Winner of the Writing Lab Poetry Contest: Kate Nerone
May 14, 2015
The winners of the Miramonte Writing Lab Contest have been selected for publication in the Mirador. Here is the winning poetry entry:
The Brightest Silence
The day will dwindle again
Just like each one that came before.
Hours grow short,
Moments elude light,
And dusk shall parade it’s symphony through the reeds.
The sky has inhaled the melancholy fog
And tomorrow it shall breathe it out;
Ashen mist will seep
between the peaks
and the dips
of the town.
But for now
fuchsias bloom on the horizon.
Autumn’s skin blushes rust
beyond the frostbitten blossoms
and petrified leaves.
Daylight rots in the spot
where the sky was once blue.
And silence breaks through
the hillside.
It is momentary silence:
The sound before a kiss,
a gasp,
a whisper,
before the world pivots again.
It is the sound of a blink,
Of a stolen glance,
Of a moment that shall hang or save.
It is the sound we dare not yield to
Unless our only company is solitude.
And in its brilliant splendor
the flowers will not shiver
and the clouds will suspend their gusts
before they collapse
into dust.
The birds will hold their breath.
And for a moment
It is still.
It is quiet as secrets.
It is bright as laughter.
It is raw enough to bleed,
it is cruel enough to leave,
but it is far too wise to stay.
About the Author:
Sophomore Kate Nerone has been “writing since [she] could write” and outside of writing plays soccer and spends her time hanging with friends. “I have really embarrassing little journals from first grade just talking about my life,” Nerone said. Nerone was inspired to write her poem when she saw the poppy photo, saying it “just sort of spoke to [her.]” Nerone’s love of writing stems from the feeling of sharing her unique perspective and telling a story.
Other participants include: Logan Canada-Johnson, Ellen Persson, Audrey Nathanson, Makenna Millham, Sasha Gordon, Sofia Ruiz, Jessykah Frank, and Jack Niehaus.