Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2016 finalist, Britton Cheney! Britton finished 6th grade this past school year. She wrote a poem with colorful visual elements. We enjoyed Britton’s use of personification in her poem. Enjoy!
Paint on a Canvas
by Britton Cheney
“It’s the end of the day,”
Said the sun to the sky.
“Time to paint a sunset,
Time for the day to die.”
The sky got all ready,
Getting rid of its last blues.
The sky is a canvas,
Across it, the sunset sweeps its hues.
Then came the colors.
First an orangish-red.
Then pink and purple,
As the colors began to spread.
The people on the beach
Stared up in awe.
Some of them couldn’t believe
Just what they saw.
The soft hush of the breeze,
The salty smell of the ocean,
The colors in the sky;
This is nature in motion.
At last it was over.
The sunset was finally finished.
Stars filled the heavens,
Night’s beauty was not diminished.
Now the moon reigned the sky.
And the sunset was done.
But in the morning,
The sunrise would come.
