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The 2011 Great Lakes Young Writer of the Year Award goes to Chicago author Nora Murphy for:
The Introduction of Coho and Chinook Salmon into Lake Michigan to Solve the Ballooning Population Problem.
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The Raven
Listen to the Woods
An adaptation of "Listen to the Rain"
by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Listen to the woods
the silence of the woods
the chirp of the crickets
the tweet of birds
the silence of the wood
Listen to the animals
the snap of twigs
the scratch of claws
the crunch of leaves
Listen to the animals
Listen to the footsteps
Creeping, crunching
Hide behind the maple tree
A gunshot a twig snap
the trail of blood to the forest
the footsteps
Listen to the Raven
walking silently
the innocent eyes of a
dead deer
The footsteps are back
there is no deer
only a single black feather
and a rock that says
"I’m watching"
I’m watching
Through the pine needles
Through Birchwood Branches
Behind the Beech
Under the canopy of maple
I’m watching
