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//**The Language Lab and RCC Library present**//

= The Language Lab in Action = **//An e-Portfolio of Student Work//**

On this e-portfolio, you can view writing and video projects published with permission from our students and alumni. This work is made possible by students, faculty, and the technology available through the RCC Language Lab. toc

= Poets for Peace = A consortium of poets from the RCC community has come together inspired by messages of peace and love. Led by students, Poets for Peace was formed in response to ongoing violence in our community. Mart ì n Espada, who visited campus in November, inspired this group of student writers to organize. RCC Profesor Rhonda Gray has taken the lead as a faculty member on campus. Watch the video below to sample what Poets for Peace is all about.

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= Student Poetry = [|The Writing Center] at RCC features biweekly poetry readings. Visit the Writing Center on campus for more information! On this wiki, you can read work from these events and watch readings by RCC student poets.

About Haiti
A poem in French By Jean Frantz Le beau

Au milieu des étoiles j'ai vu en spirale l'ombre noire de ton corps filer laissant en lettres d'or des proses media type="youtube" key="Lz1iQBoU9Ao" height="344" width="425" align="right" des rimes oui en un mot elle laisse sa poésie sur le fond opaque de la nuit en mouchoir d'amour <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">tes gestes tendent leur suavité sur les yeux de la lune <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">séchant ses larmes épaisses <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">des éclats sur les perrons tapissés du firmament <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">approuvent ton sourire torride <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">pendant que vibrant tes muscles se décollent <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">sur les artères tièdes de l'espace <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">pour investir atteindre ressaisir mon âme <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">femme à la peau brunie <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">déesse de mes nuits séquestrées <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">estropiées <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">déviées <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">femme romantisée par ce chaud soleil des Caraïbes <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">offensée par la haine des uns <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">reniée par l'incompréhension des autres <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">battue <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">avilie <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">reléguée à l'arrière plan <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">trahie <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">ton corps est mon infini nectar <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">mon noir vin <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">mon Nil <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">toi dont l'histoire est bondée de gloires <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">d'empreintes nourricières <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">o Amazone des causes libératrices ! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">virtuose ! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">ton nom est un do de vie sur le piano de la mort <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">un glissement gai de l'index sur le tambour de la peur <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">et si des fois <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">dans cette cage glacée où je m'emprisonne <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">en compagnie de mes rêves d'être <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">je me demande perplexe <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">o qu'ai-je fait enfin pour mériter ce sort <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">cet éloignement <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">c'est parce que pertinemment je sais <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">O négresse aux reins têtus ! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Phare ! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">que là où sont tes paumes <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">ton souffle <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">tes jambes <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">tes seins à la senteur de mangue muscat <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">c'est aussi là que se trouve ma civière <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">mon linceul <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">mes fleurs <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">oui <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">ma tombe <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">mon amour

= Arabic 2 = Our first student submission comes from Professor Slimane's Arabic 2 class. We are pleased to publish this student work!

**An Interview with Alex**
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**Student Writing**


= Spanish 1 = Students from Dr. Sue Kalt's sections of Spanish 1 would like to share these video projects.

**An Interview with Sarah**
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**An Interview with Christine**
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