1. Honest friend to me. /Teacher helps me all the time.\ She scratches my head.
2. Tasty hamburgers /cooked by an honest good mom,\ buys me nice clothing.
3. Giving birth to me, /she buys clothes and cooks with love,\ fried, breaded, chicken.
4. She buys me my clothes /and gets my sisters’ hair done.\ She cooks food with love.
5. Amor de madre,/ arroz y habichuelas\ con chanqletas. (A mother’s love, rice and beans with slippers.)
6. Beautiful grandma /always brings me my favorite\ Oreo cookies!
7. I love my mother /she is always there for me,\ love mom forever.
8. She is always nice, /even helps out sick people.\ I like her fun jokes.
Problems women face:
1. Making sure theirs food, /working everyday ‘till night,\ picking up her son.
2. Having big belly /baby pushes, and she screams,\ baby hands reach out.
3. Trying to teach me, /but we keep fooling around\ and she has to work.
4. A single mother. /Men lay their hands on women.\ Choosing their leaders-
5. The need to go work, /nacimos sin un padre,\ brothers fight too much. (We were born without a father)
6. Crying grandchildren /need to be fed every day.\ That is expensive!
7. Mom’s task is so hard. /She must struggle every time,\ this is difficult.
8. Working twice as hard, /to be seen as less than men,\ never accepted.
Solutions we offer women:
1. Less work means me time, /more relaxing without kids,\ great things happening.
2. We are family now. /When baby grows up he’ll help,\ medicine for pain.
3. We stop being fools /when we take her serious,\ she’d throw a party!
4. Protect all women. /Punish abuse against them.\ Women Presidents!
5. I get things for mom, /familia sin pelea\, mom would be feliz. (family without fighting [happy])
6. Family can help feed /all other family and then\ tuck them into bed.
7. Government could help /with less work time everyday.\ Please help them out now?
8. New laws must be made. /We need women friendly jobs.\ Treat her like she’s you!
Poets:
1. Brian is 10 years old.
2. Mushin is 12 years old.
3. Rayray is 13 years old.
4. Joshua J. is 12 years old.
5. Rosita Z. is 11 years old.
6. Solmarie S. T. is 11 years old.
7. Ali A. is 13 years old.
8. Adam H is 13 years old.
awesome dean. and to the poets- truly
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome! I loved reading the words of children. It's great that they can see what the women in their lives go through and know what they have to do to stop the struggles!
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