CCM Creativity Book – Poem and Art 1st Place Award
For the first time, one student (Amelia Willmann, 1 Bann) was awarded 1st place in both the CCM’s Creativity Book’s poetry and art categories. (Amelia’s fox drawing was also selected for the book cover.) Warmest congratulations to Amelia. You can read her “Train of Thought” and her accompanying art piece below.
We’d also remind everyone that the Print Book version can be ordered through class tutors or purchased in Bridge Street Books, Wicklow and Centra, Rathnew. All proceeds go directly to our 2025 chosen local charity, the Wicklow Hospice.
Train of Thought
The droplets of water race
Down the train’s dirt-stained window,
Streaming down in uncertain patterns.
I place my hope on one of them,
Imagining myself as one
Fallen from the sky as a transparent angel.
My bag lies on my lap.
Leaning on me as if I’m its mother.
Storing things that make up who I am.
The lush greens fields and the pearly blue water
Blur past me as if in a painting.
The fluid dance of the window drops
Is interrupted by the sudden darkness of the tunnel,
Silencing the shower of music from the clouds
The sunny pattern outside slowly fades.
Missing its bright personality,
A star dying out.
But soon the colours of the world’s painting
Will come around again.
So don’t worry.
Amelia Willmann - 1 Bann