Zoe Goldstein is in the 9th grade at Hopkins North Junior High School. She plays piano, trumpet, guitar,and has a passion for music. She has loved writing for many years and took second place for her poem, “Motion,” in last year’s Keren Or contest.
POETRY- 2009
Grades 7 - 9
First Place - Zoe Goldstein
Third Place - Asher Mintzer
Grades 10 - 12
First Place - Sarah Mizrachi
Poetry, Grades 7 - 9: First Place
broken heaven - zoe goldstein
in billowing wheat fields
and dusty, living thoughts
that dwell in your eyes
it's almost as if this country is ours
this beauty that stretches
out elastic hopes
across hollow trails
that paved lines
across your face.
i am the beads
that weave down your spine
the reason you
dance with your hands
and play piano with your toes
let's just sit awhile
so I can hear
the wind smile as you laugh
and rub away the sand
from the corners of your eyes.
and somehow
i can feel your rough skin
make sandpaper waves in mine
and feel the pulse of your soul
supporting my own.
as you find
your way to ecstasy
the light we shared
closes in.
the beauty that you gave
is now cracked
and gone.
a broken heaven.