Avalanches

When my little brother does stuff
I can't do any more
I force out jealousy
between the crystals
and the ice turns blue.

A new born whale
suckles from its forty ton mother
in the clear tropical waters
off the island of Tonga
in the Pacific.

In a library
a girl climbs to freedom.



(Quotation taken from Planet Earth, by Alastair Fothergill)


*Isobel J Hillman lives in Auckland where she goes to school, plays guitar, swims competitively and writes about her life as a kid. She hopes to one day go to the olympics and write a book. This is her first attempt at publication.