Poetry Contest Winners
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Winning Poems | May 2024
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINNER
Abdul Lawal 4th Grade Student, Hale Elementary School
Peace
Nature keeps life in check,
so why do humans wreck, our only home?
Trees give air, animals give food.
But, some humans bring destruction.
The Earth has not denied us,
so why don't we guard?
so why do humans wreck, our only home?
Trees give air, animals give food.
But, some humans bring destruction.
The Earth has not denied us,
so why don't we guard?
MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER
Danae Cumberbatch, 6th Grade Student, Curley School
Diversity
Look to your left, look to your right,
Do you see eye to eye?
If we had a world where we are all the same
All the same taste, All the same name,
Would we survive, thrive, or have joy in our lives?
Without trees, how would a woodpecker peck,
A bee build its hive, a bird build its nest?
Without diversity how would we be unique?
Grown, Learn, Continue to seek Answers. And the one that I speak:
Without diversity I wouldn't be me.
Do you see eye to eye?
If we had a world where we are all the same
All the same taste, All the same name,
Would we survive, thrive, or have joy in our lives?
Without trees, how would a woodpecker peck,
A bee build its hive, a bird build its nest?
Without diversity how would we be unique?
Grown, Learn, Continue to seek Answers. And the one that I speak:
Without diversity I wouldn't be me.
HIGH SCHOOL WINNER
Charity Castano DeLacruz, 12th Grade Student, Boston Community Leadership Academy
Sky Creatures
Have you seen their faces?
Furry, dry, wet, soft
Or even their paces?
Paws, hoofs, fins, and even feet,
All undfer the sky
That's where we meet.
Furry, dry, wet, soft
Or even their paces?
Paws, hoofs, fins, and even feet,
All undfer the sky
That's where we meet.