Students and teachers are encouraged to submit the work that they have completed as a result of a Dragonfly Enterprises workshop for display on the web. Send your work to Judy Butler at judy@dragonflyenterprises.org and include Talented Tennessee Students in the subject line (or you can click here and a new email will be created for you).

See student's "Moon Journals".

Note: This poem is on the marble wall at the Bicentennial Wall in downtown Nashville. Ian's work is side by side with Wilma Dykman, Langston Hughes, and Mark Twain.


I Am the River

I am the river, the raging foe who will always be your friend. Sit and listen to my wisdom. Lay on my banks of knowledge and dream the world of imagination. Soar to the heavens, while I whisper words of comfort.

I am the river. With all my soothing sounds, I calm the troubled spirit. I give soundless advice to those who seek, yet my mysteries will never be revealed.

I am the river. I hold the powerful secrets of old. I am life, breath me, drink me, savor me. With my healing waters, you can forget the worries that hold you. I can expand your knowledge, use me, if you will.

Ian Menard
Page High Sophomore, 1994

 

 

 


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