2006-2007 Fall/Winter Directions - Friends' Central School

CAMPUS LOG – LOWER SCHOOL
These poems were written by fifth grader, Emma Dahle ’14, when she was in Ginger Fifer’s fourth
grade class. This summer they were published in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Silence” earned first place in last year’s Gladwyne Library’s Junior Authors Contest, and
“Imagine” was featured at a concert performed at the Ethical Society on November 4th and 5th.
Imagine
Imagining,
Your head filling with ideas,
Creating your own world,
Thinking about whatever you want,
All thoughts being molded into one,
So much crammed inside one space
Looking Through a Window
Looking through a window,
At a world that needs more peace,
Looking at the mirror,
At a person who can make a difference,
Looking through a telescope,
At kids who need help,
Looking through glasses,
At a world that has just changed
22 DIRECTIONS Fall 2006 / Winter 2007
Silence
Silence.
Deafening silence,
Communicating inside your head.
Not speaking, somehow sharing
Something with the whole world.
Thoughts, like a train moving through
Your head.
One thought passing and yet another
Slowly approaching.
Finally the train has left and
The silence,
The deafening silence ends.
Like a crowd in awe after a show,
And then they start to
Scream and clap.
That precious silence has gone
And you can talk.
But you will never forget
That deafening silence.