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2003 Poetry for the HART Winners

Title: Conversations With an Empty Room Poet: Alison Smith (Half Hollow Hills High School West, Grade 12, Age 17) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: ...Darkness bleeds through My window... ...Memories creak As I stumble on today... To be alone... Is to have a conversation... With an empty room... It's those times... ...I cry on the floorboards And answer to the echo... Of my own sighs... ...Calling to the silence ...Between them... Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: Home Poet: Steven McCasland (Half Hollow Hills High School West, Grade 11, Age 16) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: He brushes his long hair from his eyes As he turns to push away the approaching sun. The snow, not yet melted, crunches beneath his feet. The taste of a burnt cigarette remains; It is asleep on his lips. In the wind the skeleton of a tree sways gently. Nothing except the sound of his feet can be heard. There are no leaves to rustle. Once again, he is tired from the walk to nowhere. He turns home and drifts to sleep, The hard wooden park bench pressed Against his back. It chills him to the bone. But he is home. Home. Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: I Never Knew Poet: Sara Kravet (Half Hollow Hills High School East, Grade 9, Age 14) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: You never know the value of life, Until it is taken away You never know if it is your last goodbye, Until you can say no more You never know when to end the fight, Until it is your last You never know the meaning of one, Until you have lost two You never know the meaning of two, Until two thousand are gone You never know the worth of freedom, Until your thoughts are silenced You never know how to go on living, Until you know the value of life I never knew the value of life, Until after September 11th. Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: My Heart Runs Wild Poet: Beth McNerlin (Upper Room Christian School, Grade 9, Age 14) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: Like the breeze Like the deer in the woods My heart beats the blood of a wild horse My heart longs to be running uncontrolled Flying carelessly over the seas Running like a robber with all the goods Except not looking back to make the matter worse Running so thirstfully bold My heart is untamed My heart is passionately pumping the blood of no normal human being Running wild with full force Toward my final destination Reaching my one and final goal Going no completely unnamed So fast I go now fleeing Never running off course Running to get away from the frustration You can never stop me, for my heart runs wild Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: Puerto Rico Poet: Elizabeth Ortiz (Huntington High School, Grade 9, Age 14) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: Let me take you to Puerto Rico. A place where there are sweet and delightful mangos. The refreshing water is so cool. You can sit in the warm sun. You can see the jumpy dogs run into the water. The people sell cool water on the streets. The feeling of the cool air passing you as you drive. Driving on the scary roads. Hearing the beeping of the cars on the way up the mountain. And all you see are the empty houses. Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: The Big Apple Poet: Daniel Hashim (Upper Room Christian School, Grade 10, Age 16) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: New York, New York... the melting pot of the world. I'm sure you know New York's fashion is only rivaled by its passion. Shopping without stopping. Clothes of any style, you'll be out there for a while. Entertainment bombards the crowded streets. Magic fills the air, everyone's a millionaire. Sound of the city, no place can beat Oh have I mentioned the great places to eat. Smells of any food at any time, what to choose, where to dine, where to buy the finest wine. Buy it in the street, but it in the store. Everywhere you go you spend a little more. That's the beauty of this city, have you seen the Statue of Liberty? Fame is the game, the hope of every name. Broadway plays or Wall Street trades Come and join the Macy's Day Parades. Tall and proud the skyscrapers tower Even when attacked New Yorkers never cower. The heart of New York could never lose its power. From a people than none can compare, with this great city that we share. Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: The Power of Adrenalin Poet: Rachelle Haff (Upper Room Christian School, Grade 10, Age 16) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: Adrenalin is what makes you finish a race when you're ready to drop. It's the surge of power that goes through your body When your bat hits the ball. Or when you throw yourself across the room to keep The basketball in bounds. It's a mind set that goes from your mind through your Entire body to give you enough energy to spike the Ball over the net. A is for Attitude. D is for Drive. R is for how to React. E is for Energy. N is for Now or Never. A is for Ability. L is for the Life force it gives you. I is for Intelligence. N is for Never giving up. Once you have all these things, that's when you win. Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: The Topsy-Turvy World That Is Life Poet: Rachel Schlesinger (Huntington High School, Grade 12, Age 17) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: Dawn on the Orient Where the air smells of mint and lavender Where the sun's rays break the foggy mist in the air Beneath the water's depths lies the oyster He is wise and has seen the ways of the world He has seen the growth of the crimson coral The wolf who roams the beach's shores His paws sandy, dragging his black gray tail between his legs Head down, teeth shown, saliva dripping from his pink mouth He has seen the raven who flies overhead He has seen the plentiful fruits plucked by the white elephants who walk upon the sandy beaches Their trunks raised high praising God Their ivory tusks a colorless white, leaving trails upon the sandy shore The golden spaniel who runs along the water's bank Barking at the devil cloaked in black His skull and ghastly grin hidden beneath the dead velvet The oyster has seen the topsy-turvy world that is life And lays beneath the seaweed Isolated, alone Waiting for the coming of man To take his perilous soul Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
Title: Welcome to NYC Poet: Rachel Goldstein (Half Hollow Hills High School West, Grade 9, Age 14) Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer); Sponsored by King Kullen Year of Creation: 2003 Medium: Poem digitally printed on laminated placard Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in. Description: Teen poem printed on laminated placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system. Markings/Inscriptions: The roar of the engine subdues all other noise, perhaps except the occasional announcement of the pilot Craning one's neck it is possible to see out of the tiny oval window to the world, and to view the setting sun, accompanied by the myriad of color Soon, darkness chokes the sun and wispy clouds turn a royal blue black. The wings tilt, and the nose dives down beneath the feathery sea. Lights flick on, and the grandeur of the skyscrapers which seem to be miniature toy houses, proudly display their light, making the appearance that one will fly directly into a yard filled with tiny Christmas lights. The city of Broadway, fancy china in elegant restaurants, and an infinite amount of hope and opportunity. A muffled click, then the raspy speaker breaks the serenity as the wheels pound the Earth, "Welcome to New York City." Street/Site Location: HART Bus System Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)