PCC INSCAPE MAGAZINE
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    • INT - Adrian Cepeda Poet of the Year 2019
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My First Friend

By Samuel Keirstead

I choose to write 
tongue tied with tears
A pen in my hand
my fears on my sleeve
     I breathe

I don't know how to express
pouring my heart out
Page after page
This doesn't feel like a test
     I’ve fallen in love
​

With words 
A place free of judgement
my deepest rage
my highest happiness
     Soaring from line to line


Sam Keirstead is a student at Pasadena City College and hopes to attain the associate's degree in Education. Sam likes to write poetry and loves writing about his day because that is the only way to remember awesome memories. Through the creative writing summer academy at PCC, Sam has been able to rediscover his voice and has been able to fluently express himself.
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  • 2021 Feb Folio
    • 2021 Feb Folio Masthead
  • About
  • Interviews
    • INT - Adrian Cepeda Poet of the Year 2019
    • INT-Visiting Writer Wendy Adamson FA2019
  • Feral Parrot : The Blog
  • Submissions
  • Awards & Prizes
    • 2021 Handley Award Winners
    • Handley Award Winners
    • 2019 Inscape Editor's Prizes
  • PCC Inscape Instagram
  • STAFF
  • ONLINE ARCHIVE
    • 2020 Summer Folio
    • 2020 February Folio
    • 2019 Fall Folio
    • Celebrating Dia De Los Muertos
    • Issue On-7 2019SPR Mental Health Companion >
      • Issue Intro
    • ISSUE ON-6 2018FA Frankenstein Companion
    • Issue On-5 - 2018Su
    • Issue On-4 2018FA Spirituality
    • Issue ON-3 2017FA
    • Issue On-2 2016SPR
    • Issue ON-1 2016FA
    • Folio 2 - Moon Moon 2019
    • Folio 1 - Vote - 2018
  • PRINT ARCHIVE
    • Fall 2018 Print Issue - Frankenstein TOC
    • Fall 2017 Print Issue - Manifesto TOC
  • Black Lives Matter