

Let’s when our time will end, us in love and peace wendsįor we never know when our clock will stop, Or hold grudges that tie us with strings, His life was complete and anything but plain He went out of control like a crashing freight train
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He made great poems and knew how to rhyme They banished him to an island because he was to cool Publius was really good and knew how to write They’ll be there another night in another light It hops around in search of some carrots or corn The rabbit’s ears are the first visible sight Smaller than the bird due to my sister’s small hands The bird made from the shadow of my hands flies high

I make my bird smaller by moving it away from the light I hope you can ignore the dust that settledĪt the big circle of light coming from my flashlightĪnd a bird soaring high above my bedframe I worry my sacrifices will be for nothing. Pretending I do not see the things I’ve seen. I distantly watch rats feasting on friends and foes We flinch as gunshots follow screams follow bombs as they explode I am unknown as an individual, but known as a group The winning poems and short stories approved for publication are reprinted below.

Honorable mention, tie: “Lifeboat” by Zoe Gallup and “The Clock of life” by Nora-Noemi Simon.Third place: “Publius was a Poet” by Finn Norris.Second place: “Shadow Puppets” by Bethany McConnell.First place: “Broken Compass” by Eliza Bradley.The contest is run in partnership with the Summit Daily News. Winners received their award certificates and prize money at a Rotary meeting on May 2. The Rotary Club of Summit County has announced the winners of its annual high school short story and poetry contests, which are designed to encourage creative literacy among students. Rotary Club of Summit County/Courtesy photo Pictured from left are Rotarian Marcy Woodland, Eliza Bradley, Sam Hirsh, Jackson Cupp, Finn Norris, Nora-Noemi Simon, Kiera Stabile and Summit Daily News Publisher Nicole Miller. Summit County high school students who received honors for their short stories and poems hold their certificates at a Rotary Club of Summit County meeting on April 26.
