My Self-Portrait
by Jaritza M
(6th Grade)I’m 11 years old
and I wear glasses
I’m in the sixth grade
Sometimes I could be crazy
and loud at the same time.
My hair is dark brown.
My Secret Self-Portrait
by Jaritza M
(6th Grade)I’m afraid of losing
my family and my
sisters who I love
so much. I want
to have a future that
is flled with fun.
I wish that one day
I will become a
lawyer or a singer.
I wonder why this world
is like how it is, with killers.
Self-Portrait
by Leadiimon E.
(6th grade)I’m like a tornado carnival. You can
see me from down the street.
I’m talkative, I can talk for
hours. I am a mountain, you
could never break me, you can
hurt me, but you will never break
me.
Secret Self-Portrait
by Leadiimon E.
(6th grade)I wish that I could be in the
world by myself and with
the people that I love.
I want to learn how to
defend myself.
I wonder why some people
act so cruel to make them
feel better about themselves.
2015
I Turned Myself Into A Poet And I Was A Poet
722K New Heights Middle School, Brooklyn, NY
Edited by Sarah Dohrmann, writer‐in‐residence
Sarah Dohrmann is a Brooklyn-based writer of literary nonfiction whose work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Tin House Magazine, The Iowa Review, and New York, among others. She began teaching in the schools with T&W in 2001 and currently teaches at New York University; she also independently leads a personal nonfiction writing workshop called Diving Into the Wreck. After earning her MSW in June 2023, Sarah serves as a clinical social worker in the Domestic Violence Aftercare Program at University Settlement in New York City's Lower East Side.
