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Two winning poems from Collin County Poetry Contest
McKinney Courier-Gazette
Among those poets honored Sunday where McKinney residents David Knape, who won first among Mockingbird Poetry Society members for the poem "Old Posts and Old Wire," and John Coffey, who was first among all Collin County adults for the poem "Soothing Sapphire.”
The following are there poems:
By John Coffey
In Yellowstone Park, where millions go yearly,
The attractions are many and vast.
The geysers and bears are looked on so dearly
That others are too quickly passed.
The canyons and cliffs and rivers and falls
Are crowded with sightseers, too.
But in a lesser known basin with no canyon walls
Lies a vista of most calming blue.
Just west of Old Faithful, along the Firehole River,
It’s seething, yet looks very cool.
Its most pleasant blue to your senses deliver—
The most regal Sapphire Pool.
To stand by its side and look over its glow
Is a treasure its name so implies.
Just strolling and gazing, its beauty will grow,
And your love of the color will rise.
By its calming effect you can hardly believe
That the water could cook your next meal.
Such gentle deception, we like to believe,
Is Nature’s reminder and seal.
So if you vacation within this great nation
Remember the lesser know sites.
Even short occupation of such a sensation
Is a jewel among memory’s delights.
OLD POSTS AND OLD WIRE
By David Knape
Wheat colored grasses sway in the wind
A wary hawk sits on a post
Old wagon ruts lead up the hill
An old fence row
Staggers through the pasture
Like a line of drunks
Holding on to each other for support
Strands of barbed wire
Turned red with rust
Weave through the fence row
Winding across the prairie
Tangled in time
And memory
Cedar posts
Weathered and gnarled
Linked with wire
Measured in mystery
And old wire
That could tell a story
As crooked as the fence line
Old posts and old wire
Still standing
As lonely as the cowboys
That used to ride
This range.
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