“I Said Goodbye to My Caribbean Dress” by Minerva Vivoni

Minerva Vivoni (age 7)

I SAID GOODBYE TO MY CARIBBEAN DRESS

I said goodbye to
my Caribbean dress.
I was sailing
on the sea until
my dress fell deep,
deep, deep.
It was
my favorite dress
in the world.
It was
like a pearl.

from 2016 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Minerva Vivoni: “I like to write and read a lot and poetry lets my imagination flow.”

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