Poetry Festival will be held:

Saturday, April 27, 2024

2016 Winner

The Refuge of Suburbia

Outside the bustling city with tall, transparent

glass buildings

that show a reflection to those who look on

where many ride to work on a transport underground

a passageway from the home to employ

where so many are drawn

to grasp at a chance of success unfathomed.

I come from a place beyond the city

a place of suburbia

an area that exists only to give refuge

to those who work tirelessly

where adolescence and youth are preserved

until one is ready to enter

the city with bustling, tall, reflective buildings

which dare you to glance at your own

transformation

from the onlooker to the observed

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Jim Howard

Gonzaga College High School

Grade: 12