Poems

You might be wondering what has roused the Cruelest Month from its unfortuante hibernation.  To answer, I have a few poems that I'd really like to share.  The poets are Sarah Stofko and Tess Stofko (my nieces) who are in the 7th and 5th grades, respectively.

"The Artist's Eye" by Sarah Stofko

Able to see what is not there

Able to create a masterpiece out of nothing

Deep in the mind behind this treasure

Lays a hidden world longing to break free

And soon it will

It will shatter the bounds

Of fear and insecurity

The artist's eye will lead the way

On the path of success

On the path of discovery

On the path of creation

The eye lives on everyone waiting to lead the way

Weather it be directly used for what is considered art

Or if it is creating a home,

A family,

A business,

Some of these eyes

Are more recognizable

And others hide

They lurk just waiting for the right time

To show the mind behind it

A whole new world

An abstract world

A better,

Stranger,

More beautiful world

 

"Untitled" by Tess Stofko

Oceans

Never Whole

Never to Understand

Give and

Take

 

"I Don't Understand" by T.S.

                    I don't understand

Life is short, too short.     How to canter, but not post.

Enjoy it!  You can always,     How to sit 'n trot.

Always enjoy it!     To hard, so I mess it up.

No matter where the wind blows,     While trying again and again

It matters not where you go.     And again.

"Free Verse     Three Word Poem!" by T.S.

I'm going to my Aunt Kimmie's     Lunch, munch, play

In Goshen, New York     Munch, play, talk

All weekend long I'll stay     Play, talk, run

Doing the things we like to do,     Talk, run, classroom

No grouchy adults in our way!     Run, classroom, Bored.

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Of note today, John Ashbery has won the Griffin Poetry Prize for Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems.