Ms. Connings said that at fourteen years old, the sparks between them
Would of been enough to set the whole of middle america blazing--
Leaving us non-believers standing in smoldering cornfields
She said the looks shared across ivy covered balustrades sent
Gossamer threads of dedication
Stronger than the tightropes in Ringling Bros
And the letters they penned to each other by flickering candlelight?
Every word a symphony unto itself
The clash of consonants and clarinets, vowels and violins, syllables and saxophones
And then the bell rings, and geometry looms
And romeo and juliet dance away in a cloud of smoke
Smiling at our hopeless high school sagas
Erica Berry won the Foyle Young Poets competition, a very prestigious poetry competition for 11-17 year olds, with this poem, in 2007. I found this poem very inspiring and entered three of my own poems to the competition for 2008. If I win, I will be sure to post them.
Katie J.
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