Photo by: Perlaroques
Crushed from the black rock
captured in a bottle of dark gold
like gunpowder in musket on paper
black as night
wandering in the shadows
like a spider
waiting for its prey
captured in its web
ink like armour drip by
drip on my paper
captured in a bottle
By Charlie, 4th grade
Click the link above to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Alexandria Collins, an 8th grader at Johnston Middle School For the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. Special thanks to Arvis Allen, Head Custodian at JMS. The background music is “Mysterioso March,” by Kevin MacLeod. www.Incompetech.com. Produced by Susan Phillips.
Poem a Day is made possible in part by H-E-B Tournament of Champions, Copy.com, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, and KPFT 90.1.