Ode To A Walnut
Here, among cans
of tomato sauce,
sitting, with the
coffee grinds
against that tall
box of pasta taken
out often.
Trying to scream,
no one hearing.
Every morning your
unpolished copper
awakens to find
the coffee is
what matters.
Not you.
Your metallic
coating,
taste of broken
parchment.
You, the nut that
can make
a dish.
You,
the broken matter
that lightens
a dessert.
I know you,
Walnut.
Iris Santalucia
Iris Santalucia, a freshman at Laguardia High School for the
Performing Arts, received first place in the poetry division for the New York
Public Library's Teen Writing Contest. She is also the recipient of a Gold Key
medal in the drama division and a Silver Key in the poetry division from the
Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards. Her play, "Speaking" was one of
five winners selected and produced by the Children's Theater in New York City.
She is currently a literary intern at the Metropolitan Playhouse.
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