Today we have a couple contributions, but we'll start with Elisabeth Athas, age 16, of Davenport, IA. Elisabeth is an extremely talented young writer, and she had this to say about her poem:
The poem "We Will Stay Forever" came to me as an image of what brought every person of this area to this place. Whether it be a past lived here, the idea of a better future, or simply a life to be lived peacefully, etc. At one time this area was void of life, until we all felt the pull to come or continue to stay here, and now that we are here a part of us will always exist here.
Nice. Well, without further ado, here's her poem:
We Will Stay Forever
Along the shores we gather
currents of memories
whisper to our hands
Waiting to awaken the water
we deny the mists
guided by storms
It called to our hearts
bound between dams
we digress over its depths
So long ago
the river was silent
sand and weeds caressing waves
Along the shoes we gather
waiting to awaken the water
It called to our hearts
so long ago
BIO: Elisabeth Athas is a junior at Davenport West High residing in Blue Grass, IA. So far, she has published poetry and short stories in the magazine The Atlas. She worked as an intern in the Midwest Writing Center's Young Emerging Writers program. Her favorite part of writing is the revision and editing process because she loves seeing that disasterous first draft shaped into something quite fantastic. She needs caffeine in her blood stream and is constantly learning to speak the truth in love.
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