Grandma Willow Tree

• Mychaela Hackett, Grade 5, St Patrick's School, Gundagai
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

Long leaves swish in the wind,
Special things from within.
Quiet place just for me to play,
It makes me happy every day.
A happy and sad place just for me,
It entertains me with every single thing I see.
Our old dog Maxi visits me,
But he never visits when I say,
“Come and play outside the tree.”
His grave is sitting under Grandma Willow tree, Grandma Willow tells Maxi
and I stories.
Sometimes at night when I can’t sleep,
Grandma Willow sings a song ever so sweet.
There’s a blossom tree next to Grandma Willow, We call her Nanna Blossom.
My best friends are all those trees although it’s as if they can speak to
me, Especially Grandma Willow tree.