A Christmas Poem

Josh Albarran (as Santa Claus) and high-school teacher Laura E. Mayer at the P721M Christmas party on December 21, 2012 in New York City.
(via Josh's Twitter account and Laura's Facebook page)

For many of my life, Christmas is a holiday that I love to enjoy with. Yeah, we sing Christmas Carols, baking cookies, watching sports and movies such as It's A Wonderful Life and Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas; and opening presents. But the most important thing to spend Christmas with are your friends and family so with that I come out with a poem to see what this winter holiday's all about.

By Josh Albarran

Christmas is about a time of joy and giving.
For everyone at home, it's about the one true meaning.
Was it about the presents or money or even food? No!
It means you spend Christmas with your friends and family.

Christmas is about a time of joy and giving.
Everyone loves the jolly-old Santa Claus.
He comes in on eve, checking his list, checking it twice.
It's a miracle of having a wonderful life.

Christmas is about a time of joy and giving.
A day where everyone cares and love.
Promise want you want and what you get for the holidays.
So take this moment to celebrated the magic of Christmas.

The Assassin Who Shot JFK

By Joshua Albarran

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in a motorcade while making a two-day appearance in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.

From Friday, November 22, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas to Friday, November 22, 2013 when we will commemorate that very day 50 years ago where it all started this conspiracy and changed the landscape of the United States of America forever.

There's an assassin named Lee Oswald.
Used a rifle to take the life of President Kennedy.
Three shots on a motorcade changes everything.
Americans were scared and sadden.

There's an assassin named Lee Oswald.
Millions on TV watched his rifle gun in Dallas.
But listeners heard there was a conspiracy.
People knew that JFK won't survive from a bullet.

There's an assassin named Lee Oswald.
The president had been shot and he's dead.
Not long after, the assassin was assassinated.
Many people still question to this day.

The Halloween Poem

This is the true meaning of Halloween.

By Joshua Albarran

Every year, there's a spooky holiday on the 31st of October know as Halloween, its a celebration of dead, horror, those sweets candies and awesome costumes. If you are getting scared, then run out from this computer, but if you want the true story of Halloween, how about you read this poem and find it yourself. Boo!

Let me tell you a story on what Halloween's all about.
On the day where things are about to get spooky.
Kids wears costumes and say trick-or-treat to eat candy.
All the sweet treats make you hunger on your brains.

Zombies and Undertakers will come gravy from the dead.
Dracula will bite your ear just like Mike Tyson.
President Lincoln uses a wood-chop to kill vampires.
The Wicked Witch rides her broom to find your shoe.

Ghosts and spirits will hunted you scare inside the mansion.
The Bat becomes a man and the joke is on The Joker.
The Great Pumpkin rises up and wants to eat your children.
Look out Sandy, storms and gusty winds turn into Frankenstorm.

Don't believe aliens exists, well think again.
It's like the Nightmare Before Christmas, but more darker.
Halloween is about and always a celebration of horror and death.
But more than all, it's about costumes and candies.

A Day In School

By Josh Albarran

High-school teacher Laura Mayer in the classroom of New York City's P721M in Houston Street.

Every year in the fall, young people (preschoolers, teenagers and college kids) went back to the place that we love to learn for our future. To all schools across the nation and around the world, this is a poem where everyone spent a day in school.

It's rise and shine on this weekday morning.
Kids gearing up, eating their breakfast and go out to school.
The place that we love to learn.

Everyone went to their favorite classes.
Giving your teacher an apple or something to give and return.
Doing classwork and just having fun with your friends.

When you're in the class, you must follow the teacher's lesson.
Kids come here to get education between now and the future.
Show your work and earn some credit to yourself.

We learn to have success, not failure.
Respect to everyone in school that we trust.
Everyone love to gave fun in school to enjoy.

The Road to Kick-off

By Joshua Albarran - September 4, 2013

MetLife Stadium the home of Super Bowl XLVIII as the NFL kick-off its 94th season on Thursday, September 5, 2013.

In the spirit of the 2013 NFL season on Thursday, Sept. 5 as the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens face the Denver Broncos. So with that, I dedicated this poem to all football fans around the world who had waited for months to see the game they loved.

When a Super Bowl champion is crowded.
The football season conduces and the fans are waited for a new football season.
The game in which football fans loved went silent.
And they were asked "We Want Football!"

For seven-long months, there was no football.
By that time, new players were selected in the draft lottery.
Some of great names in football were either retired by off-season or returned for a new season.
And the fans were asked "We Want Football!"

Training camps were open, fantasy drafts were opened.
Season tickets were opened for all 32 teams.
And the fans were asked "We Want Football!"

Players come out to the field, coaches were making plays.
With all the fun, drama and action to the game.
And with all football fans enjoying the game it watching from stadiums to television sets.
The fans were asked "We Got Football."

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge
By Josh Albarran

The Brooklyn Bridge

From Manhattan to Brooklyn
It's New York City's largest suspension bridge.
The one and only
The Brooklyn Bridge.

Walking across one borough to another.
And with the subway rides thorough the East River.
No why they called
The Brooklyn Bridge.

The longer we go, the faster we run.
You can hear Frank Sinatra signing
The Brooklyn Bridge.

From Manhattan to Brooklyn
From Times Square to the Barclays Center
It's the one and only
The Brooklyn Bridge.

Bugs Bunny at the Brooklyn Bridge. (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

More about my day at the Brooklyn Bridge from 2013 at this website:

http://thebrooklynbridgestory.blogspot.com/

New York City

New York City
By Josh S. Albarran

New York City, the city that never sleeps.
Every day and night, there are noise, loud noise.
Whatever we having fun, crying in tragedy or someone is on crime.

Home to America's largest skyscraper, the Empire State Building.
Home to the 27th World Champion New York Yankees.
And home to the best New York City subway transportation.

There are places we can go and famous people who had experience New York City before.
Like seeing the late great Babe Ruth hit an home run at the original Yankee Stadium.
Or seeing the cast of Saturday Night Live taping their shows at the legendary NBC studios in 30 Rock.
Or watching WrestleMania at an sold-out crown Madison Square Garden.

New York City is indeed America's largest city.
It is the heartland for every American who wants to go there.
When immigrants moved to America, their journey starts here in New York.
The State of Liberty is what starts in New York City.

New York City is America's home, our home to have memories of our lifetime.
And that's how we the people are New Yorkers.

Lincoln's Hat

Lincoln's Hat
By Josh S. Albarran



Abraham Lincoln wears a top hat to his personally.
It made him the tallest president in America history.
Lincoln's hat kept his political notes under it.
It also include letters, contracts and even his checkbook.
Some of these notes that he would be addressing it to the nation.
Lincoln's hat was his life when he served as president.
And when he was assassinated in a play, his hat was covered in blood.
It was not just a hat, it was a friend to Lincoln and the American people.

Made by Josh Albarran at the New York Public Library on June 6, 2013.