Poem of the Week

Ella participated in the county Poetry and Prose event presenting two memorized poems with confidence and grace taking me on a beautiful nature walk. Her poems are below. Another little 1st grade girl from a different school presented the last poem below with a wispy little voice and all the sweet innocence embodying this entire poem. I was transported through the beauty of earth and then on to the stars by these two beautiful little girls.

The Oak

By Maud Keary

"Dear Me, how nice this rain is," said the Oak,

"I hope at last we're in for a good soak;

My leaves were getting dusty, and my roots

felt like a tired man's toes inside his boots!" 

Cuckoo Flowers and Daisies

By Maud Keary

Cuckoo flowers and daisies

Grasses grey with dew

Sunbeams of buttercups

And a sky all blue.

Primroses and cowslips

Bluebells and sweet may,

And a cuckoo calling

Far, far away.

Forget-me-nots and cresses

In the streamlet blue,

Fly a little nearer,

Oh, Cuckoo, do!

A Stargazer's Dream

By Susan Noyes Anderson

The magic of the universe

calls out to me from every star,

beyond the moon, my dreams unfold

and carry me to worlds afar.

I am as light as fairy wings.

My soul flies gossamer and free,

across the clouds and continents,

into the midnight galaxy.

There is no end to my delight.

I twirl through every sacred part,

collecting bits of pixie dust

to glisten in my mind and heart.

And when I land, my spirit filled,

the person that I know as me

shines brighter, lit up by each flash

of fantasy and reverie.