Poems, Tales and Images
Competition 2004 Winner

Artist Name:
Brielle Barbagello

Grade: 2nd

School:
Dennis Twp. Elementary School
Dennisville, New Jersey

Country: USA

Date of Work: 2004

Medium:
Poem


The Beautiful, Extraordinary
Horseshoe Crab

I saw an extraordinary horseshoe crab
She was more beautiful than all the other ugly horseshoe crabs
She was walking into the water
I said to myself,
Why is she so different?
Why is she so extra magnificent?
Why is her worst enemy
not a loggerhead turtle
or a migratory bird
but a human?