Welcome to our new Kenwood High writing feature, the Creative Corner. Creative writing and art are often an outlet for students to dig in to the issues they encounter in the classroom, their individual lives, and society. Art students here at Kenwood and the creative writers of Kenwood are coming together this Spring to share with you these deeper explorations they explored through their art and writing.
Today’s feature artist is KHS freshmen Leslie Fletcher with her piece titled Utopia and poet sophomore Morgan Frankos with her piece titled Beside. Through the writing and art, Fletcher and Frankos examine the theme of perfection in our lives yet even when we seem to have it all why do we tend to always be searching for more like something is missing.
Beside
By Morgan Frankos
We lay in bed
Our bare backs touch and I can feel your sweat drip down your back
You are asleep
I am not
I trace the decorations on the ceiling with unnerving precision
I hum a song on the radio
Not loud enough for you to hear
Just enough so it’s out of my head
How do I miss you when you are right next to me?
Why do I long for something I already have?
Be sure to check out Kenwood’s past creative writings and art published in our annual literary magazine The Bluebird Voice . This is the fifth year of the return of the Bluebird Voice here at Kenwood High. Interested student writers and artists can learn more about publication opportunities with the newspaper, yearbook, and literary magazine here at Kenwood by seeing Ms. Glenn or Ms. Cooper in the English wing.
