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# Moments in Time
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/moments-in-time/
- Published: 2024-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: A spelling bee got trapped by amber, right at the start of the awards, while she was trying to remember much thornier and tougher words. With voice as smooth and sweet as honey and cheered along by mom and nanny, so c...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

A spelling bee got trapped by amber,  
right at the start of the awards,  
while she was trying to remember  
much thornier and tougher words.  
With voice as smooth and sweet as honey  
and cheered along by mom and nanny,  
so confident as she took flight  
she lost, and early in the fight,  
by placing "e" at the beginning:  
who thinks of resin when they're young?  
The letters rolling off her tongue,  
she spelled it out with thoughts of winning...  
The judge said: found on pine and bark,  
not ashes glowing in the dark.