StAnza 2010 Children’s Poetry Competition

Congratulations to Halley McArn of 2P3 for taking Second Prize this year with her poem The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

In the dead of night I will glide on the surface of the lake,

And the water will surrender to my airy wings,

As if each little drop is bowing down to me.

The grass will sing and praise my feet as I walk on each blade,

And the moon will smile at me from its liquid perch.

At the first break of dawn the birds will fly towards me,

Bringing clear tunes to sing to me.

And when the last sweet note escapes from their mouths,

I shall lift my wings and return to my home in the sky.

I will soar and hear the crisp wind pass through my silky wings.

And when I arrive my family will silently tell me stories,

That paint vivid masterpieces in my mind.

But for now I wait,

Far away from my lake,

Watching,

Waiting,

In the gloomy depths of the forest,

Where I can almost hear my birds singing,

And my grass swaying,

And my wings soaring.

Carnegie Medal Shadowing Project  

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