Poetry

Wild

HangingVines
Rex Huang
HangingVines
Hanging Vines

What one may miss onceWill never miss twiceThere’s always newNew plantNew windNew ant holeAnd it’s the little thingsThat make the world

Welcome to our birdbath

A crimson red leafIs shed from a treeDrifting slowlySlowlySlowlyInto the crystal-clear reflection of the waterOnly disturbed by the ancient mossThat lives there

Spring is comingNew is coming

The lively chirps of a birdMake people smileChirpChirpCalling for her youngTo drink

The cat screechesThe mouse yelpsThe wind howlsWith themThe ants cryPlease don’t trample us

A historical chaseCat vs. mouseThrough the golden fieldsOver the logThrough the grassTo the bathThe mouse tripsAnd the catGets dinner

The stream is calmLittle soundsChika de-de-deCroak, croakBut it’s interruptedSplash! Splash!The beavers

The great pine treeCovers allGives them shadeReminds them she’s aliveWith a little bonk

The grass growsThe squirrels chatterThe birds returnThe flowers bloomAnd the world is back from the dead

A robin swoops downSo elegantlyWings spread wideCherry-red breastRipples the calmOf the waterAnd is gone againGone

The leafThe chirpThe soundsThe chase

The streamThe treeThe returnThe bird

What can we learn?

Nature

Has its language.

Rex Huang
Rex Huang, 11
Lake Oswego, OR
Anna-Weinberg
Anna Weinberg, 11
Washington, DC

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