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      July 4, 2014Why Should We in Some Forgotten CornerEmma Faye Jewell

      erasure from “Cosmos” by Carl Sagan
      we are
                        halfway to the
      galaxy
                                                                                                 within
                are                    worlds and
      things                              beings                    civilizations
                          seashells                    corals
      Nature laboring for aeons
                          some hundred billion        galaxies  each with
                          a hundred billion stars
                In the face of
                                                            the Sun
                                    Why should we                                        in some
      forgotten corner
                                                                  brimming over with life
                          do not yet know                              beginning our explora-
      tions                                                            we are hard pressed
                                                         the only planet
                                                                  utterly lost
                our journey                                                            on Earth
          sparse      obscure      unpretentious
                             seen                    in the
                                                                  huge pinwheel of stars
                                                                                                          spiral
      arms turning slowly                                                           Now
                                       we find ourselves falling
                an obscure
                          impression
          stars streaming by us     a vast array
      luminous stars
      others
                         solitary

      from 2014 RYPA

      Emma Faye Jewell (age 13)

      Why do you like to write poetry?

      “I like to write poetry because I can express myself freely and rhythmically. Being a musician, the sound of poetry is something I love. I am also an avid reader, so this poem was interesting for me to write since I sampled from published text to create something unique and totally different from what was originally there.”

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