Finalist

leave day for dreamers

 

and take me by the hand

to show me the stars let me

smell the sea as

the wind blows my hair

teach me to dance with the

moon tipped waves

sand and foam between my toes I

pretend I’m the wild ghost

of a long legged girl

 

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Sammi Jo Lee, age 13

(2004 National Finalist)

Woodway, Washington

Lakeside Middle School

Teacher: Alicia Hokanson

(2003 Teacher of the Year)