Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Cody Shrum has won our writing contest on the theme The Reluctant I with his poem "Catfishing the Elk City Reservoir, ft. Bugs." Cody Shrum is a...
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Every day, I walk along the same road, A path of work and play, the route I know. Every day, I carry the same, tiring load, A burden of hopes, fears, and woe.
Reading should never just be considered an option. A life without reading, not understanding words, only spots on a page, with the power to change worlds, but they’re dead without a voice, no meaning till they’re read.
I hate putting my family through pain If I could wrong my rights I would be sane Until that point I hang my head in shame
I wish not but blame myself
I remember a time when I had freedom. Maybe not freedom, but choices. I could choose my friends. I could choose what I wanted to wear. The freedom to say no, when I didn’t want to do something.