GirlTopia - Session 8 - Create It

           This Girl Scout Journey asked for me to create a way to express my thoughts through a visual media or a written way. Since I am doing this alone and I don’t paint or sketch. I decided to do poetry and photography, but then decided to just do poetry.

            I use Teen Ink as my platform to share with others because it is a way to show my poetry to other teens and youth my age, what I’m doing and how I’m feeling through my works. They read, rate, and comment on it. This gives me an idea on how they enjoy and see what I see. This site is an easy and constructive site, not once has someone said they hated my poetry, but they have given me feedback on what needs work.

            My piece of poetry I have written for this Journey is posted on Teen Ink; it has gotten 168 views and a few comments. All of them are constructive feedback, positive and helpful. This particular poem has five out of five stars. And really conveys how I think girls scouts is, and how the world would be like, if everyone was a girl scout.

            This is the link to the poem… I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.teenink.com/poetry/free_verse/article/463966/The-year-of-the-Girl/

GirlTOPIA - Session 2 - What's on Girls' Minds?

During this journey we are to explore different types of creativity.  I am going to explore photography, poetry and maybe songwriting.



No fear, equality, respect

A vision that I see

And a dream that I expect

Will come a reality

Where beauty is forgotten

And wisdom is valued

Where makeup is considered rotten

And where peace replaces feud

Where girls are seen amongst the boys

Where we can talk and discuss

Conversations everyone enjoys

Free from prejudice and free from cuss

A girl utopia is what I envision

And what I believe is possible

A place where I can make a decision

Because in a utopian world there is no obstacle

We can make it a place for all girls

A place of refugee and peace

Make the utopia as perfect as pearls

Where boys amongst girls will cease

The Year of the Girl

The year of the girl

100 years of being strong

From learning what’s right

And learning what’s wrong

100 years of being proud

Of being heard

And being loud

The songs they sing

The things they do

Will affect both, me

And you

The badges

The patches

And the Journeys too

Teach them new skills

And new things to do

If only everyone else

Was a Girl Scout

Then the whole world

 Would work together

And know what being heard is all about

           

                        Sarah Young

                                    Troop 1587