August 29, 2014The Power of Clothes
I change from shorts to pantsuit, sweat left inside the car,
On top of the gym bag; careful steps in heels, not flip-flops.
People act the way they dress; skipping is impossible in suits.
from 2014 RYPA
from 2014 RYPA
Grace L. Park (age 15)
Why do you like to write poetry?
“I find that my poetry is strongest when it’s from my experiences. In fact, one of my favorite quotes is one by John Steinbeck, who said, ‘A story to be effective [has] to convey something from the writer to the reader, and the power of its offering [is] the measure of its excellence. Outside of that, there [are] no rules.’ These sijos are two of my attempts to capture some of my experiences and how they’ve affected me.”