Poetry-Nature

Dark skies The Milky Way shining through The once bright blue sky Toasty fire Turning white marshmallows To golden brown Silent wind nips my nose The occasional hoot of an owl The yellow-orange flicker brings Peace to the family Optimism to the air Light dew begins to form Across the sloping grass Leaves slowly float to the ground Nature’s music soothes me Minnesota’s northern lights cast an eerie glow Across the forest It’s half past ten Crawl into the tent Waiting for the early light of the morning Sonja Minge, 11Minneapolis, Minnesota

I had forgotten what it felt like to fly I watch as the plane speeds down the runway A lurch The wings turn upwards as the wheels retract The plane flies gaining height dips to the right then the left now it steadies itself It climbs higher reaches a peak and then climbs higher touching the clouds Its blinkers come on small but strong flashes of light tumble through the sky The experience is exhilarating I am drifting and the clouds hover below me a blanket of white Big towers, only a speck below Cities, a cluster of little dots Rivers, a stream of water The light blue sky a deep blue haven I am on top of the world in a special place a small world yet on top of the world My worries left below, waiting and I let them sit not wanting to return to the world anytime soon With one movement I can shut the world away but I keep a little window open And I can see why birds often hang in midair I want to see it all I want to fly without the protection of the plane I want to feel the air surround me but I am stuck in the plane with only a pane of glass separating me from the outside world Samantha Ji Ping Wainapel, 13New York, New York