The poetry winners were chosen on their literary merit,creativity,and social awareness. The judges are still reviewing the poems to award over $ 1500 in prizes to the top poets. The following students have been selected to have their poems published in the Creative Communications anthology - A CELEBRATION OF YOUNG POETS .
For each grade level (4-6 ;7-9 ; 10-12) the top ten poets will be given a $ 50.00 savings bond and a complimentary copy of the anthology.
Nancy Runyon ( 11th. grade) and Tarra Tomblin(12th. grade) have been selected to have their poems published and are still in the final round of judging for the top ten poets.
Where we all appear happy.
I am from a home where screams
And shouts, hits and slaps
Are hidden behind closed doors.
Where tears are hidden behind
False facades of empty smiles
And hollow laughter.
I am from a broken home
Where I can rely on no one
But myself, for all others fail me ultimately I am from a home where
My parents play me against one another
And pretend everything's fine.
I am from a family where
Daddy drinks and has no time,
Where Momma always has a romance
Where we all know what happens
But pretend none of it does
~ Nancy~
The best times of our lives will so be gone when we pack up and move along Our high school life will be over soon. Soon only memories that we have to make do Best Friend-N-Dates we leave behind and adult life we now have to abide
Puppy love & summers flings Will be memories of happy things
Christmas with the ones you love Now fly away like a snow white dove Graduation time is near time to shed all our goodbye TEARS
The times of love & laugh we now leave in that flash
Once the caps hit the air though we have wished "to be out of there"
WE pray for one more day to stay we in some wat wish it wasn't
Graduation Day!!