Dew-laden leaves
Tangled with the twigs and branches
Glistening summer sunrise.

Bee flies from leaf to leaf
Where’s the flower he is seeking?
Hidden by autumn’s fading.

Dancing flames
Warm the frosty air
At winter dusk.

Bea McNamee
3rd place 9 & 10
LA Writes! 2008
University Lab School
Baton Rouge, LA

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