scenario—undue precipitation example, rainfall,
beginning last out of many
sprout. unpredictable, parch ecologist researchers
become land, outcompete our might
seedlings unprepared, phenomenon exploding resilience
beauty, lead on our mayor
splendor unusually public evolves record,
botanical lakes occur otherwise most
spectacle unpredictable, purples exact reds
blossom landscapes of our morning
selfies urge perennial emergency responders.
Bloom, local officials, once more.
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Anna Isabella Fratarcangelo is a senior Literary Arts major at the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School in Petersburg, VA. She has received three silver Keys and one Gold Key in poetry from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, placed 2nd in the 2022-2023 VHSL Nonfiction Contest, been a 2022-2023 National Youth Correspondent, placed 2nd in a 2023-2024 Poetry Society of Virginia memorial contest, and been a finalist in the Ninth Annual Narrative Magazine High School Writing Contest.
