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(grey days--
I.
When the sky is just a vast bland sheet of
Cloud. And the sunlight comes through
In only the sickliest shades
2) And the leaves are brown, not burgundy
Or sallow dun instead of gold
II--When the birds are huddled and
Hidden away.
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And the wind is silent and the brook
Mumbles, tuneless,
And the green boughs do not wave.
V:
It is the grey days
when no birds take to wing
that make me hope
and dream
and sing.

Jane Jiang, age 14
(2003 Grand Prize winner)
Redmond, Washington
Lakeside High School (Seattle)
Teacher: Anne Stavney