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Two Poems
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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction: Recognizing Student Voice in Inclusive Higher Education
  8. Part 1. Laying the Foundation: Why Everyone Belongs in College
    1. 1. I Want to Go to College
    2. 2. I Got In
    3. 3. Adventures in Postsecondary Education
    4. 4. A Language to Open
    5. 5. “The Wanderer” and “This Is What I Sing”
    6. 6. My History of the Excel Program
    7. 7. Taking the Llama for a Walk and Other Things That Helped Us
  9. Part 2. Opening Up Possibilities: Overcoming Doubt and Uncertainty
    1. 8. Being Independent Has Risks: How to RecoverWhen Something Terrible Happens
    2. 9. Spartan Kid: Journeys
    3. 10. Best Experiences at IDEAL
    4. 11. Two Poems
    5. 12. Goal(s) in Common
    6. 13. I Did What They Said I Couldn’t
    7. 14. Climbing Higher and “From Mission Impossible to Mission Possible”
    8. 15. Inclusive College on Zoom? My Inclusive Higher Education 2020 Experience
    9. 16. Inclusive College for All and How My Perception of My History Prof Changed
    10. 17. Qua’s GT Excel Life and “Never Give Up”
    11. 18. Photo Essays and Selections from Student Leadership Conference 2019
  10. Part 3. Inclusion as Action: Diversifying Student Experiences
    1. 19. Hi, I’m Jake Miller
    2. 20. “BGWYN” and “Confidence with Curves”
    3. 21. Inclusive College Education
    4. 22. My UC Perspective
    5. 23. Phoenix Nation as in Spirit
    6. 24. My Excel Story
    7. 25. #CreatingMyOwnLife
    8. 26. Inclusive College Education
    9. 27. My Story about Aggies Elevated at Utah State University
    10. 28. Questions and Answers
    11. 29. College Memories but Ready for What’s Next
    12. 30. Full Year of College
    13. 31. My Favorite Memories in College
  11. Part 4. Supporting Growth: Peer Mentoring and Support
    1. 32. Communicating Successfully in College
    2. 33. True Rafferty Interviewed
    3. 34. College Program Experience
    4. 35. Teaching, Assisting, Reflecting: Our Experience Working Together
    5. 36. My Georgia Tech Excel Story
    6. 37. Emma’s Journey
    7. 38. Come Read about My Awesome Journeys through Life
    8. 39. My Social Experience throughout Georgia Tech
    9. 40. The Importance of Goals
    10. 41. Support and Encouragement for the Ones Who Seek It
    11. Coda: Why This Collection?
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. Contributors

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Two Poems

Carly O’Connell

Poem #1 Up to the Sky

I took my red pen

to write my name

but nothing appeared

on the paper.

Up in the sky

each letter etched.

Why doesn’t it come down? I want to please

touch the sky.

Poem #2

How would you like it if you only could eat people?

I can only eat nothing.

People are like how it feels to be called sorry.

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This work was supported by the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education and the Center on Disability and Inclusion at Syracuse University.
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