Nature has always been something I’ve always loved and resonated with, and I’ve always wanted to write a piece expressing that. A couple months ago, we had to write a poem to submit to a writing competition and the first thing that came my mind was to write a sonnet about nature. As I started writing, my intention wasn’t to even make it something everyone else would like (which is what I usually aim for), but instead to write my admiration for the beauty I imagined when I wrote my poem, “A Beautiful Circle of Life” :<\/p>\n
The wind sways the trees and carries its leaves<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n To the rushing river that welcomes its gifts.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The water carries the leaves down the stream<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n And to the colorful and happy fish.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fish smile at the beauty the leaves bring<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Spreading admiration far through the stream.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n And as other animals come to drink,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n They taste the joy touching their tongues with peace.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Spreading that same peace through their home with pride<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n And as it reaches to the birds, they sing.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n They sing pure joy that soothes the ears outside,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Outside their home, into the world they bring.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The cycle of nature connects with joy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Spilling to the world for all to enjoy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I was proud of this poem, not because I thought it would win anything; but because I felt like it came from me and it was different from what I usually write<\/em>. My mom always told me I should try to write more positive things, but I never seemed to find inspiration to do so. After looking inside myself and finding that I have such a deep appreciation for nature, I decided I should write about that. After completing it, It gave me such a sense of accomplishment to go back and read it because sonnets are kinda hard to write (lol), and I challenged myself to write about something I thought I never could. After a couple months of turning it in to the competition, I completely forgot that I submitted it in the first place until I got an email from my teacher, Mrs Sibley:)\u00a0To my surprise, my poem placed 3rd in the competition! I was so shocked and exited that I had actually won something in my writing and am still so thankful for the recognition it received. It has really caused me to look at my experience as a student at MSA and see how much I’ve truly grown in my writing.<\/p>\n Thank you guys for all the support you have given me and I hope you all have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nature has always been something I’ve always loved and resonated with, and I’ve always wanted to write a piece expressing that. A couple months ago, we had to write a poem to submit to a writing competition and the first thing that came my mind was to write a sonnet about nature. As I started … Continue reading “my first time winning an award”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8404"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8464,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions\/8464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}