POETRY - 2006
Grades 7 - 9
First Place - Sarah Aizman
Third Place - Shirley Aurand Wilson
Grades 10 - 12
First Place - Brittany Jaekel
Untitled - Ian Aizman
That truck of yours
Sinks deeper into its own corrosion
Too rusty to ride
Too tired to hide.
It withers more every day
While zombie vines infest it
Too late now
For that truck of yours
The engine is beaten
Out of breath – it pants
Slowly does it turn over
Pleading uselessly with time – which ignores it
The brakes have eroded, too
But don’t worry – it’s not going anywhere
That sad truck of yours.
Ian is in 11th grade, studying at Metropolitan State University. In previous years he has won prizes for his poetry, prose, and photography in Keren Or. He is interested in filmmaking, photography, music, guitar, and writing.