When I got home from a long day of speed walking through airports last Monday, one of the first things my daughter did was bounce up and hand me an invitation to a special “Tea” at her school. My daughter had written a poem for a class assignment along with the other children in her class. Apparently these poems were then judged to have one selected as a representative for each classroom and my daughters was the winning poem.
I am a lover of poetry and used to write a lot of it in my younger days of time and freedom. So this little trinket of a win, or honor was especially exciting to me. My 10 year old daughter is a dreamer, she has a very vivid imagination, and reads a ton, but has never been much of a “writer” so I could not wait to see what she came up with that stood out amongst 23 other students.
So yesterday she brought home her poem so she could memorize it for the Tea tomorrow. I love it, I am proud, and I want to share it with everyone. I want to read it every morning, to start my day.
Summer Days
I am the sun.
I live in the deep sky.
I shoot my warm flames on flowers.
I spray butter on the hot summer days.
I wear a big shiny dress.
You can see me sparkle on the ocean waters.
When I go on vacation I visit the baby penguins.
One thing I love is the laughter of you.
by Marta Locklear (yes we share the same name….I have a nickname at home)
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