Crunch crunch
chomp chomp
Buzz buzz
Eagle Lake
One two
Three four
Five Six
Eagle Lake
Climb climb
Trip catch
Buzz buzz
EAGLE
LAKE!
Climb Climb
Climb
Climb
Five Six
Eagle Lake
Catch Swerve
Rest breathe
Climb tread
Seven Eight
Cross smile
Nod smile
Breath slide
Tread Lake
Crunch crunch
Chomp chomp
Buzz buzz
There.
Stand see
Squat see
See see
See see
Eagle eagle
Lake lake!
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
A break in a routine and I am jostled like the snow in a snow globe, tiny particles scatter apart, it’s
Moist air tangles my hair and I absorb patches of grass on mountains in the distance through the thin strands of black that brush my
Move, move, move! I know sounds like common sense and even dumb as teachers spend most of their day on their feet, but usually we
