Next Five

The next five posts will be poems that I entered at the 4-H Monroe County Fair this summer. They got first place in their category.

I hope you enjoy... I welcome feedback, constructive critisim and any other comments.

So here's my first poem,

The Circus

We are at the circus
My sister and I

We look on in wonder
The elephants are coming
We are amazed
As they spin around and lift their trunks to us
A silent salute

We watch spellbound
The tigers bound out of their cage
We squeal in glee
They let out a roar and jump through fire
Landing lightly

We hold our breath
The acrobats defy gravity
And risk their lives
Flipping and flying

We gasp in horror
The snake charmer does his work
With a thirty foot rattler

We look at each other
With eyes that say
We want to be the girl riding
That beautiful stallion.

Summer 2007