The Hollywood Sign Poetry Reading About a year ago, a group of us hiked up to the Hollywood Sign. It took about 40 minutes on an old road that snaked around the back way and put us at the top, looking down at the sign. Of course, there was a fence there to keep us from getting any closer. It seemed a shame to get so close without actually touching the sign, so we started climbing over. Just then a loud disembodied voice warned us not to go any farther or we would be arrested. This is when we noticed all the security cameras pointing our way.
We shouted up that we just wanted to touch it. But the voice was insistent that we would be going to jail if we did. So we climbed off the fence, disappointed that we hadn't reached our goal. Still the voice seemed friendly enough, so we stood up there and talked to it for a long time.
Ever since then whenever we saw the Hollywood Sign, we would be reminded of the person stuck up there having to watch it all day. This thought would always make us sad. It seemed like a very lonely job. So this Easter weekend we thought we would do something special for that security guard. We hiked up there and did something we thought they would really enjoy - we read POETRY!
Sandra Andrews - "To My Flaky Friends, Wherever You Are."
B-Tok - "The Nature Versus" And "Hollywood."
Jelena - "Color Coded."
Frankie Drayus - "Ode to the Hollywood Sign Security Guard" and "Needed Things."
Marietta - "The Ocean" and "No One Ever Admits 'Cats'Sucked."
Wayman Barnes - "Welcome to Hollywood, Mr. Barnes."
We shouted up that we just wanted to touch it. But the voice was insistent that we would be going to jail if we did. So we climbed off the fence, disappointed that we hadn't reached our goal. Still the voice seemed friendly enough, so we stood up there and talked to it for a long time.
Ever since then whenever we saw the Hollywood Sign, we would be reminded of the person stuck up there having to watch it all day. This thought would always make us sad. It seemed like a very lonely job. So this Easter weekend we thought we would do something special for that security guard. We hiked up there and did something we thought they would really enjoy - we read POETRY!
Sandra Andrews - "To My Flaky Friends, Wherever You Are."
B-Tok - "The Nature Versus" And "Hollywood."
Jelena - "Color Coded."
Frankie Drayus - "Ode to the Hollywood Sign Security Guard" and "Needed Things."
Marietta - "The Ocean" and "No One Ever Admits 'Cats'Sucked."
Wayman Barnes - "Welcome to Hollywood, Mr. Barnes."
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