Epic Nature

Epic Nature - Spring

Poem by Rachel Israel

In Spring I hear water trickle down the stream sparkling like a crystal sea

In Spring I see the fruitful trees, healthy trees, so many bees

In Spring I sit on dew covered grass, short and long grass

In Spring I see beautiful flowers, roses like rubies and lilacs like diamonds

In Spring I look at tall snow capped mountains from a distance

In Spring I see the hills genuinely and beautifully touched with sunshine

In Spring the sky looks baby blue meeting with the bright yellow sun

In Spring the clouds look like giant, white, fluffy cotton balls

In Spring I watch glistening fish jumping up the stream

In Spring I spot a bear wearing brown coat and spying on a fish

In Spring I walked around and saw a crocodile lurking for prey

In Spring I see an eagle with piercing eyes elegantly and gracefully flying

In Spring I plant some vegetation in rich soil

In Spring beautiful crops spring up from the seeds

In Spring I see butterflies with wings glistening under the sun

In Spring I see small green insects hanging by a silk thread

I know I am ready for the Spring! Are you?

P.S: Rachel is 10 years old. She is in 5th Grade. She wrote this poem - yesterday - 23-Feb-2010 during school delayed opening. It's all her own words, only the last line I added to it - to kind of complete it... For whatever reason this morning she told me she doesn't want to write any more poems. Not sure what caused the frustrations... She had crumbled up both sheets and thrown it away... Just found it during kitchen cleaning...

I was amazed looking at her notes - she had first jotted down her ideas which is posted below... as is. Only one thing I am not sure where she saw - the crocodiles...

Epic Nature (Spring)

Ideas

Water - sparkling, crystal sea

Trees - fruitful, healthy trees

Grass - dew covered, short-long grass

Flowers - ruby-roses, diamond-lilac

Mountains - tall, snow capped mountains

Clouds - fluffy white cotton various shapes

Sky - baby blue, touched with bright yellow

Fish - glistening fish, leaping up stream

Bears - warm brown coats blending in with rocks

Crocodile - lurking in murky waters for prey

Eagle - piercing eyes, elegantly + gracefully flying

Hills - genuinely, beautifully touched with sunshine

Vegetation - rich soil with beautiful crops springing up

Butterflies - sparkling wings glistening under the sun

Caterpillers, inchworms, small green insects hanging by a silk web