Finalist

The Grasshopper

 

“Who made the grasshopper?”

-Mary Oliver

Who made the grasshopper?

The one who perches

On the tulip stem,

Resting in the afternoon sun?

Uncatchable, but slow.

Green, but brown.

And I try to imagine how it’s like:

Dodging from the

Eager hands of children.

Clinging to the leaf as the fierce wind

Tries to carry me away.

Who made the grasshopper?

 

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Lily Stoner, age 11

Poetry Inside Out

Berkeley, California

Teacher: John Oliver Simon

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