Owls are hooting
The stars look pale yellow
like they are invisible
When everyone is asleep
thousands of animals hunt
In the north sky the moon
is bright white
There’s a sweet smell coming
from the trees
The night goes by very fast
like butter slipping out of your hands
until the sun comes up
By Rhea, 5th grade
Click the link above to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Jonathan Zepeda, a 6th grader at Johnston Middle School For the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.
This poem is featured as part of the 2013 A Poem a Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April. Click here to learn more.
Special thanks to Susan Phillips, an independent radio producer and KPFT volunteer in Houston, who recorded and produced all the poems for the WITS A Poem a Day campaign.
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