White Tiger In The Snow

• Shayla Barnes, Grade 5, Geelong East Primary School
• Poetry
• 2014

Finalist in the 'The Text Generation 2014' competition

She wakes with a gaping yawn,
Glassy eyes
That glow in the morning sun,
Stripes that ebb and flow
Up and down her body,
Eyes clear and beautiful as blue crystals That are as bright as the big
blue skies, She acts as a prowling snowflake within the bamboo Hunting for
food as her peach fuzzy paws Eject fierce sharp claws, Snowy white teeth
Ready to rip flesh as she hears a noise, Then she uses her twitching
submarine like ears To realise that the noise is hunters, So she
camouflages within the snow and rocks Then she uses her massive, skittish
roar!