How Sweet it is! Hope Birds are caged within a tree, People trapped within their lives; Dreams are dying, don’t you see? Let your love fly to the sky. Katie Meyer Grade 9, Lake Center Christian School
A Sad Story When I freeze, so then I curl to a ball From tingles to shocks life is rough What I got, rare it results being small My life is dread see, afraid it is tough I shelter in fragile wood like paper Dark, alone, small as a shed inside my dorm Walls front my path pity, me as maker So like many none can afford a storm Icy, regal given a birth gift then drained In all now regal is belied by me Inside as I tell the tale outside rained Prefer to be with myself to let be As I am both, now I have no shortage Rather before than me taking sausage Edwin Tam Grade 9, Southwest High School
I Miss I miss the school and summer days They blend together in an imperfect harmony I watch them play like old movies The memories fade slowly, but I won’t forget those days of summer spent in the trees And school days of dreams and wild horses I miss dancing in the rain with my best friend And the days of forest trails and the blue crawfish with my summer friends The games we played and secrets we shared The nights of camping in our tent The days touching the sky on those swings The way they opened my mind to a whole new world I miss those crazy days of running races and wanting to fly I miss skinned knees and soft ball I miss my best friends of crazy summer days and the quiet school years. Jade Parker Grade 9, GlenOak High School
Stark County District Library ~ 2012 Youth Poetry Contest ~ Page 87