Third Poetry Prize Winner –
SUMMER 2024
is Kyreonna Davis
of Muskogee, Oklahoma – USA
“Why, Oh Why?”
Lost at home drifting through the sea,
What once used to be thriving,
Annexed by unsighted debris,
The ice moved on feebly.
Nature has her magical ways,
Growing and changing the weathered days.
Despite the beautiful scenes she can provide,
Her magic is no match for mankind.
The ice wonders why it cannot fight.
It wonders why it has to survive.
As it floats around, it begs for the life
It once had in its past time.
As it is slowly shrinking in size,
The ice wonders why, oh why.
The ice’s foe enjoys his fun,
Living wildly under the sun.
The foe knows his materialistic behavior,
Does no good for him nor Mother Nature.
As the foe carelessly continues his unruly rights,
Why, oh why, wonders the ice.
With no defense, the ice moves along, hoping its past life will return.
The sky looked down at nature’s work. It too, mourned, and yearned.
Slowly shrinking and passing by,
The ice wonders why, oh why.
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By Kyreonna Davis
