Saturday, August 21, 2010

9 Year Old Vacationer Gives Poem To Chamber

CHINCOTEAGUE -- Allison Doss of Dacula, Ga. is a budding young poet.

Allison, 9, a student at Freeman's Mill Elementary School, had an assignment to write a poem with the subject, "Beauty Is."

Allison wrote the following, arranging it in the shape of a Christmas tree:


Beauty Is


Salty air


A quiet marsh


On a secret island


Crashing waves


An Egret's nest


Muller's Ice Cream Parlor


On a hot summer night


A bike ride through mini Africa


A long hike up the striped lighthouse


My friends don't know this place


My teachers don't know this place


This secret island called Chincoteague


But I know


My Pop knows


The ponies know


That is what Beauty is....


Allison's poem won first prize at Freeman's Mill Elementary School and went on to win first place in a countywide competition in Gwinnet County, Ga.

Allison presented the poem to her "Pop," Walter Bulmer, as a Christmas gift last year.

Allison presented a framed copy of the poem to the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce last week, while she was on vacation with her parents and grandparents.

www.easternshorenews.com


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