Poet’s Corner: Perfect Spring Day

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The breezy wind blows brightly colored

Leaves across the open road, each day

The weather is warmer, flower bulbs pop

Up, a bright rainbow peeks through the trees,

The sun comes up with a big bright smile,

Still so early the grass is drenched with dew,

The crisp strong smell of spring fills

The air, a bright sunbeam reflects on the crystal

Clear water, the sky now hidden by the big puffy

Clouds, the trees are now green again, planting

Sunflower seeds, apples and peas, just amazing,

No more oranges or yellow, just green and true blue,

No more fields of hay, a lot less gray, the smell of

Flowers goes around, a little gust of wind blows

The trees’ branches against the window, it taps and

Makes a sound,

All together, every sound, smell, and feeling of spring,

It’s wonderful always changing, and I like it that way.

Avery McGrady, 13, lives in Clifton Park, N.Y., and has been coming to Martha’s Vineyard since she was a baby. This poem was written when Avery was 9.