Tip Down

Our little
hands slide
the yellow shovels
through the dirt

We are making
a sand fort,
Will and I,
under the shade
of the trampoline,

digging our hole
deep and wide,
piling up the walls.
filling our shovels

On a summer afternoon
I take a walk
to our old sand pile,
dig into my past,
and remember
the yellow,
Will,
and the days
I could make worlds.

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Goran Johanson, age 12
2008 Finalist
Dresden, Maine
Center for Teaching and Learning (Edgecomb)
Teacher: Nancie Atwell