Skinny
Bone like
Can’t
Gain
Weight
Can’t
Be
Like
This
Can’t
Like bone
6/19/2023
Ty Getz is a graduate of Arrowhead Union High School, part of the class of 2023. He’s currently enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), planning to double major in finance and accounting. Additionally, outside of his academic pursuits, he will compete as an athlete as a part of the UNI track and field team. TSPN wishes him profound success in all of his future endeavors.
Opioids
One more can’t hurt
pills
swallowed
need
more
pills
can’t
function
without
pills
One more can’t hurt
6/19/2023
Arrowhead Union High School student, Ella Hardtke-Laughlin, wrote this poem in her senior year creative writing class–that of vibrant poet and Language Arts instructor, Ms. Elizabeth Jorgensen. She reports that she, “enjoyed writing in [the] class as it really taught me I can use the power of writing to spread awareness, as I attempted to do in this poem about opioid overdoses.” All at The Skinny Poetry Nation are happy and honored to indeed share the power of this poem.
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