By Anna Keaveny
Teacher: Sean Keller, Jefferson School
Award: Second Place, Fourth Grade Poetry
On the wall
Tall, and covered in rocks
Feelings all jumbled, but there
Happy
Fun
Crazy
Nervous
The top, almost there
Looking at something huge, yet feeling tiny
Gripping, climbing
Pushing up
Going up
Going higher
Clutching a rock
Pushing up with a foot
Clutching another
Pushing up again
Then, there !
Scared, yet excited
Clambering
Frightened
So high up!
Below, everything so tiny
Then help
A calm hand reaching down
Over the wall! Accomplished!
No longer scared, feeling instead, powerful!