Welcome to the Young Poet’s Corner!
Here, we share poems from students at Leaside High School, either members of the school’s Young Writers Club or students in the school’s Writers Craft classes. These poems offer insights into some of the issues that occupy young people and showcase their evolving creativity. We thank Lauren Elizabeth Simmons, Assistant Curriculum Leader for Anti-Oppressive Education, Student Voice, Leadership and Engagement at Leaside High, for inspiring and helping to showcase young talent.
The Ghost Party
Upon a grand hill sits an aging home
Visitors from all different lives can roam
Its halls are dark and
blanketed in dust
The shades of the best, brought here by a gust
They seek the same sense of community
That haunted them in life: that unity
On ratty couches, they drape their old limbs
Their lonely voices
following their whims
Spirits intertwine,
but never fingers
An eye once full of life,
just now lingers
Free from the burden of sore legs and feet
Prevents them from ever missing a beat
This place is not dead;
it is more alive
Than a small, busy home filled with midwives.
— Hannah Lamont