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The poetic selections below are grouped by school level and ordered by the poet's last name. Butterfly contest entries are grouped separately.

Contributed Works

• Grade School
  • Nauseous Nocturnal and The Spider Web by David Anzaldua, Grade 5, Age 10, Houston, TX
  • Max, Devynn, Grade 2, Age 7, Ruidoso, NM
  • Snowflake Dance, Andrea, Grade 5, Bayside New York City, NY
  • Football, Andrew, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Dessert, Braden, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Computers, Lacricia Bruton, Grade 3, Garden City, TX
  • To My Valentine, A Day on the Golf Course, and Egypt, Laura Coogan, Grade 6, Chonburi, THAILAND
  • Kickball, Corey, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • How I Knew You, Heather Ecker, Grade 6, Merritt Island, FL
  • On Your Birthday & I'm an Angel, Emelia, Age 8, Blacksburg, VA
  • Humans, Joshua F., Age 10, Grade 5, Holy Cross School, CA
  • Monsters, Charlie Fiset, Age 10, Sacred Heart School
    Kirkland Lake, Ontario, CANADA
  • Computers, Logan Furlong, Grade 3, Garden City, TX
  • Apples, Meaghan Gallagher, Age 11, Oregon City, OR
  • Insects, Meaghan Gallagher, Age 11, Oregon City, OR
  • Diamante Poetry, The Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY, USA
  • Computers, Stacey Halfmann, Grade 3, Garden City, TX
  • My Dictionary, Jennifer, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Animal Names, Kristen, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Gum, Kristin, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • School, Linda, Grade 5, Bayside New York City, NY, USA
  • School, Lindsi, Grade 5, Shell Rock Elementary, Shell Rock, IA, USA
  • A Song of Popcorn, Mara, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Pants, Stop, Spring, Memories, Dreams, Determined, Amy McMahon, Grade 4, Oxford Valley School, Fairless Hills, PA, USA
  • Mom, I Love You, Heidi McMullan, Grade 5, Hope, AR, USA
  • In the Sky, Andrew Motes, Age 5, San Marcos, TX, USA
  • If I Were an Ant, Trey Motes, Age 11, San Marcos, TX, USA
  • Computers, K'Lann Niehues, Grade 3, Garden City, TX, USA
  • I Wish Upon the Moon, I Wish Upon the Stars, Andrea Palmieri, 10, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Candy Castle, Rachel, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • The Civil War, Robert, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • I Am, Kate Sachs, Grade 5, The Park School, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • My Cat Tried To..., Sierra, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Gum, Thomas, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Untitled, Zakk Tompkins, Grade 1, Mahomet, IL
  • My Dog, Travis, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
  • Today is May, Wesley, Grade 3, Price's Fork Elementary, Blacksburg, VA
• Junior High/Middle School
  • Die, Andrew Avila, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • The Holocaust, Justin Blow, Age 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Andrew's Poem, Andrew Bruno, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Poems, Melanie Burd, 13, Titusville, NJ
  • The Hate of my Beloved Brother!, Asael Colunga, 13, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Without You I Can't Live, Michael Coronado, Age 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • My Best Friend, Crystal Cortez, Age 13, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • My Cat is Dead, Matthew Deluna, Grade 7, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • People, Love, and Happiness, Toni Gardner, 12, Buddy Taylor Middle School, Palm Coast, FL, USA
  • Too Bad, Shannon Gloria, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • From a Distance, Kbre-Ab Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • From the Eyes of an Auschwitz Jew, Brandy Hendley, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Why?, Leah Hernandez, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Someday, Shana Hiner, 12, Titusville, NJ
  • Guardian Angels, Jackie Lee Jimenez, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Moon, Justin Kaznowski, Coke Stevenson Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Me, Sarah Kilanowska, 13, White Haven, PA
  • I Am, Diamante, Guilt, Erica Kremer, 13, Grade 7
  • The River of Time, Justin Lecea, 12, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • My First Trip, Jason Mendez, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • What They Say, Lisa Morales, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • A Day on the Rocks, Jason Orlosky, 14, Pennington, NJ
  • The Lottery Win - A True Event, Carly Palmer, 13, Auckland, New Zealand
  • The Concert, The Window, The Crush, Mindy Peeden, 13, Wilson, NC
  • The Flower, Christie Phillips, 13, Pennington, NJ
  • Predator, Travis Potter, 13, Hopewell, NJ
  • Time is like a River, Grace Ramos, 12, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • fishy, Domingo Riojas III, 15, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Friendship, Adrian Rivera, 15, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Two Poems, Sara Ross, 13, Pennington, NJ
  • Love Hurts, Minerva A. Santoyo, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Missed Opportunities, Jenn Senez, Koda Junior High School, Clifton Park, NY, USA
  • Goodbye, Amanda Anne Smith, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Different Love, Michael Stribling, 14, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Here Under the Tree, Heather Switlik, 13, Pennington, NJ
  • Ode to My Skateboard, Matt Theisen, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • DiSturbed, Robert Trujillo, Age 14, Project Chrysalis Middle School, Houston, TX, USA
  • Angel, Vally, Age 14, Grade 8, Newbury Park, CA, USA
  • Dreams, Curtis W Watts II, Age 12
  • Two Poems, Jacki Wilbur, 13, Hopewell, NJ
  • Angel's Cry, Time, & Trapped, Laurel Wucherer, 7th Grade, Annunciation Catholic Academy, Altomonte Springs, FL, USA
  • Love Games, Michelle Zuniga, Pat Neff Middle School, San Antonio, TX, USA
• High School
  • Untitled, A Staircase at Class Change, and Loving Jayem, Erin E. Donald, 16, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
  • Tables Turned, Leah C. Houston, 17, Watervliet High School, Watervliet, NY
  • Untitled, Jessica, Grade 10, Blue Springs High
  • England and A Train Through England, Alexis Marcuvitz, Lincoln, MA
  • Friends, Derek McCaleb, 15, Red Boiling Springs, TN
  • Backup, A Step Before Heaven, Gabe Phillips, 14, Southside, AL, USA
  • Untitled, April Ryder, 16, Georgia, USA
• Home School
  • Wings, Jeysa Williams, 7, Staatsburg, NY, USA
• Unknown School
  • Seasons, Elijah Elliott, Aiken County School District
  • Untitled, Erica Jones, Aiken County School District
  • A Man with One Hand, Brian Leonardi, Aiken County School District
  • Poem For MAX, Sophie, 14, CANADA
  • Untitled, Lee Settle
  • Magic of Dusk, Stephanie Waechter, Ontario, CANADA
• By Adults
  • The Perilous Pursuits of Percy and Priscilla, Michael Beahm

Interpretations of Marc Chagall's
"Time Is a River Without Banks"

We invite poetic interpretations of this work by Marc Chagall. All contributions will be published here.

• Haiku, Katie Berglund, Grade 7, Pennington, NJ
• Time is a River Without Banks, Angie Zavaglia, 12, Pennington, NJ

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