Andres' Writing Portfolio

Current Publishing 

During our poetry unit, we had the privilege to collaborate with graphic design students from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Each graphic designer set out to design forms and distribute our poems in unique ways that addressed the central message of each poem. Below you can see my poem’s design by Madeline. Enjoy! 

Previous Publishings

As a class we recently finished reading the Gold Cadillac by Mildred D. Taylor. This book tells the story of a Black family during the 1950’s during the civil rights movement. These diaries were written by students from the perspective of one member of this family, either ‘lois, the youngest daughter, father, or mother as the family faces discrimination, segregation, and racism. 

I moved but I still miss my old house  because I had so many memories that will stay with me.  Let me tell you the story of  when I got a new house.

 One day, my step dad told me, “we are going to the park with your brothers”. After the park, we went to the new house. I asked my mom “where are we?”

 She replied, “we are at the new house!”

 I told her, “no, I don’t want to move!”

She told me,  “yes, now stop playing with my phone.”

I told her, “give it back.”

 She said, “Go inside or no phone.”

“Fine”, I said back and I walked into the new house. My mom i said to my stepdad he said in the car with your brother i went in the car and sow my mom and my little brother using my moms phone i said that's not far i said she said get in the house and lok and you get the phone ok i said then we  went to the car and my mom said do you like the house i said no evey on said yes i woke up the next morning and my 2 year old brother wake up wake up i said get of go play with ronny he cried to my mom said de nich to your little brother i said fin just tell him to stop ok my mom left the room i went back to sleep he woke me up a gen i said lets go i got out of my bed with my pejs i my mom said go and chag i said u ok and told my eyes then we had to go to the pork i li said no they polls me to they car i said noo i yelled my mom said don't yell your going to wake up the nadrs ok i said then my mom said ok then get in the car.

Yod we got to the pork i had fun then we went to that old nast house that i did not like i said if we move grampu and gramu will live with us my mom said no i cried yes yelled i was mad then we went back home i said goodnight and watched a lat move and went to bed the next bay i said i can i stay over grapus house she said no peles my mom said fin but i don't want

To hery you wear bad ok i said i went we played checkers then i said my grapu said use the tv in till i am done with food i said ok and wadid i watch same youtube on the couch i feel a sleep he woke me up to eat Dinner then i la on the couch and watch a move and fool a sleep a gen ok i said i watch a movie and feel a sleep he pick me up and bort me on the couch that opens and macks a bed.

Spain 

I went to Spain last summer to visit my family. I went with my grandpa, grandma, and my older brother. It was my baby cousin’s birthday, her name is Briana. At the party, we played games and ate vanilla and chocolate cake. The next day my grandpa said, “we have to leave and go back home to America”, I was sad. I wanted to stay but I had to go back to my mom in America. I packed my toys and clothes into my blue suitcase. Me, my grandpa, grandma, and my big brother all got into an Uber to the airport. When we got to the airport, my cousin helped me carry my bags in. Then it was time to say goodbye. My cousin and I hugged and I could feel the tears coming in my eyes. I didn’t want to leave my cousin, we are best friends. My grandpa called to me,”Beve, come on!” Then we said our final goodbye and I walked onto the plane. I looked back at my cousin and saw them waving goodbye. I sat in my seat, buckled my seatbelt and hugged my Picachu stuffed animal. I fell asleep on the plane. When I woke up I was back in America. It was the best summer you could have. We are waiting till Covid is done to see each other again. I miss my cousin and my baby cousin. I hope I see them again.