Featured Student Work: Poetry by Belle

“Searching”

We are all searching in a way
Sometimes you don’t even know it
We are all yearning for something
And we don’t know how to get it

We search and search for
Just.one.thing
Love.
That simple little word
Just one syllable

Yet it is more important
Than any other word
So, my friends
There is one thing in life

That you must do.
Give love
It’s simple really
Just make your corner of the world better



From time to time I will feature student work here on the blog (always with their permission). Belle is working on an original poetry collection this year. She started with some poetry prompts, but she has been writing her own poetry for a while before being given those. Belle is an avid reader and it comes through in her writing projects and poetry. She has an ear for what hits the right note and reads her work aloud with such poetic precision. I love working with students like Belle who are in full control of their writing — opinions, edits, revisions. I take a big back seat and let her tell me where she wants her writing to go. I sincerely hope she works as an author, poet, book editor, or in book acquisitions someday. She has the drive and skill to do it!