HEY YOUNGSTARS The sampling of 25 poems inside are for YOU They are to let YOU know folk LOVE & CARE about YOU & want to help YOU SHINE & SOAR in life There are so many GOOD people pulling for YOU - even if YOU don't know, can't see or feel them, they are there And, we ALL know how sometimes life's easy & other times SO HARD But YOU can work at feeling better about the struggle when YOU OPEN YOURself to PREPARE for & FIND the LESSONS. Some of these poems are breezy & others are stormy. Dress for the weather & wade in Allow YOURself to FEEL in order to stay TRUE & FOCUSED WE NEED YOU TOO cuz WE ALL got a lot of WORK to DO BE STRONG & LIVE LONG Don't give up the fight Pamoja Tutushinde "Together We Will Win" Encourage OUR YOUTH They all have gifts to share with the world Popular Tameka has a talent for getting along well with all of the girls in class, even those in tight cliques. She doesn't belong to any of the groupings but is always welcome. She's more than a social butterfly; she's a budding executive director of a non-profit. And, there's Sean. He's prone to doing impromptu, complicated dance moves as he glides through the hallways and plops into his desk. He may be the next Usher or Barry Sanders Bonita aka "Bon-Bon" has an unofficial sideline job of selling candy throughout the school and has been shut down twice for the infraction. She is now selling hand-made greeting cards. Hello to an entrepreneur