Many thanks to Ciara O'Neil and Kaitlyn Sanchez for hosting this year's contest and to all the fabulous prize donators!
To learn more about it, click here: https://ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling-kidlit-contest/spring-fling-entries
NOTE: To comment on my entry please scroll ALL THE WAY DOWN to the bottom of the page and you'll see the comment section below where it says 'recent posts'. Thanks!
THIS YEAR I WON AN HONORABLE MENTION IN THE WONDERFULLY ORIGINAL AND BEST IN RHYME CATEGORIES!
Here's my entry:
THE POLLEN HAS FALLEN! (WC 128)
By Michelle S. Kennedy
The pollen has fallen!
It’s filling the sky
Its dust fills the air
It’s sneaky and sly.
It covers my clothes.
I’m under attack!
It’s powerful particles
fill every crack.
I run for the hills ‘cause
It’s making me sneeze.
My eyes trickle tears
as I cough and I wheeze.
I try to escape,
but like parmesan cheese,
its fine yellow powder
now sprinkles the breeze.
There’s nowhere to hide.
ACHOO! Spring is here.
But summer is coming.
I must persevere…
Then suddenly thunderbolts
clap overhead,
and rain begins falling.
The pollen has fled.
Out comes the sun
with its brilliant, bright light
the pollen once fallen
is nowhere in sight.
There’s trees sprouting leaves,
new blooms on the flowers.
and pollen-free moments
all thanks to the showers.