my French

I gonna tell you is me!

Saying Goodbye by Ismael N.

SAYING GOODBYE TO YOU IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO YOU’RE MY FIRST THOUGHT I WAKE UP AND MY LAST THOUGHT WHEN I GO TO TO SLEEP.

DIW KE MALE SE PI GWO BAGAY DIFISIL POUM FE OU SE PREMYE PANSE KI NAN TET MWEN LEM LE E OU SE DENYE PANSE KI NAN TET ME LEM PRAL DOMI.

Come to new country by WenQi J.

Leave my country come to America

Is like opened a magical door

You will be attracted by the things inside

When I in this country

Everything for me is new

Like street, food, environment and people

All are different for my country

Also I know I have a lot things need to learn

Like learning different language

Habits different environment

And different people

Some people will think this is easy

Some people will think this is hard

But you have to get used to it

I’m trying now, how about you?