AVON SENIOR WINS POETRY CONTEST
A big CONGRATUATIONS goes out to Avon Senior, Taylor Naser for winning FIRST PLACEintheJeromeNorgren Poetry Creative Writing Contest in the high school division sponsored by South Dakota State University. Mrs. Hurd submitted Taylor’s piece titled, “LadyMacbeth’sPointofView” and it was chosen out of hundreds ofentriesfromacrossthe state! Taylor now has the opportunity todoalivereadingof herpoemattheOnlineNorgren and Witherington Celebration Reading on April 22. Not only will she have the opportunity todoalivereading,herwriting will also be featured in a chapter book that will be published andmailedtotheschool. Below is her winning poem: Lady Macbeth’s point of
view: By: Taylor Naser When the opportunity strikes, I take hold and make it my right.
Hide my feminine configuration And construct me of manly visions.
Take my soft heart, And forge it in hate and destruction.
Take this breast that feeds my babes, And turn its milk to poison. So then my enemies shall Endure its affliction. Let them writhe in pain and suffering.
Whilethesesweet,womanly hands Become that of man. Let my fragile mind become rugged and merciless, So then I won’t suffer in remorse.
Takethisdaggerandslaughter my enemies Let their blood run down my hands.
Grant me the strength to carry this burden.
Let my soul be no more uncertain.
Hurryandgivemestrength! I can feel my hands starting to shake.
I can feel myself unravel. Er’ the day begins. It starts by counting My awful, awful sins. There he stands, Chartingmyfallfromgrace. Sleep, I cannot. For the blood stains my unfortunate woman's hands.
Wash,wash,butthereisstill just that one spot.
I cannot rid myself of it. I close my eyes but it burns Behind closed lids. The sights are starting to transgress.
Is this insanity that has been wrought upon me?
No more can I bear these awful sights.
The blood, the gore, the stench of death.
Like iron and decayed carcasses, Left in the heat of the sun.
No more can my fragile, womanly mind bear this weight.
How do I rid myself of such sights and gut wrenching feelings?
To where can I escape it? I now have realized what I must do to escape these horrors That live in my brain.
To the balcony I shall walk. And now, as I fall. I feel peace.