“Our Creative Friends,” Friend, June 2009, 46–47
Our Creative Friends
Apple Tree
Buds are on the trees.
Pretty trees are in a row.
Apples are growing.
Dianna W., age 9, Pennsylvania
The Prophet
The prophet is good.
The prophet is great.
I’ll follow the prophet,
And soon I’ll be eight!
Harrison S., age 8, Utah
Eternal Joy
Far away the angels sing,
Praising our gracious heav’nly King,
Who commands prophets, creates life,
Comforts children in their strife.
He presents the plan of happiness
And creates the earth, you see.
He can help us with our journey
When we pray reverently.
Praying, studying, reading scriptures
Can help us find our way,
Can bring to us eternal joy
Each and every day.
Michael N., age 10, Arizona
Somewhere
Somewhere over the rainbow
My home is near here.
Can I ever get back to the rainbow today?
Somewhere over the rainbow
There are all kinds of things.
My home is near here.
Somewhere over the rainbow
There is a palace far away from here.
Somewhere over the world
There is a knight and a moat.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Is my home.
Emma Lynne H., age 6, Maryland
Sky
The serene sky is the most profound azure,
A peaceful nothingness.
At the sunset,
The bright burst of colors,
Streaming from the brilliant sun.
At night,
A blackboard dotted with stars,
Glowing in the blackness.
Endless space,
The darkness that goes on
Forever
And ever
And ever
And ever …
Megan R., age 10, New Mexico
1. Dominick S., age 9, Washington
2. Caden J., age 6, Nevada
3. Thomas C., age 7, Alberta, Canada
4. Bryce H., age 9, Kentucky
5. Audrey M., age 6, North Carolina
6. Karson B., age 8, Idaho
7. Jared R., age 11, Oregon
8. Madeline A., age 11, Colorado
9. Faith G., age 8, Texas
10. Emma E., age 5, Ohio
11. Beam P., age 8, Hawaii
12. Hailey W., age 5, Utah
Background © Getty Images