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      October 10, 2014Trailer Park GirlsChristell Victoria Roach

      As children we dreamt of redemption,
      the day when we’d leave this place.
      Seclusion had no place in a child’s world,
      and the mountains of nothingness
      held a loose embrace.
      They say those are the days to remember
      but now, with no welcome to the day,
      I sit bound to my lawn chair,
      awaiting the copper sun,
      for I shall never leave this place.

      from 2014 RYPA

      Christell Victoria Roach (age 14)

      Why do you like to write poetry?

      “I’m a young artist who always knew I was such. I grew up with stencils, paintbrushes, instruments (the infamous recorder, and viola), and leotards, too—but of all the arts I’ve dipped my toes into, the artist in me rests assured that writing is my forte. My sole desire is to move someone through poetry, and allow for my voice to be heard.”

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