A shimmering pool of knowledge;
Scintillating wisdom —
foraged from 85 fecund years
From pasting together the fragile balsa strips
of model plane
From meandering down the
sinuous lanes of Europe
From the august ivy-mantled buildings
of Georgetown
From distant tarmac
of remote British outposts
To years of tenacious political
wrangling
Fighting with the obstinance
of conviction
And finally
to the weaving
of a family
The laborious construction
of an iron foundation
of bracing domesticity
This pool, this lambent reservoir
winks and twinkles
And as the gyre of time turns,
it grows ever deeper.
Will Hodgkinson is 17 and in the 11th grade at Waldorf High School in Massachusetts. His poetry has been published in Off the Coast, Maine’s international poetry journal, Highlights magazine, and the Arlington Advocate. His interview with Noam Chomsky was published recently in the University of Massachusetts Breakwater Review. His interests include politics and writing.
