by Rachel Clift (2nd grade)
Angels in the water
They may be pink, purple, blue, green,
Swaying in the ocean blue
Flowing in the waves,
Their beautiful wet tentacles
Shine in the sunlight
Out in the open sea.
and other colors
You know what I mean.
Floating down down down
Until they're nowhere to be seen.
First Place (K-3)
Gateway School Poetry Contest
March 19, 2009
Dictated to her mother without pause or correction.