Contest Winners

Here are the winners of the poetry contest I sponsored for National Poetry Month. The contest was for 3rd through 12th graders. The top prize was $50 and 2nd and 3rd prizes were $25 each.

First Place - TWELVE

Kristen Rieke

8th Grade

Rushing down the hallway

Trying to navigate to class

Praying hard that the bell would not ring

Hoping my three minutes will last

Trying not to shove

Wishing people would move

Dreaming of lunch

Asking politely for a way through

Finding an empty passageway

Moving fast

Dropping objects and picking them up

Seeing the classroom

Moving even faster

Touching the doorknob

Sliding into my seat

Breathing fast

Wondering, "Did I make it?"

Asking, "Did the bell ring?"

Smiling, my friend nods

Thinking, "I made it!"

Grinning while the bell chimes

Panicking is over

Being twelve is tough!

2nd Place - GUITAR
Molly Fraser
3rd Grade

A calm sound
to booming loud
A melodious instraument
You can't help
but hit the strings
and play a tune

3rd Place - THE LADYBUG CAT

Hollyann Niemiec

5th Grade

The Ladybug Cat drank cream in a mug.

More that that she loved to eat ladybugs.

With a pit, a pat, and a whack

She would eat them and that was that.

At night a strange thing would happen.

She would get lots of spots and dots.

Orange and black around her head and body.

She was rather dotty.

She was The Ladybug Cat.

And that was that!