From Happy Days and Musical Ways/Dias Felices and Maneras Musicales, a bi-lingual anthology of writing
The Carr Family
We are from water and mountains
We are from potlucks and sea air
We are from golf carts with burning rubber
We are from roads back and forth
We are from manatees splashing about the ocean.
We are from the giant mango tree down the street
And crickets croaking at night
We are from not giving up
When they said it was too late to stop the dam from
Being built on the river
We are from Claudia, Tim, Meme and Dennis and Mark and Autumn
We are from sitting on the table and bran flakes
We are from college professors, priests and housing authorities.
The Scott Family
We are from a small city called Statesville, home of the greyhounds
We are from nana, from the hood, and a very cool one!
We are from street pole to street pole had to be home
before the street lights came on
We are from we do the bean brooze challenge
We are from playing four square and waiting at the bus stop
We are from Easter and Christmas
We are from chasing the ice cream truck down the street
We are from lots of things
We are from late night cookouts and good music
We are from I hear banging on the wall at 7:30
We are from homemade Kool-Aid freezer pops
We are from a neighborhood in the city with my friends.
Family Love
By Jorge, Jesus y Valentín
Somos de tradiciones coloridas, comida y música.
Celebramos Navidad y Año Nuevo.
Bailamos y cantamos con nuestras familias.Somos de aromas de canela y leche hirviendo, aroma de primavera y llena buena olor a chile hirviendo.
Somos de las montañas con árboles y ríos.
Somos de la Navidad y nieve y árboles en casas.
Somos de sonidos yo escucho Prince Royce porque mi vida me robó.We are from colorful traditions, food and music.
We celebrate Christmas and New Year’s.
We dance and sing with our family.
We are from the aroma of cinnamon and boiling milk, the scent of spring, and filled with the smell of boiling chili.
We are from the mountains with trees and rivers.
We are from Christmas and snow and trees in houses.
We are from sounds, I listen to Prince Royce because he stole my life away.( Prince Royce is a Latino pop superstar, American-born to Dominican parents)
Familia Vasquez
Somos de la aroma de las flores.
Somos de gastaría el dinero en una bonita vivienda.
Somos del año nuevo, semana santa, cumpleaños.
Somos de televisión limpieza.Somos de la aroma de flores.
Somos de mi desafío son las tablas.
Somos de celebran los cumpleaños.
Somos de mi desafío son las tareas.We are from the smell of flowers.
We are from a family that would spend money on a nice home.
We are from New Year’s, Holy Week, Birthdays.
We are from a clean television.We are from the smell of flowers.
We are from the challenge of multiplication tables.
We are from celebrating birthdays.
We are from the challenge of homework.
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