Congratulations to Zahra Patterson, Development Program Manager in the Office of Development, on two great achievements. Zahra, who is earning her master’s degree in creative writing at Long Island University, has received a scholarship from the Northeast Writing Centers Association and will also have one of her poems published in Downtown Brooklyn, LIU’s literary magazine. Read Zahra’s poem after the jump.
About the poem: This poem was written using words from the Fall 2007 Bi-Annual Writing Center Scrabble Game which takes place with great ceremony at the Writing Center table on LIU Day.
LIU Day — Scrabble Poem: Fall 2007 by Zahra Patterson
Wind blew the clean air, forcing a raven out of his hole
Lungs filled from the root of my chest
Giving me a renewed purpose for life
The briskness ushered in fall leaves
Minks have made their seasonal debut
This climate reminds me of a zit faced chum,
who took a quiz as a jumper on a nearby golf course
He challenged his opponent to a dual
When asked for his id, he was rejected from the match
Demanding an assay for his failure and wanted asay
The tape rewinds, proving a clear defeat
He claimed the falling leaves stunted the intended leap
His quotes could be heard for miles
“A re-quiz, I demand a re-quiz, I shall not be defeated!”
The dejected friend, zits and all, would rather rewind the time and
Zone out to ward off any thoughts of losing
Instead he lunges forward towards a new day
When he can sink a hole-in-one and breathe new life!