Hari Srinivasan, age 13 lives in Cupertino, CA and is in 7th grade. He was awarded 2nd prize in the annual youth poetry contest held by The California Federation of Chapparal Poets. It is a statewide poetry contest for students from grades 7-12. His poem "The Power of the Human Mind" won 2nd prize in the category Youth's View of Humanity.
This is his winning poem
Power of the Human Mind
© Hari Srinivasan 2008
A mere speck is our earth from space
Another sphere in the universe so huge
Yet what makes this planet so special
Are the Homo Sapiens that reside on its surface
Big or small, black or white
Mere external distinctions of the human mind
Political dominance, the desire of the age
Oh the sorrow of the thoughtless human race
Commercialism, the new education taught
Greed and envy are the fast food of the day
Are kindness, peace and compassion
lost history in the fickle human mind?
Noble souls exist, scattered around the world
Altruism at its peak, best example for all around
Infinite is the compassion buried inside our minds
Such is the positive power of the human mind
Amazing is this earth's human race
With its constantly evolving brain
A focus on what's good for the planet
Surely will benefit the human race.
- Hari Srinivasan
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