Mr. Jimenez, creative writing teacher, is proud to announce Miami Senior High’s Creative Writing class participated in in the Barnacle Society’s poetry competition last weekend. The competition included many other high schools, and there were more than 600 poems submitted. Miami Senior High had three students selected for the top 15 poems and 54 of the 90 poems selected for display, a whopping 60% of the poems selected were written by Miami Senior High.
3 of the top 15 Finalists
Brendha Ballester: They (plus 2 other selected for display)
Ranny De Jesus: Final Breath (plus 2 other selected for display)
Vanessa Gonzalez: Cruel Metamorphosis (plus 2 other selected for display)
At least one poem centrally and individually featured under main pavilion (48 poems are in this category):
Brendha Ballester: Exhaustion, Fake Promises
Vanessa Gonzalez: Within You, Scarred Path
Ranny De Jesus: Gone
Julian Valois: His Quiet side of the Room, The Life She Grew
Heidy Nunez: Casino
Helen Duarte: J.
Liana Bracero: Little Bird
Francis Figueroa: Soft intentions, Sharp Goodbyes. , Temporary
Nathaly Ferrufino: Illusions
Yoandris Leal: Fake Faces, Mind Control Media
Yindely Ledesma Time, Living in the Past
Ayleen Pereyra: Caramel Kiss, A Lizard Dreams of Dragons, Dear Cat
Zorelle Blanco: Trepanation
At least one poem individually posted on a column of the main pavilion (an additional 42 poems are in this category):
Ranny De Jesus: Take it All
Gabib Barrios- The City of Tears
Elizabeth Murillo: Blue Dyed Walls
Heidy Nunez: Patron, Mismatched Buttons
Lyes Corredera: The Weight of a Big Sister
Helen Duarte: Honduras, My Home
Liana Bracero: What’s is it called to be a woman?
Franis Figueroa: Swan Song
Cinthya Ramos: The Bond of a Captor and its Prey, Metamorphosis, The Light in the Dark
Yindely Ledesma: One look is all it takes
Emma Carrasco: Two sides of the same coin, Selfish or Luck, A Goddess I Met.
At least one poem presented in the display binder.
Genesis Hernandez: Lady Liberty, Sing for Me
Helen Duarte: Duty
Karina Medina: Not Enough
Gamaliel Fernandez: Dear Mother
Alianys Lopez: First Sight
Nathaly Ferrufino: Unmasking
Ashley Jarquin: Sweet Hesitation
Congratulations to our creative writing scholars!
