r By Stephanie Rigg
SJHS Creative Writing TeacherrIn Springville Junior High School’s Creative Writing Class, students are required to participate in at least one writing contest during the semester. Last year, Ann Marie Humble, then an eighth-grader, chose to submit a poem to Creative Communications Poetic Power Contest. We are happy to announce that Ann Marie was one of 10 students within all of the United States and Canada to win.
Ann Marie’s poem “Washer” was selected from thousands of entries in her grade division (7-9). Her poem will be published with special recognition in this year’s anthology, “A Celebration of Poets.” By winning this contest, she will receive her own complimentary copy of the text, a check for $25 and the honor of being a published poet.
We at SJHS are so proud of Ann Marie and her writing accomplishments. We know she will do more great things in years to come.
WasherrAnn Marie Humble
My feet are on the ground and my hands are on my desk,rBut my mind’s above the clouds – sitting with you,rI don’t remember how we met eight long years ago,rBut I can remember the times – you and I,rIn kindergarten we sat by each other – on the big round wooden tables,rThe floor seemed so close back then,rI remember when we were all grown up – ready to face the world,rWe had our shoelaces personally tied by mom,rAnd we didn’t carry much back then – our pockets had too many holes,rThe things that were too big to fall through the holes ended up in the washer,rMom would place them in a box when she found them,rI would often explore that box – finding a rock, a twister, a nickel -rA ball of paper that once said something that was probably important,rBut now we’re older – and we know how to sew up the holes in our pockets,rWe know really well how to hold onto everything we come across,rOur shoelaces are sloppy, but we tie them ourselves,rLooking down on the tan shelf in the laundry room where the box used to be,rI watch it all wash away,rLike those papers caught in our pockets when we threw them in the washer,rThe words are all gone now,rBut I’m sure they used to say something really important.
