{
    "title": "PACS Student\u2019s Poem Asks \u201cHow can someone just hang up my feelings like that?\"",
    "modified_at": "2026-04-10 21:31:27",
    "published_at": "2026-04-10 21:31:00",
    "url": "https://back-pacs2024.prezly.com/pacs-students-poem-asks-how-can-someone-just-hang-up-my-feelings-like-that",
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    "subtitle": "April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, Passport Academy is hosting poetry workshops and sharing student poetry",
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    "body": "<p> &quot;Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.&quot; &mdash; <em>William Butler Yeats</em></p><p>Poetry has existed for nearly 5,000 years. Long before writing was implemented as a tool, poetry served an oral tradition used to aid memory for transmitting history, rituals and myths. Today, the principles of poetry are woven into music lyrics, dance, film and even visual arts like painting. And poetry can be found across other mediums, including popular social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.</p><p>Earlier this week, Passport Academy held a poetry workshop for students as a way to recognize <strong>National Poetry Month</strong>. Students experimented with blackout poetry and chose printed images as inspiration for their work. The goal of this workshop was to build excitement and encourage student attendance at Passport Academy&#039;s upcoming <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/share/1GkfgLgB9y/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open House </a>on April 17th from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. This open house will, in part, discuss how Passport Academy supports literacy and reading. In addition, families will have the opportunity to meet our staff and community partners, ask questions about enrollment, and learn about senior projects. </p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"\"\n                id=\"image-e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc\"\n                data-id=\"e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc/-/inline/no/IMG_4621.jpeg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e313b599-5168-4700-abce-b48004df27cc/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Story image\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p>Passport Academy teachers like <a href=\"https://back-pacs2024.prezly.com/passport-academy-english-teacher-cayla-sebastian-receives-keystone-technology-innovator-nomination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cayla Sebastian</a> have the honor of helping students hone their poetry talents, and there&rsquo;s no better time to honor and recognize those talents than <strong>National Poetry Month</strong>. To celebrate, we&rsquo;re proud to share a poem from Nyae (Sunny) Brock, a student of Ms. Sebastian&rsquo;s.</p><p>Dylan Thomas once said, &ldquo;Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toenails twinkle.&rdquo; We think Nyae&rsquo;s poem accomplishes all of this. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em><strong>Drowning in Color</strong></em></p><p><em>~By Nyae (Sunny) Brock</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>An amazing artist is like god to humans</em></p><p><em>All the beautiful artwork selling well</em></p><p><em>Customers coming in left to right</em></p><p><em>Admiring such creative pieces,</em></p><p><em>That makes people display a wide smile</em></p><p><em>across their cheeks</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Each piece showing emotion and depth</em></p><p><em>Leaving some pondering</em></p><p><em>On why the paintings are so virtuous</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>None realizing, the emotional art coming</em></p><p><em>from internal pain</em></p><p><em>Masked in gloomy&hellip;I meant bright colors</em></p><p><em>Covering the blanked mind&hellip;I mean canvas</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Layered with anger, sadness, depression,</em></p><p><em>and anxiety&hellip;</em></p><p><em>I meant pink, yellow, blue, and orange</em></p><p><em>Painting over it again and again each coat</em></p><p><em>lathered with stress</em></p><p><em>Sorry&hellip;I mean love</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Brushes dipped in water for a clean slate</em></p><p><em>Then submerged with the same sulky colors</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>But I mean, who cares right?</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>This painting would look so good on my</em></p><p><em>living room wall</em></p><p><em>No this painting is perfect on the shelf in</em></p><p><em>my bedroom</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>How can someone just hang up my</em></p><p><em>feelings like that?</em></p><p><em>Plastered onto those stupid white</em></p><p><em>popcorn walls for decoration</em></p><p><em>Stress, anxiety, anger, depression shown</em></p><p><em>as yellow, blue, pink, and orange</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>All in my thoughts as I say aloud &ldquo;I hope</em></p><p><em>you like it!&rdquo; That would be 39.99.</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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