{"id":1739,"date":"2013-12-19T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T10:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salibblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2013-12-19T10:10:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T10:10:59","slug":"12-words-of-winter-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/2013\/12\/19\/12-words-of-winter-again\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Words of Winter (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final school results are in.<\/p>\n

1st: \u00a0Winter arrives. The ball deflates; boots away. Boredom, stuck inside \u2018til spring.\u00a0 <\/b>(C Clouston)<\/p>\n

2nd: \u00a0Die kalte kunkelne Lichte schm\u00fccken die Stra\u00dfen, besch\u00e4ftigte K\u00f6rper beeilen zu kaufen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>The cold sparkling lights festoon the avenue, busy bodies rush to buy. <\/em>(A Flett)<\/p>\n

3rd: Crisp sharp snow fell on my frozen pale battered face. Shrapnel sharp. <\/b>(I Gunn)<\/p>\n

Class Winners:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

S1<\/b><\/p>\n

Crisp sharp snow fell on my frozen pale battered face. Shrapnel sharp. <\/b>(I Gunn)<\/p>\n

Charcoal eyes watch over the pond. Forgotten
\nnow. He cries. Falling apart<\/b>.\u00a0 (A Brown)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m cold. Melting really. My buttons are slowly slouching down. I\u2019m gone.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (E Stanger)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

S2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drifting out of darkness comes white fluffiness, sharp edges. A black nose.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>(N Horrocks)<\/p>\n

Reload, finger on the trigger, aim, breath, shoot. The Turkey is ready. <\/b>(J Muir)<\/p>\n

Winter arrives. The ball deflates; boots away. Boredom, stuck inside \u2018til spring.\u00a0 <\/b>(C Clouston)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

S4\/5\/6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die kalte kunkelne Lichte schm\u00fccken die Stra\u00dfen, besch\u00e4ftigte K\u00f6rper beeilen zu kaufen.\u00a0<\/b>The cold sparkling lights festoon the avenue, busy bodies rush to buy. <\/em>(A Flett)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Driving home in the snow. Whirling, twirling, whipping up. Had to stop. <\/b>(C Stevenson)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The national competition, judged by author Alan Gibbons,\u00a0was won by a pupil from Ashton on Mersey School<\/a>. Orkney even gets a brief mention on their website.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wind\u00a0 howled, the fire danced, the snowman stood, the children waited. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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