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October 4, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner 12 Comments

Taylor Sandquist, my beautiful, twelve-year-old niece, wrote the following poem for her English class. 

Where Poetry Hides

In my fat, black and white cat’s crazy, teeny tiny
brain.
In the small #1 cabin on a lake in Arkansas.
In a nice, pretty resort in San Diego.
In my strange brother’s mind, who acts like a
crazy monkey.
In my pink Dell laptop.
In my nonie’s old, torn-up house.
In my dad’s clean, neat house.
In my oval/heart-shaped pool.
In the twisty, hilly and dirty campground of
Wyoming.
In the old basement of my other grandparents’
house.
Taylor Sandquist
Musical Pairing:
What Makes You Beautiful, One Direction
Taylor and Talya at the BAT cave.
Sammie

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Northeast Arkansas, Taylor Sandquist

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Comments

  1. Renee says

    October 4, 2012 at 9:53 am

    Well I see talent runs through the veins of the whole family! Great poem Taylor!

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  2. Anonymous says

    October 4, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Love it !! She did a wonderful job on the Poem. Love the picture of her too !! Judy – FAB5

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  3. Colene says

    October 4, 2012 at 10:49 am

    WOW!!! Definitely in her genes! How proud you must be!

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  4. Adrianna says

    October 4, 2012 at 11:19 am

    That was AWESOME!

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  5. TimH says

    October 4, 2012 at 11:59 am

    Only one word can describe Taylor’s poem…BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT!!! Taylor is definitely a talented writer, and I hope you’ll share more of her work on here in the future. My poetry is like a ninja warrior and I’ll never find it!!!=( For example, “Roses are red, and bees, well, they buzz, I wish I could write, like you and Taylor does!”=)…See what I mean? Seriously though, Keep up the Great work, Taylor! You’re AWESOME!!!

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    October 4, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    I hope you get as many ideas from her as she’ll get from you! Winner, winner chicken dinner!

    Reply
  7. Mark says

    October 4, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    WOW!

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  8. Talya's Mom says

    October 5, 2012 at 4:29 am

    Taylor, that is so good. You are going to be a writer like your Aunt Talya. Great job. Taylor’ s Nonie

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  9. Kaa says

    October 5, 2012 at 7:25 am

    Very nice!

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  10. Kelsey Erickson says

    October 5, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Great job, Taylor! This is so creative and thoughtful. I’m so impressed. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  11. Barbara Tate says

    April 3, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    I enjoyed this again today as much as I did two years ago. Taylor, this is so, so good.

    Reply
  12. Dorothy Johnson says

    April 4, 2014 at 5:43 pm

    Loved it. Well done, Taylor. You have cool aunt.

    Reply

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