Eva's Celebrates National Poetry Month - April 2019
The Hope Residence Writers' Group invited staff, volunteers and clients to participate in a Village-wide Poetry Project  to celebrate National Poetry Month. The Poetry Project is a collaboration between Eva's Employment Specialist Judith Pasko (above)  and  the Writers' Group, established in the fall of 2018. Group members are mothers enrolled in Eva's Mommy & Me Program, where they live with and care for their children while they work to recover from addiction. The group decorated and distributed poetry boxes around Eva's Village in April 2019 to collect submissions. On April 26, the Group hosted the first  in a series of Open Mic Nights. The evening event featured poets, rappers, musicians, and storytellers who performed for nearly 60 guests.

We invite you to sample and share our poems. Please enjoy!
Submissions from the children of Eva's Village
Munch Munch
Pete the cat loves lunch
by Taliah
Picture


Boy floating Megaladon
He eats sticks. He also
eats your lunch.
Matthew M.
Adult submissions: Eva's staff, clients, alumni
--I'll be your blue skies
and not your blues:
--See life through your eyes,
Walk in your shoes;
Love helps our spirits rise:
love's what I choose
Darielis P.

smile with your eyes
the truth is hidden underneath the
lies, you tell yourself
speak your truth
and watch how the world unfolds for you
spread joy
we are all yearning for something more
Sasha Vielos

Moon shines bright
Starry night
Baby kicks with all his might.
When he is born, oh what a sight!
He will be my heart's delight.
C. M.

Love is everything to me
It makes me feel at ease
when others are at peace
your happiness is
my happiness if it
wasn't obvious
Darielis P.
Life is a puzzle
   Sometimes it's tough
   Sometime's it's simple
   Sometimes you find your way,
   Sometimes you simply lose your say,
   But, everything left per say
      The puzzle has to be solved,
        Everyone has to play
       There is not a Rule book
       Or a guide A day
       Life is truly A puzzle per say!
Ebony J., Kitchen Cook
To Reach for the stars is to believe in the star that you are.
To explore is like being the wave that crashes ashore.
To believe is to be wide awake when you dream.
To understand is to have a Plan, To achieve is to read.
To glow is to grow, To Pass the test is to do your best!
To become a champion is to remain standing.
To understand what you are is to understand who you are.
To be kind is to bless one another, Yes, love one another.
To fly is to soar, it begins with discipline, don't stop listening.
To have unity begins in the community.
To be a friend is to encourage to the end.
To live a wealthy life is to live a healthy life.
To visualize is to see with your spiritual eyes.

. . . . I wrote this Poem knowing that you are already awesome!
Only a wizard like you can solve today's Problems! Good-luck & May the force be with you
Justin R.