The Torn Sole

Josh's shoes were worn, torn. They flipped and flopped when he walked. He thought all the kids could hear his shoes and see his torn soul.

FADING LOVE
by Rebecca "Bo" Clinard Kirkpatrick

This poem by Bo Kirkpatrick reflects on the loss of a loved one.  Love may fade away over time, but there are always moments that jolt the senses to bring the faded love back to center state in the heart and the mind.

Thank you, Ms. Kirkpatrick, for sharing this poem.

Hicks, a local legend in the newspaper publishing business, owned and operated the Monroe County Democrat from 1967 until 1990. During his remarkable career, Hicks won several prestigious national awards including the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism and The Golden Quill Award for editorial excellence in 1969, and The John Peter Zenger Freedom of the Press Award in 1972. In addition, Hicks and his staff won dozens of First Place awards from the University of Tennessee State Press Association. During his career as a journalist, Hicks worked in various capacities for several newspapers in Knoxville, Clinton, Oak Ridge, and Virginia Beach, VA. Hicks was a 1949 graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Journalism, and served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.