Phoenix Nest
Faculty Advisor: Shannon Dufresne
The Phoenix Nest is Durfee's literary magazine. We publish various types of student work, ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and artwork. The Phoenix is an annual tradition at Durfee and hopes to become a bi-annual publication by next year.
Students meet monthly in the library to discuss their work, peer edit, and compile writing. The group also hopes to plan field trips to Boston's Grub Street writing workshops and are selling ad space to meet that goal. The Phoenix Nest is open to all students at Durfee and is a fantastic creative outlet for those who love to write!
The 2011 Phoenix Nest
Look for a print edition in the new year!
Who Am I?
By Mackenzie Crumley
My culture means a lot to me
Something I cannot let go
If I went throughout life without
Four things don’t know what I’d do
Without family, friends, sports, or music
I don’t know who id is
When having all of these I’m like a kid in a candy shop
Nothing better than this
Being many ethnicities a few come to mind
I’m Portuguese, French, Italian, and Scottish
But my major one is Portuguese
With good food and good people
What more could I ask for?
My borderlands are always there,
No matter where I am
My borderlands is how I look, my body type
I’m scared to go anywhere.
When I'm in school I'm as self-conscious as a midget
Like everyone is staring and talking shit about me
But I am who I am and I have to accept it
Other people can not bother me
I'm a basketball goddess to you
People are little angels
Try to guard me, there goes your ankles
I'm trying to tell you that I will spank you
This talent is great so god
I thank you
All I need is you to give me the ball
And I will do it all
The way other people play
Straight bore me
And this is just basketball
Baseball is a different story
I will beat you on the field or the court
It don’t matter, I'm nasty at both sports
I like it when I dribble up and down the court
Just saying I love these sports
BY: Taylor Britton
My ethnicity is Spanish and Puerto Rican
My people eat meat and rice I'm not a vegan
I'm also American and white
If you go to my backyard,
we have water balloon fights
I'm also Indian besides Spanish and white
Indians invented some medicines
They were so bright
I'm tan like the jersey shore cast
I go shopping to look my best
One of my borderlands is the beach
I never go in the water where my feet cant reach
In not comfortable reading this poem
Id rather be in bed sleeping at home
I'm scared of planes
If I were on one Id go insane
They go high above the ground
It could crash and I could drown
Reading this poem is like being on a plane
If I don’t stop now ill go insane.
BY: Carol Figueroa
My culture is what’s most important to me
Its what I live for and what id die for
Soccer with your feet, with your hands you’re a cheat
In hockey with your hands, many fans cheering in the stands
Up on their feet, my family is what’s always there for me
Thick and thin, they’ve got my skin
My borderlands are where I don’t feel right and for me that place is on
a scary height when I'm on a height
My body is filled with fright
My ethnicity is Portuguese
I adore the foods we eat
America is where I am my home
My land I love where I live
To get me out, there’s nothing you could give
BY: Kyle Sousa
My life revolves around fiction
It controls my life
Its like a addiction
Without it I would die
The epic scenes, sending chills down my spine
Anime is my life
Goya infused with my blood
Spice is a daily routine, with it it wouldn’t be Portuguese
I'm quiet, total opposite of what people would think
This is who I am
Center of attention
This is my fear
It is my borderland
It closes me off to the world
Puts me in a shell
Keeps me hidden
Keeps me safe
THIS IS ME !
BY: Tyler
