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How was your summer? Focus on one happy, surprising, unusual or stand-out moment and describe it in words or images. [Photo by Love to write, YWP]

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Apr 19

poem challenge: Summer

bugss

Bicycle

We ride our bikes into the brush
flying effortlessly down winding thin roads
endlessly searching and reaching for that next breath
that next grace
to lift the weight of gravel inside our stomachs
only to drop them into satisfying clusters of caught breath
and throw them up again as our tires track
up to the top of the next sloping swoop of hill.

Overhead
vines and leaves crumble the sunlight into dazzling drops of warmth,
they shift glancingly across your back as you pass ahead of me.

For once, my competitive streak at this sleight of hand is soothed
as I watch you get smaller amongst the greenery
passing swiftly and peacefully alongside a glowing brook
covered in twisting roots
and gliding underneath
the industrial towering bridge of highway
that caverns over our heads
warm from the sun
and swimming with heart and heat.

Posted: 04.19.22

Sep 20

poem challenge: Summer

Peter Gustafson

By Oona Osborne

Waking up to the smell of pancakes

And the fresh taste of strawberry smoothies

Then as we splash in the river Blue sky above

The day couldn't get any better

Could it

As night falls the moon

Shines through the towering trees

Ice Cream sundaes for dinner

The tiny lights along the edge of the cabin

Framed our faces in pale yellow light

The dogs race around in the woods

Weaving in between trees

Jumping in and out of the river

Slowly we migrate back up to the cabin

The peeling red paint looks brown in the dark

Everyone makes their way to the porch

As the bats fly into the endless night sky

Posted: 09.20.21

Sep 15

poem challenge: Summer

Peter Gustafson

Hampton

Finn Dunn Essex Junction age 11

YWP contest 1


                                     Hampton
I feel sand on my feet

I smell salty water

I hear waiters

Smell french fries

I see lobster

I feel fake grass

I see a windmill

I hear the thwack

A golf club

Sea is getting smaller

In the rear view mirror

Mountains coming into

view

Posted: 09.15.21

Sep 15

poem challenge: Summer

Peter Gustafson

Summer's End

Oona Osborne

Age 11

Essex Junction

YWP Contest #1

SUMMER

By Oona Osborne

Waking up to the smell of pancakes

And the fresh taste of strawberry Smoothies

Then as we splash in the river Blue sky above

The day couldn't get any better

Could it

As night falls the moon

Shines through the towering trees

Ice Cream sundaes for dinner

The tiny lights along the edge of the cabin

Framed our faces in pale yellow light

The dogs race around in the woods

Weaving in between trees

Jumping in and out of the river

Slowly we migrate back up to the cabin

The peeling red paint looks brown in the dark

Everyone makes their way to the porch

As the bats fly into the endless night sky

Posted: 09.15.21

Sep 14

poem challenge: Summer

Chook

Balloons

They float in the sky.

Sometimes make sea animals die.

Stop buying them right now.

Posted: 09.14.21

Sep 14

poem challenge: Summer

Chook

Firelies

People never thought that light could take flight.

Coming from the grass and the heights,

coming to battle the night.

The Darkness, it will fight.

These tiny lights will light up our world

and your faces, if you see them.

Posted: 09.14.21

Sep 14

nonfiction challenge: Summer

Chook

Over The Summer

Over the summer my mom, my step dad, my brothers and I. and I went to the fair and we went to the rodeo in Middletown Springs. There were girls riding horses and boys riding bulls. I got to spend time with my biological dad. We went swimming and got ice cream. We also went to my dad’s girlfriend's work, so we could go to the park but we didn't have much time to play, so we didn’t go.

My dad came to get us and we listened to music. We went to his garage and got mine and my brother's swimming stuff. We left and went to McDonald’s with money our dad gave us.

My dad brought me and my brothers home. My brothers, my mom's step dad and I went to my Nana's. We made some chicken that got dipped into egg and flour.It is then dipped in chips. It tasted good. It tasted like mozzarella sticks. Then we got to play outside. We played tag and my brother called it Chuck-e-cheese. I had so much fun with my family in the summer.

Posted: 09.14.21

Sep 14

nonfiction challenge: Summer

Chook

Summer At The Mall

This summer I went to the mall in Las Vegas called The Mavelus Mall. It was as tall as a three story house.In the middle of the mall there was a bungee cord and a trampoline to jump and flip on. There was a lady with short brown hair who hooked me into the safety belt and pulled me down. This helped me so I could jump really high.

It felt like I could touch the sky. The second time she said to me, “Do a backflip.” I had to go really high to be able to do it without hitting my head on the trampoline underneath me. But I did it!

Then she said to me, “Do a double backflip.” I had to go twice as high than I did before. It took me so many tries but I finally did it. I did a double backflip! I felt ecstatic. Then I closed my eyes and it felt like I was flying.

Posted: 09.14.21

Sep 14

nonfiction challenge: Summer

Chook

Summer 2021

The clock ticked with one minute remaining until summer vacation. I think to myself, “THE END OF SCHOOL!!!”

During the summer, my Dad and I went to Lake Ontario. Lake Ontario was one of the great lakes. We were fishing for King Salmon. King salmon live in the ocean and swim up the river to spawn and they go through lake ontario. We caught a lot of fish. Those fish swam hard.

We also went on a vacation and my grandfather and I played a lot of ping pong. The next day we woke up very early and went shark fishing. I caught two blue sharks. They were so beautiful and my Grandfather caught two also. Dad caught two blue sharks and a Mako Shark that weighed 300 pounds!!! The Mako Shark was so big that it scared all the other sharks away; it looked like a Great White. It had blood dripping everywhere from its mouth. Just when you think you caught the shark, it smashes into the boat and swims away. It pulled the boat for a long time before we caught it.

Posted: 09.14.21

Sep 14

nonfiction challenge: Summer

Chook

My Summer

My Summer started off like all summers do after a short school year. The first thing that I did during the summer was summer school. It was fun because I got to play with friends. I was sad that it ended.

After summer school I went deep sea fishing with my dad. I caught two Haddock and my dad caught two Whiting. I was sad at the end because I love fishing.

The next thing we did was we went camping for seven days in Maine. The place we stayed was called Powder Horn Campground. It is worth the drive because it is a great place to stay. There are many things for kids to enjoy such as a hot tub, miniature golf, an arcade and a pool.

It was a four hour drive.The first day we spent time getting the camp site ready.

The second day the weather was fine. Then a big storm hit and everything was ok. On the third day we went swimming. We went into the hot tub. It was fun and then that night my dad and I went mini golfing.

Posted: 09.14.21

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