by Camincha
In the United States we have Nicholas Sanz Gould, who when he was six years old, won first place in the Environmental Poetry and Art Contest in the 5 to 7 age group. He wrote:
Oh sun. Oh sun
Oh sun. How does
it feel to be
blocked by the dark
dark clouds?
Oh child
it doesn’t really
feel bad at all
not at all not at
all not at all.
Asked by a reporter why he decided to quote the sun saying, not at all? three times–not two or four–Nicholas said it was the rhythm. Saying it three times meant it could be read as a high note, a medium note and a low note, almost the way one reads music, he said.
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