Brooke, the published poet

Back in May I blogged here about a song Brooke had written and entered in a poetry contest. Well today's trip to the mailbox was very exciting. Brooke got a card in the mail that her entry would be published in a book and was one of the finalists for the contest. There are 10 prizes of $50 for her age group so we are hopeful she will be one of them, but the idea of her poem being printed in the book was enough to keep her bouncing off the walls for a couple hours. I am so proud of her. She is such a smart cookie!



Here is her poem:



Oh, I want to be a squirrel,

Oh, I want to be a squirrel

I would swing from the trees and feel the nice breeze

Oh, I want to be a squirrel

Oh, I want to be a snake,

Oh, I want to be a snake

I would slither around on the hard ground

Oh, I want to be a snake

Oh, I want to be a bird,

Oh, I want to be a bird

I would flap so high in the blue sky

Oh, I want to be a bird.