Thanks for sharing these poems. I'm glad to know these students have a showcase for their work. When our daughter Corinna was in Governor's School at Salem College in 1995, she wrote a stunning poem, which I was lucky enough to be in her class as a visitor to hear. She was asked to read it again. The room was silent for a good while afterward. If only the News and Observer had been publishing Governor's School poems then! I would often read her poem at my readings in the years that followed, and my audience nearly always commented on hers and not mine.
I invite readers of this blog to visit our ncarts.org site to read more student poetry, as well as my new laureate blog--ncpoetlaureate.blogspot.com, on which I'll be featuring student poetry.
Kathryn Byer
Student Poems from Governor's School
Thanks for sharing these poems. I'm glad to know these students have a showcase for their work. When our daughter Corinna was in Governor's School at Salem College in 1995, she wrote a stunning poem, which I was lucky enough to be in her class as a visitor to hear. She was asked to read it again. The room was silent for a good while afterward. If only the News and Observer had been publishing Governor's School poems then! I would often read her poem at my readings in the years that followed, and my audience nearly always commented on hers and not mine.
I invite readers of this blog to visit our ncarts.org site to read more student poetry, as well as my new laureate blog--ncpoetlaureate.blogspot.com, on which I'll be featuring student poetry.
Kathryn Byer