Page 3 - The Muse 2019-20 Issue

Lost in the Night Sky
The night sky is like a black whirlpool, Eyes lost in the deep black night Million bright stars shining bright
The feeling to dance
On the moon until you collapse
The leaves
Dancing along the wind as it blows
The flowers are asleep, until the sunrise wakes them up So quiet, that you can hear your thoughts spinning Crickets chirping, cats calling carefully
Looking outside
Seeing the quiet night sky
You might be scared but there is nothing to fear Lenny lightly leaping
Curiosity flowing through my head
Like a million things are pushing your head Round and round
What will tomorrow Be like?
What will I do? What will happen...
-Victoria Tarrazzi, Grade 5
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Graceful Swan
She glides and drifts across the surface of the water Her waxen, white wings dazzling other birds
Like a dancer, balletic and graceful
Long, lean neck
Slowly parting the lake shore reeds
Her long, loud call
A trumpet’s brilliant blast
Her dark narrow eyes
Shine like polished black pearls
Her beak is keen, a blade ready to pierce
The leaves twirl and dance
The Moon smiles down
As she delicately raises her wings Ready to arise
Into the shimmering sea of stars
-Valentina Arango, Grade 5
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Wonders of the Sea
As you take your last breath of air You descend slowly underwater Underwater fish glide so smoothly Like stars dancing around the sky Crabs uncovering the earth
Like clouds uncovering
Underwater life is booming It’s a place that never sleeps Fish of every shape and color Call it their home
Big, bright, blue fish
Chase fast, furious, flimsy, fish
As fast as the wind hurling though the sky Soon my lungs yell at me for more air Ascending slowly, I leave the wonders
of the sea behind
-Isabella Ten Have, Grade 5
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Gina Copetti, Grade 7
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