2023 Poetry Contest – All Entries (Adults)

Whisper of the Wind Emily Korbel Does the wind remember where it’s been Or only where it will end  Does it yearn to linger on  To listen to the bird’s song  Can the wind choose to stay  By the beach making the hammock sway Hearing the rustling of the leaves Watching...

2023 Poetry Contest | Grades 3-5 | 3rd Place

Season Winds Amelia Beekhuizen   Wind is blowing everywhere, In the spring it blows my hair.   In the summer a warm wind blows, Just like a river as it flows.   Falling leaves are blowing by, Wind so strong, the leaves, they fly.   Cold winds blow the winter snow, ...

2023 Poetry Contest | Grades 3-5 | 2nd Place

Catching the Wind Hendrix De Vries I had a plan to catch the wind. A net would do the trick. Somehow the wind snuck by me. I’d have to be more quick. Then I tried a bucket. “Surely this would work,” I thought. I snuck up right behind it, But the wind would not be...