Priya Bartlett

January 20, 2018

“About Time” by Priya BartlettPosted by

Priya Bartlett (age 8)

ABOUT TIME

Vines dangle
from the bushes.
Wolves stalk their prey.
Owls hoot.
Witches cackle.
Dust gets kicked.
Foxes jump fences
And dig into garbage.
Birds sleep soundly.
Fires turn wood to ash.
Lights glow in the mist.
Time moves,
is moving,
will move.
If we do nothing,
all is gone.

—from 2018 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Priya Bartlett: “I like to write because when I do it feels like bliss.”

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January 14, 2017

“Moonlight” by Priya BartlettPosted by

Priya Bartlett (age 7)

MOONLIGHT

The light is bright in the
forest.
Nobody sees the beauty
of the moon.
The stream glimmers.
Nobody sees the beauty
of the moon.
The leaves slowly fall.
Nobody sees the beauty
of the moon.
The river turns to a
sea of golden leaves.
Nobody sees the beauty
of the moon.
Night is over.
Day is here.

—from 2017 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Priya Bartlett: “I love weaving my imagination with words and creating ribbons of poetry to cast out into the world.”

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February 6, 2016

“The Blossoms Awake” by Priya BartlettPosted by

Priya Bartlett (age 6)

THE BLOSSOMS AWAKE

The blossoms were closed.

The blossoms
are slowly blooming.

The blossoms
are happy
to see the world.

The blossoms fall
to run away
and build a home.

The blossoms
have children.

—from 2016 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Priya Bartlett: “I like writing poems because ideas are always swirling around in my mind and when my thoughts reach the pencil the swirling lands on the page!”

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January 30, 2016

“The Bee Finds a Home” by Priya BartlettPosted by

Priya Bartlett (age 6)

THE BEE FINDS A HOME

The bee is a yellow light.
The brilliant bee
lands on a flower.
The bee sucks
the nectar out of the flower.
The bee sleeps
on the flower.
The bee has a new life.

—from 2016 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Priya Bartlett: “I like writing poems because ideas are always swirling around in my mind and when my thoughts reach the pencil the swirling lands on the page!”

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