The Friends of the Harvard Public Library have announced that Bromfield student Melanie Walker is this year’s winner of the $500 John F. Whitcomb Memorial Poetry Award.
Walker’s poem, ‘The Sea Stone’, reflects her love of the ocean and the idea that sea stones travel in the surf. She enjoys spending time on Cape Cod, and has been writing since her middle-school days. ‘The Sea Stone’ is a poem she wrote for her own enjoyment and decided to submit for the Whitcomb Award this spring.
Walker plans to go on to college after graduating from Bromfield, and hopes to major in English or creative writing. She lives on Withington Lane with her mother Deborah, brother Nicholas, and dog, Brandy.
John F. Whitcomb, a doctor and part-time poet, was an active member of the Friends of the Harvard Public Library, who initiated and presented amateur and professional poetry programs in town. In his honor, the Friends of the Harvard Public Library established a poetry competition in 2001 for juniors in high school.
