Category Archives: Nature

Ten Square Feet 

 By Beau Heese, grade 7, Missouri.
 
 Ten Square Feet
  
 Weeds brush at my side,
 crack!
 a twig breaks,
 croak!
 a frog bellows.
 And the birds, musicians
 from a time long before man,
 begin to sing.
  
 I sit, looking at the color around me.
 Bright white flowers sit to my right,
 swaying in the morning breeze,
 while vines dangle from an oak tree to my left.
  
 My eyes wander, staring at the life around me.
 I cannot look away.
  
 I am freezing,
 tired,
 and it is still dark out,
 but I am in awe.
  
 The beauty of our world,
 is absolutely incredible, more colorful
 than anything we could ever create.
  
 And all of this in just
 ten square feet.
  
 By Beau Heese, grade 7, Missouri.

Words of Disbelief 

 
 Words of Disbelief  

 Intently he listened
 Holding onto every word
 The yard was a thick tangle of
 Twigs lavender lilies, dandelions
 And grass
 He could not believe
 A month ago buds were just
 Everywhere
 And now it was a jungle
 With clippers, rakes and a 
 Lawnmower
 We worked until our bones 
 Hurt
 Soon it looked like the
 Jardín Botánico in Mexico
 That night Paco whispered
 “I hear the crackle of plants
 Growing again”
 He was right
 In the morning everything had
 Shot up a tiny bit
  
 By Maggie d., African American poet, Washington, She adds: “The poem, Words of Disbelief, erupted from 
observing the stark contrast between winter and spring...”

Amethyst Dream

Amethyst Dream By Haylee Woessner, grade 7, Missouri.

I stare in wonder as the honey bees fly from flower to flower
collecting and spreading pollen.
I scan the field and watch
the bees fly around, as the purple lavender
sways in the wind knocking some bees off course.

But this is OK.
This happens.
This is normal.
Life isn’t perfect after all.

After a long days’s work
the bees retreat home and I begin to drift back to consciousness
but I’ll be back.
One day I’ll visit the swaying lavender
and hear the buzz of the honey bees.
And I’ll feel the cool breeze as I just sit and watch.
One day I will be back
to visit this amethyst dream.