By: Alexis Crum
Poetry is considered to be a window to the soul. Poems are constructed from the heart of the writer. There is always a meaning behind the words woven to complete the poem. Southeast High School English teacher, Julie Bowers states, “There is this creative license there that allows for flaws to occur.”
Although a list of students was presented by a few of our English Teachers here at Southeast High School, one stood out amongst the rest; Junior Elarie Logan just so happens to have a talent in poetry! It takes someone with an otherworldly imagination and flawless explaining skills to construct this kind of art form. Logan’s poem is particularly somber fact. After a talk of poetry, I asked her to share a poem of hers, generously, Logan has given us an excerpt from her soul. It is a written painting indeed. Her poem remains whimsical as it has no title. Poems, whether big or small, will always have a soul that the writer has brought to life.
A sudden quiet, soft and deep
While busy minds are lost in sleep
The moon is up, a silver bead
Tending to the garden’s needs
Of quiet light and gentle grace
Upon this little spinning place in
The air grows cool, a gentle sigh and,
Beneath the vast and vengeful sky
A cricket starts its simple tune
A serenade to the pale moon
And in this breath of in-between
A silent, peaceful, evening scene
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