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I FELT THE BREEZE
by Cari Polanco

the seasons changed

i felt the breeze


brilliant painted trees and those floating orange leaves

my mother gathers the children

and we rake our own piles

SCRATCH SCRATCH against the earth

i felt the breeze

 

on a count of three we throw our piles in the air

i watch those torn leaves flip and spin to the ground

my mother snaps pictures

i felt the breeze

 

two years later, we look at those pictures

oh how those apricot leaves looked against my tan skin

now i feel the winter wind

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Did you know...
  • Dr. Seuss's first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by 27 publishers. The 28th publisher sold 6 million copies.
  • The Atlantic Monthly returned a submission with this note, "Our magazine has no room for your vigorous verse." The poet was Robert Frost.
  • And this rejection note: "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language."



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