Why I Write by Nora Kushner

I write to live, 
I live to write,
That's how I function.
If writing wasn't a thing,
My solution would be to
Invent it because,
I write to live
A world without writing, 
Would add more anger to the world
If you’re angry I know a medicine
A sacred medicine.
If I'm angry or upset I use this medicine
I'm passing down this medicine to you
I write to live 
I live to write.

Nothing by Nora Kushner

Oh how I can't write anything
It feels like there's a block in my head,
That's painted red
It doesn't help that Mr.Guy is lecturing me
But I have to write something
I'm pretty sure this poem is all messed up,
Like the opposite of right
Nothing is going through my head,
So I must end this poem that is the opposite of right,
And hope I don't get a fourth rejection,
Because how I hate the number four.

On our hands by Nora Kushner

On our hands;
We have an extreme conservative and,
A moderate Democrat
One wants to raise minimum wage and,
One wants a wall
One wants more gun control and,
One thinks everyone should have a gun
One wants to support Obama Care and,
One wants to demolish it
One is pro-choice and,
One pro-life
One is for gay marriage and,
One is against
One's name is Hillary Clinton and,
One’s name is Donald Trump
On our hands we have a big decision to make.

School by Nora Kushner

I've never missed a minute of school.
I drag myself out of bed,
go to the kitchen
stuff a granola bar in my mouth,
and tuck myself back in bed.

The Typical Swim Meet by Nora Kushner

On the block
On your mark
In the air
Water on my hands,
On my face,
On my back, 
A shiver through my spine,
And a tingle on my feet
All the way under
A pull through the water,
And to the surface
A pull and a kick
At the wall hands first then feet
A pull and a kick 
Two hands bang on the touch pad
Did I do well?
Bad?
Okay?
Or does it even matter?

Truth by Nora Kushner

  Truth by Nora Kushner

 “But I don’t want to go, Mom,” Emma said.

 “Kate, take care of Emma and Mike.”

 “Yes Mom.”

” Mom, what's going on?”

 “There's no time to explain, Emma. Mike, you’re second in charge”.

“Mike’s only one year older than me! How come he gets to be in ch-” I stuttered.

Bang, bang, bang the door was breaking. I burst into tears.

“They’re coming! Follow the brick wall until you get to a stone building. The stone building is seven floors high and is a orphanage. Kate, be confident.” Mom kissed all three of us on the head.

Bang! The front door burst open and Mom pushed us out the back door. I knew this would be the last time I smelled the different aromas in our cozy cottage.

We ran to the woods outside our cottage. I could see creatures with long black noses covered with warts that were oozing yellow pus, running in our cottage, my cottage, my home.

I saw my brothers face wet with tears. Kate was holding the necklace her mom gave to her when she was four. I knew she could feel the spirals etched on the base of the necklace. “Kate?” I said.

 “Come on,” Kate said.

 She grabbed me and Mike’s hands and I ran like the wind but Kate was still practically dragging me and Mike as she ran.

Then I said, “What if we get lost or we fail?”

Kate stopped, kneeled down and looked into Mike’s green eyes that were the color of fresh grass. Then she looked into my chocolate brown eyes that always make my stomach grumble when I look at them in the mirror.

Then she finally said, “Always keep going. If something bad happens, continue on. Hope will be with you. Try hard till the very end.”

 A tear streamed down her cheek, making a path through the dirt on her face.

Thud, thud, thud.

“They’re coming! We have to leave,” said Kate.

 I found myself screaming and woke up.

Morning by Nora Kushner

I love that morning scent

I sit all morning on my patio and,

forget about my rent

I dance with the wind

I read with the trees,and

I write with the flowers

When mornings over a shiver sits in my spine

Until tomorrow's morning,

Oh how I love that morning scent.

GLOBAL DAILY HOTWIRE!!! TRUMP'S DAUGHTER ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON By Nora Kushner

Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump endorses Hillary Clinton after an argument with her father Donald Trump and refuses to refer to Donald Trump as her father, claiming “I will go through any inconvenience to displease Donald J Trump” Ivanka Trump also stated “ Donald J. Trump is a heck of a jerk.”

After Ivanka Trump discovered her father illegally under paid 53 of his employees she got into an argument with her father. Ivanka Trump stated to CNN reporter Rivka Gordanger on Wednesday July 3 2016 that it was probable that Donald Trump would do something like that, so she wasn’t very surprised about her father under paying employees, but what struck her was that one of the fifty three underpaid employees was one of her close friends Hedda Henriko. Hedda Henriko disappeared on April 4,2001.

Donald Trump stated to Fox reporter Candy Spikerdab on July 2, 2016 that he was disgusted by Ivanka Trump. Donald Trump also stated that Ivanka Trump’s father was the donkey at the Bronx Zoo and spit on the ground. In response to why were you under paying your employees Donald Trump says,”Ivanka is a disgust”. Donald Trump was arrested on July 1,2016 and payed a bail of one million, five hundred thousand dollars. The date of Mr.Trump’s trial has not yet been announced.

