HAYWIRE Issue 2 Fall 2013
NEWPOEMS
Anonymous
MELANCHOLY
PRESENT JOY
WONDER
by Eli Goodman, 7th grade
by Abigail Dye, 9th grade
by Nina Buchwald, 10th grade
it comes creeping as an overwhelming
monster
it is a shadow waiting to pounce
The bright green leaf at the top of the
tree
Looks at the bright world below, filled
with song.
It takes in the cheerful singing of
children,
Everything seems so complete.
Dew drops on a yellow leaf
Sunsets of memory and grief
On to a new phase
Be prosperous, be brave
it eats you
you scream angry as a bull
scared as a mouse
never coming out of your hole
it is killed
by a knight in shining armor
he saves you
now you thank happiness
you laugh
but you don’t forget
the shadow ready to pounce
Now the yellow leaf at the top of the
tree
Wavers in the wind, but remains
attached.
The beauty of autumn envelopes the
leaf,
But soon it all will be gone.
The little leaf, no longer at the top of the
tree
Falls swiftly to the ground by the rough
wind of winter.
It lies on the cold ground, unnoticed
until
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