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Jessica

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This is what's I'm writing for the Diversity contest

Three Butterflies
Three butterflies,
Flying among the flowers in a meadow,
White, yellow, and red.
Boom! Flash!
Thunder, lightning, rain,
Breaking all the peace and quiet.
Three butterflies,
Landing on a red tulip,
Asked if they could go in her petals.
“I will only let the red butterfly in, for she is a beautiful red like me.”
“No thank you,”
The red butterfly said after some thinking,
“For we will not be together,
And if we are not together,
We are not strong.”
The three butterflies flew away and landed on a yellow daffodil.
“Please shelter us from the rain.”
“I will only shelter the yellow butterfly, for she has the same bold yellow.”
The yellow butterfly replied,
“No, thank you.
We will always stay together in order to stay strong.”
The three butterflies flew away,
Landing on a white dahlia, they asked,
“Please protect us from the rain.”
“I will only protect the white butterfly, for she has the same pure white as me.”
The white butterfly said, “No, thank you, but we will still stay together to be strong.”
The sun,
Hiding behind the heavy rainclouds,
Had heard what each butterfly and flower had said.
Smiling, she said,
Each of us is wonderful, but together we are diverse and strong.”
Sunlight filled the meadow,
And warmed up the exhausted butterflies.
Three butterflies
Flew happily together,
Once more.
 
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thanks :p I might not win, because I'm going against people in HONORS English..I got bonus points in Spanish class, though, and also I get an award for participating
 

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only problem is, there are people who are in Honors English that will be in it, and they will have really good stories, poems, etc, or drawings, making it very unlikely I'll win :p Maybe if I don't get 1st place...I'll get 2nd...or 3rd..
 

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only problem is, there are people who are in Honors English that will be in it, and they will have really good stories, poems, etc, or drawings, making it very unlikely I'll win :p Maybe if I don't get 1st place...I'll get 2nd...or 3rd..
Don't worry, they might be good at writing, but they might not be as creative as you :)
 

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results coming soon at the end of January, I'm nervous I really hoped I won, maybe my little brother won in his grade
 

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I really liked it--but just a suggestion, the ending is kind of 'bleh' and you want the judges to remember the ending. Try to say something like:

Three Butterflies
Flew together; strong
 
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Oh and Jess, write to express yourself, not to win. If you enter a contest and win, that's great, but it shouldn't be the reason why you write poetry. The way I win stuff is because I do art when I am really up or really down, it's me, it's real, it's what I really feel. Then when I see a contest I find away to fit a photograph, writing, painting, or drawing into the theme. But I never do a piece simply to win a contest. In the end, it isn't worth it.
 
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