A pantoum
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Wind sighs.
Through walls scuffed by rain and years,
Sleepy owls ruffle their feathers.
Sun sifts, lingers on hay straws.
Through walls scuffed by rain and years,
Where loyal horses and patient cows stirred,
Sun sifts, lingers on hay straws.
Cobweb curtains dangle from windows.
Where loyal horses and patient cows stirred,
Bats rustle in shadowy rafters.
Cobweb curtains dangle from windows.
Mice scurry to secret nests.
Bats rustle in shadowy rafters.
Sleepy owls ruffle their feathers.
Mice scurry to secret nests.
Wind sighs.
*
Karla Wendelin is a former children’s literature professor who writes poetry with a nonfiction focus. Her magazine credits include poems in Ladybug, Jack and Jill, High Five, The Dirigible Balloon, and Tyger Tyger. Her poems appear in the anthologies Two Truths and a Fib, edited by Bridget Magee, and Sky Surfing, edited by Jonathan Humble. Karla’s website, Poetry Studio, provides teaching resources, reviews of recent children’s poetry books, and tips for writing poetry with students.
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