Landon was the First Place winner in the "Caged Inspiration" Old Idaho Penitentiary Poetry Contest. He won some cool prizes and had his poem published to their website: http://www.idahohistory.net/poetry.html .The poets could write about anything related to the Old Idaho Penitentiary. Landon had not been there, but studied about it in his Writing class. One of the prizes was a private guided tour for the whole family, so soon we will get to check it out! Way to go, Landon! Here's the poem:
10 years to life the sentence said
Then they entered the rooms without even a bed
A punishment cruel no matter who to
Stuck in the darkess with nothing to do
Fifty-seven escapes out of five hundred tries
Any who enter are soon bound to die
Many caught in a day like Williams and Meeks
Most of the rest found in just a few weeks
The Idaho Penitentiary: a fortress-like jail
Where misery lurked with each moan and each wail
But criminals each of the prisoners were
And were there for being a murderer
Or other crimes that were equally bad
With people that have truly gone mad
Justice the Old Penitentiary brang
Even if lives were ended with a hang
The Idaho Penitentiary has a mournful history
But even still--it means a lot to me.
1 comment:
wow way to go landon. That was great. We are so proud of you. way to go
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