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Orange Drops of Poetry

By Jaclyn Recksiedler, Grade 10 By Sanjana Konda, Grade 11
It is the colour you feel as the sun strikes your face It’s drizzling outside
in autumn, and the glow that surrounds you as time seems Words flowing through my mind
too slow. It is the hue that falls upon you as the sun sets in the Everything came crashing down on me like thunder
sky, and the appearance of honey as My strength and support gets ready
it is stripped from the comb. It is the to surrender
shade of wheat as it is time for har- The thunder strikes me
vest, and the colour of the pumpkins The lightning awakes me
that you carve with care. It is the hue The drops of rain turn into drops of
that mixes with black as Halloween thoughts
arrives, and the scent of citrus and They are all I think about
cinnamon. It is the feeling of warmth I really don’t care if I’m drowning
as you light candles in a dark room, I just want to spin these words into
and the shade in your head when a story
you hear the word “autumn.” It is Before the rain goes and sunshine
the soft tones of low but inviting mu- comes
sic, and the excitement you create (Above) Crystals Flying, Paul Magelli, Grade 10, I need to turn the drops of rain into
when you jump in a pile of leaves. It Photography. drops of poetry
is the invitingness of sweaters and
Starbucks, and the welcome of fall.

(Above) Stain, Brooke Flecca, Grade 11, Photography. (Above) Squirt, Brooke Flecca, Grade 11, Photography.