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2009 Anne Dittrick Sonnet Writing Contest |
Winners of the 2009 Anne Dittrick Sonnet Writing Contest
High School Division — First Place
The Beat”
RISHI CHEBROLU
Grade 9,
Millard North
High School
Mrs. Jan Amidon,
Teacher
THE BEATIts pulse surrounds us; to its beat we march;
And to its rhythm does the Earth traverse,
It heralds peace, yet calls the soldier’s charge,
At times; a word of praise, an angry curse.
Within all souls on Earth its beauty lies;
Its melody: A swallow’s steady flight;
The harmony: thunder from threat’ning skies;
It carries the child through dusk ‘til dawn’s light.
Our thoughts the notes; our emotions the key,
Entwined in our eternal souls; the score,
First strong then frail like waves of endless sea,
The music of our souls beats e’er on for:
With hope, through all the chaos, all the strife,
Our hearts dance to the symphony of life.
Adult Division — First Place
"Seasoned”
JUDY LORENZEN
Central City, NE
English Teacher
Grand Island Senior
High School
SeasonedPlum blossoms bloom—soon blushing road side’s face,
green pastures, fields flower’d in the wild rose,
and every turn reveals sweet Summer’s grace,
birthed from the tender seeds—lovely Spring sows.
And you my blue-eyed love, my blonde-haired boy,
your golden skin, your muscled sturdy frame,
kissed by sun is love each year you’ve farmed with joy,
you’ve spilled your love out on the land—the same.
Soon Summer’s greens flame into Autumn’s reds,
the harvest of love’s labors ripe with grain—
years grace your face as Summers now have fled
and leave their trace of Eden’s curse ingrained.
Sweet fruits and flowers the gift of Spring time’s seed
in love, the harvest of man’s toil indeed.
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