Poem by Kim MacCormack ’10 Receives Top Honors
Kim MacCormack ’10, a senior at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, received top honors as one of two winners for the High School Poetry competition at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Lowell, which drew entrants from across the country this fall. MacCormack’s winning poem was Breakfast in Bed.
MacCormack transferred to Walnut Hill as a sophomore. She is currently the lead editor for playwriting at The Blue Pencil Online and copresident of the school’s Community Service Club.
In the photo with MacCormack is Louise Glück, former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, and current judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Also in the photo is Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate, translator of Dante, and Poetry Editor at Slate.com
Photo credit: Adrien Bisson Photography
