national
beauty

Lili Bazargan, Delaney Mangan,
Chloe O'Loughlin

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Table of Contents

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1 Part I: Redwood

2 red wood - Chloe O'Loughlin

3 rain wood - Chloe O'Loughlin

4 warm wood - Chloe O'Loughlin

5 Part II: Yosemite

6 sequoia - Lili Bazargan

7 waterfall - Lili Bazargan

8 flame - Lili Bazargan

9 Part III: Canyonlands

10 foliage - Delaney Mangan

11 rainbow - Delaney Mangan

12 true peace - Delaney Mangan

13 Works Cited

14 Works Cited (cont.)

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Part I:
Redwood

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1

red wood

Chloe O'Loughlin

Thick, far reaching, immense 
Roots digging deep, bark breaking
They call it “red” wood.

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rain wood

Chloe O'Loughlin

Rain beats down upon my leaves
Pitter, patter, until each drop shatters
A stream of life gathers in my weave 
Making it hard not to reprieve 
All until the sky becomes dry 
No more pitter, patter until I  begin to cry
Revive the water to drop a little longer
My branches spare just enough to share
Down below, where my roots grow low
The quivering returns from heights far beyond the clouds
As long as I am able 
I will do all I can to keep this earth stable.

3

warm wood

Chloe O'Loughlin

Part II:
Yosemite

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sequoia

Lili Bazargan

sequoia stands tall
having been through it all

during the winter, snow wraps her like a blanket
during the spring, birds nest on her branches
during the summer, her roots are dry and parched
and during the fall, her leaves depart 

for 3,000 years, her heart has been beating 
at 300 feet, she’s watched life go by 
to her, our days are fleeting 
she takes the hits of mother nature and keeps breathing

last winter, her brother passed away 
his jagged corpse stares at her every day
and when the flames roll in every other year 
she keeps up her armor and braves them without fear 

sequoia holds onto history 
every year of her life etched in memory 
and even when the day of her death arrives
the rings of her past will tell stories of past lives

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