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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Poem of Week 1

Autumn Is

A shadow tall
A splash of gold,
A day cut short,
One playground, cold.

A conker race
A crunch of feet,
A lazy wasp
One fireside treat.

A tree left bare
A classroom bright,
A flower folding
One morning, white.

A sinking sun
A painted world,
A robin’s song
One hedgehog, curled.

A silver mist
A cobweb’s crown,
A magic dressed
In autumn’s gown.
by
Andrew Collett

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