2011 MONTGOMERY COUNTY
YOUTH POETRY CONTEST

4-6 GRADE WINNER

Sarah Felbin
North Wales Elementary

The Gold of Fall

The sky is a sheet
draped over the corners of the world
urging flakes as soft as down
to fall, fall, fall, fall
flakes as white as paper
as thin as a butterfly's wings
as delicate as lace
down, down, down, down
they whisper their season as they tumble
"Winter, winter, winter, winter."
the ground reflects the sky
both are white and never-ending
as I sit and wait, wait, wait, wait
for the gold of fall has truly ended
slipped and gone away.