Finalist

Conejo

El sabe

donde estan

las zanahorias mas anaranjades

y donde esta

el hoyo en la cerca.

No se lo dice a nadie,

quiere todo para si mismo.

Cuando alguien encuentra

al conejo con su piel tan suave y bonito robando,

no le hacen nada malo

al conejo

porque se ve tan pequeno y tan delgado.

Pero en secreto,

con una corona de pensamientos feos

el conejo desvia a todos

con sus movimientos graciosos

y su corazon escondido mas frio que el helado.

 

Rabbit

He knows

where the

orangest carrots are

and where

the hole in the fence is.

He doesn't tell anyone,

he wants everything for himself.

When someone finds

the rabbit stealing, with his fur so soft and pretty,

they don't do anything bad

to the rabbit

because he looks so tiny and delicate.

But in secret,

with a crown of bad thoughts

the rabbit deceives everyone

with his gracious movements

and his hidden heart, colder than ice cream.

 

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Audrey Larkin, age 11

San Francisco, California

Buena Vista Elementary/

Poetry Inside Out

Teacher: Michael Ray

translated from the Spanish by Elizabeth Sausedo, 5th grade