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Poetry contest entries are shared here…Enjoy

Jill Eisnaugle and her poem Ship of Gold, has been selected as the winner of Story Institute’s First Poetry Contest…CONGRATULATIONS, JILL!
Read Jill’s Award winning poem:

A Culture of Disrespect
© 2008 – Kim Tipton Scott
My great-great-great-grandmother
Was an African princess kidnapped from her homeland
And forced to take a long, long, trip
In the hold of a raggedy ol’ slave ship.
Great-Great-Great Grandfather was the man
That owned Great-Great-Great Grandma’s new home…
Don’t know his name but all the slaves
‘Round the plantation called him “Massa” or “Boss”
Great-Great-Grandma [...]

The Collapse of Summer
© 2008 - Timothy Russell
Trees on the steep hillside
across the river will peak
within the next few days,
and if things follow precedent,
shed their impossible colors
soon after.
The zinnias did not mean
to let themselves get so shabby.
The old gray [...]

Life is Rough
© 2008 – Kaylee Lynn Gates
Life is rough
It has its roads
Some are hard
That’s a fact that I will always know
You see kids getting beaten
It is not a lie
For every night that I stayed up praying and wishing to die
Its sad
Yes I know that
But you have to understand that I am not bad
I love [...]

WINNER - FALL 2008 POETRY CONTEST
Ship of Gold
© 2008 – Jill Eisnaugle
My heart is the captain for a ship of gold
Our mission is something special to behold
Together, my boat and I span the high seas
We ride through the turmoil with the greatest ease
Clear skies form to greet us and welcome our cause
There’s no hesitation found [...]

FOR WHAT I KNOW
by Frank Kilbourn
Copyright 2008
For what I know and what I’ll be
I will remember I was he
Who knew of what was in the sea,
For know I this and know I well
That I was on the wall, then fell.
And had you seen me stumble on
When night encountered what was dawn
Then know I this and [...]