When I asked Ivanka Trump “why did you endorse Hillary Clinton?” Ivanka Trump said, “I never said I agreed with Mr.Trump, I also never endorsed Donald.”” I have always agreed with Hillary Clinton and I encourage other people to do so too, not just for Mrs.Clinton, but to stand up and speak for whoever you believe in no matter the circumstances.”

A Dinner Disaster by Taubie Sanders, Amanda Bratsch, Beatrice Chillstrom, Nora Kushner‏

Kid: (playing on an electronic device) Mom/Dad what are we having for dinner tonight?

Parent: (doesn’t look up from cleaning the kitchen) Grandma and Grandpa are coming over for dinner tonight it’s up to them

Kid: (showing signs of disappointment) seriously Mom/Dad they’re gonna’ want to have-

Parent: (interrupting) (finally looking up from cleaning) You should feel bad for your grandparents they’re stuck in a nursing home up north

Kid: (rolls eyes) Mom/Dad they live in an apartment in the suburbs and play Mahjong with their old people friends all day

Parent: Just play on your phone, okay?

Kid: Mom/Dad they like to squish my face, call me boobelah, and tell me how tall I am!

Parent: (clueless) What’s wrong with that?

Kid: (in frustration) I’m only four foot two!

Parent: But you’re tall anyway!

Kid: (rolls eyes and goes back to playing on phone)

(Kid plays on phone; mom cleans for about ten seconds)

(PERSISTENT KNOCKING SOUND)

Parent: (frantically) That must be them! Go answer the door!  And be polite!

Kid: Okay, Okay!  (accidentally knocks phone onto the floor and knocks bowl of chips onto the table trying to pick it up)

Parent: (starts taking deep breaths trying to calm themselves) I’ll do it myself! Just go to your room, and don’t mess ANYTHING ELSE UP!

Kid:  Whatever. (puts on headphones with LOUD MUSIC strolls down the hallway doing weird dance moves and accidentally knocks down a picture on the wall) oops! I’ll pick it up! (struggles over the weight of the picture and drops it on foot) OW!

(door flies open because grandfather kicked it down)

Grandmother: (Yiddish accent) Boobelah! What’s wrong?

(runs over squishing KID’s face)

Grandfather: (Yiddish accent) My, my you’re so tall!

Kid: (struggling to speak with face being squished) I told you this would happen! (he starts kicking his feet trying to escape the GRANDMOTHER’s embrace)

Grandfather: We’re having Gefilte fish for dinner, right?

Kid: (storms off of stage) ugh!

Grandmother: Wait!  Boobelah!  Don’t run away from your Grandma!  Running away from your grandpa I understand, but not from your Grandma!

Parent: (rolling eyes) Kids these days.

Grandmother: If I got mad when I was younger I had to run out in the outhouse to get privacy.  This kid is spoiled rotten because you let him/her sleep inside like an actual human being!  I thought I raised you better than this!

Grandfather: You need to teach that kid some discipline

Kid: (yells from off stage) I heard that!                                                     

Grandfather: (angry) That’s exactly the type of behavior I’m talking about!

Grandmother: (protectively fighting) Don’t insult my boobelah!

Grandfather: You’re the one who brought it up!

Grandmother: You’re meshugana!  You brought it up!

Grandpa: No you did you meanie!

Parent: (interrupts) Okay, okay settle down everybody!

Grandparents: It’s your fault anyway you raised him/her wrong!

(KID enters stage)(everyone except KID starts arguing for ten seconds)

Kid: (shyly) Everybody stop arguing!

(everyone looks at KID)

Kid: (sad) This was supposed to be a nice dinner and I turned it into a horrible one!

Parent: (also saddish) No it’s not you’re fault it’s mine.  I couldn’t keep anybody under control.

Grandma: No! It’s my fault I wasn’t being a good bubby to my little boobelah (she squishes KID’s cheeks).

Kid: Stop.

(now ALL are sad)

Grandma: Sorry!

Grandpa: No it’s my fault!  I can’t be a good leader of this family.

Kid: Guys, you know what?  I think that we should start this dinner all over again.

Parent: I agree.

Kid: All in raise your hand.

(ALL raise hands)

Grandma: (talking to GRANDPA) Oh! You really have got to put on some deodorant!

Grandpa: (annoyed) Oy! Vey!

Parent: (trying to keep calm) Don’t start it.

Kid: Everyone, starting positions!

(GRANDMA and GRANDPA scramble to the door step and KID and PARENT stay in the kitchen.)

Interview with Jasmine Gory by Nora Kushner

1) Which school do you go to? Prairie View Elementary.

2) What is your favorite motto? “If you can do it, you can dream it.”

3) Would you say your views are more conservative or left? Left.

4) Which party do you consider yourself? I consider myself a Democrat.

5)  If you were eligible to vote who would you vote for? Hillary Clinton.

 6) Do you support raising minimum wage? Explain. Yes, because America is a rich country and if we pay people more than they can support themselves better.

  7. Do support gun control? Explain. Yes, because if a gun gets into the wrong hands it can threaten animals or humans. There will also be less death in the world.

8) Do you believe global warming exists? Yes

9)  Do you believe the U.S. should do something about the national debt? I am unsure.

10) If you could only do one thing for the rest of your life what would you do? It would be building robots.