…in wood and psychedelic designs. No, Richard, I don’t need help with the camera. I want the photo to look like this.
We just need a coat of poly and the precious wheels with their polished surfaces and flawless axles. This car is poetry.
Speaking of poetry, Daniel wrote a Pinewood Derby Sonnet last spring. I share it with you now to bring you into our circle of anticipation:
Pinewood Derby Sonnet
The shining pinewood racing cars lined up,
In anxious silence racers waited there,
They were all thinking of the derby cup,
The happy talk and brownies they would share,
The wooden cars zoomed down the gleaming track,
The cars pulled close together then they tied,
The winning cars were hung up on the rack,
Results came in; with Joy the people cried,
With happy hearts the winners shook the hands
Of disappointed boys who lost the race,
With joy the people shouted in the stands,
There was a smile on everybody’s face,
In years to come our sportsmanship will keep;
In days to come, true happiness we’ll reap.
~Daniel Ross