Department of English

Spring 2007 High School Edition

Broken Dreams

Jessica Donithan
Poetry (11th-12th)
1st Place (tie)
Canyon View High School
Teacher: Susan Merrell

The boy and his mother
The women dead of starvation
Nothing but a long and desolate road
The boy crying crying crying

The women dead of starvation
The boy hovering over her like a hawk
Nothing but a long and desolate road
An eagle looking down at them from the power line

The sun’s rays pelting at them
Sweat dripping down making puddles along his neck
The boy hovering over his mother like a hawk
The boy crying crying crying

The boy and his mother
An eagle looking down at them from the power line
The sun’s pelting rays
Sweat dripping making puddles along the boy’s back