Morgan received an honorable mention for her age group in the West Roxbury Library Poetry contest for her poem "Namesake." The theme of the contest this year is "Unexpected." This is her third year in a row receiving an honorable mention or first place in her age group.
Namesake
by
Morgana
“You
are a clever woman, Morgana. But there is much you have left to learn,”
Says Merlin.
(Excaliber, 1981.)
Morgana
le Fay then replies,
With
a sarcastic tone,
“Indeed.”
Here,
I wonder:
Does
she truly not believe
That
there is no more
For
her to learn?
Is
this truly
The
woman
I was named after?
The
woman
Who
has a starring role in so many books, movies, poems,
Is
the same woman
Who
does not believe in learning?
Merlin,
Ignoring
the sarcasm,
Says,
“Indeed.”
Right
back at her.
“You
have yet to learn…
That
true love,
Like
true friendship,
Is
one of life’s sweetest miracles.”
Excaliber ends there, on
that dreadful note,
saying
that Morgana le Fay
Is
oblivious
To
the only things worth living for.
“You
have much you have yet to learn,”
Says
Merlin.
Is
this truly
The
woman
I was named after?
I know Merlin’s lesson.
Don’t
I?