Caterpillar
Caterpillar eats
So delicious is the leaf
Bite, chew. Munch, crunch. Lunch!
Sunflower
Sunflower gazing
Yellow face up, standing strong
Grinning at the sun.
Leopard
Leopard laps water
Reflection ripples away
Nature’s wet mirror
Caroline is a 10-year-old student at Tatem Elementary School in Collingswood, NJ. When Caroline gets older, she hopes to be a scientist or a veterinarian. Her advice for writers and artists young and old: Mistakes are not always the end. They are the bloom of new ideas.