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2017 Inklings Book Contest finalist: Kyra Yu

2017 Inklings Book Contest finalist: Kyra Yu

Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2017 finalist, Kyra Yu! Kyra finished 6th grade this past school year. The poem she submitted is called “Skiing” We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did!
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SKIING

by Kyra Yu

Pack up your clothes,
Pack up your gear
It’s time to go skiing
It’s the best time of year

We’re finally in the car
All bundled up and cuddling fuzzies
We’re ready for a long drive

We pass the time with games and book
We make skits with our fuzzies
We munch on some snacks
And maybe take a nap or two

Look out the window! 
It’s snow!
Looks like we have arrived
It’s time to hit the slopes

Put on our jackets 
Get out the skis
We’re ready to go,
Can’t you see

But first,
The lift tickets
We wait as our parents obtain them
The slips of freedom

Waiting 
Waiting until 
We are finally free

The tickets are here 
We’re off to the slopes 
Boots, skis, and helmets
All in check

The air is crisp,
Snow falls from the sky
It drapes the trees
In sparkling white

Icicles dangle off branches
Dazzling in the sunlight
Tree crystals
I call them 

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It’s all so pretty
Up in the mountains

Soaring
Soaring down the mountain
Free as a bird
Nothing can stop me now

Oh no,
Too fast
I can’t slow down
The end is near 

Oof!
I crashed
Right into a pole
At least I didn’t fall off that cliff

Get back up
Nothing can stop me now

The lift
Omin and I share a chair 
Our butts are frozen,
There’s snow in our hair

From up above,
Everything looks so small
From up above,
We feel so tall

We are the rulers of this 
Snowy wonderland

Tips up, Tips down 
Two silly girls
The chair is our throne,
The slopes, our world

Hours pass
It’s almost 4
It’s time to go

Our legs are sore
Our fingers froze,
But we can’t wait 
To come back for more

We hope you enjoyed Kyra’s poem as much as we did, leave us a comment about it!