Armed with nothing
but a piece of wood
and nickel strings
electric current running
resonating sound

He takes the stage

plug in

             strum

                        chord

                                    play.

small as a bug- a beetle-
from my seat
I watch-
                        no, hear
him play,

Harrison on the stage.

Amy Dashwood is a high school junior who is already an accomplished writer, musician, poet, and actress. She has a passion for English, especially poetry. She attended Brown University in the summer of 2003 to study Fiction Writing and successfully completed the program with a glowing evaluation. She hopes to one day become an author, but she'll settle for being a rock star, too.

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