Sarah Howard entered her poem in the Fresh Ink Poetry Contest hosted by The St. Catharines Public Library and won second prize. She received $50.00 for her efforts. Congratulations Sarah!

                                                                                           Apollo

I’ll dim with your lights
I’ll disappear right here with your start-bright
I’ll stay right here on this balcony all night
Over your city
Under your skies

I’ll sidewalk over your streets
I’ll cross every bridge down la Seine that I meet
I’ll sleep on moonbeams and public benches every night
Under your lights

So please excuse me Monsieur Apollinaire
If I would be so bold as to translate your name
I’m in “the Zone”
Yes I do mean I’m in Paris,
So voila here are a few things that I’ve really got to square

When you’re gone
When you’re away from here
Time flows on
And though your water’s clear
You are gone
Beside but no where near
So raise your glass
Swallow it down my dear

Low

I hope that you’ll bloom every spring
And fall with every leaf that autumn brings
Then sail your ship to an ocean
And then I’ll sing
Until you dive in and breathe

So please excuse me Monsieur Apollinaire
If I would be so bold as to translate your name
I’m in “the Zone”
Yes I do mean I’m in Paris
So voila here are a few things that I’ve really got to square

When you’re gone
When you’re away from here
Time flows on
And though your water’s clear
You are gone