PHS Poetry Winners
Seniors: Samantha Bond, Halie Bramlett, Max Todd
Juniors: Kara Best, Tamara Garcia, Calashia Wofford
Sophomores: Kylie Caballero
Freshmen: Kaylee Good
First Place State Winner, 9th grade division
Jogging Through the Wild Symphony
by Kaylee Good
The path rolls like a ribbon earth
Muddy perfumes rising
A spice box of rain and roots
I taste the morning
Honeyed light dripping
From clouds onto my tongue
Each stride claps against gravel.
Spark of rhythm echoing
My heartbeat is a drummer,
The forest a full band
The wind tags at my shirt
Like a laughing child,
Whistling secrets through the trees
Here, in this dance of motion and mess
I fall in love again
Not just with running
But with the whole breathing world