LEAVES By Vanessa, age 9

LEAVES

Trees

stand still.

Feathery leaves swoop

past their trunks and

blanket

the path with warm colors.

They pile up on the

playground and

people crunch

and dance on them.

A woman

with milk chocolate

colored hair

twirls in the air,

scattering

a handful of stems

onto a little

boy’s face.

He rubs

them away and

they flutter around the

welcoming sky,

drifting in waves

above the branches:

fairies

flapping

their

wings,

lingering in the air

then dropping

onto the grass, lying down

and

smiling

at the

sunset.

About the Author

Hi! My name is Vanessa. I am eight years old. I live with my mom, dad, and my two younger sisters. My family comes from Vietnam. I have been there many times. I remember that at night mosquitoes would bite me. I speak English and Vietnamese at home. I am also the author of the the mini-graphic novel Super-novaman and the poems, "Buzz Buzz Flutter Flick," "Nail Salon," "Three Months From Now," and "Jellyfish." My dream vacation would be a trip to Hawaii.

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