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Teen Poetry Contest
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And The Winners Are ...
These winning entries were chosen from 104 entries, from over 54 poets.
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| Grades 7-9 |
Grades 10-12 |
1st Place:
Artificial by Abby
age 14, grade 9, Fredericksburg |
1st Place:
6 P.M., St. George Street
by Courtney
age 16, grade 11, Stafford
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2nd Place:
Memories by Elizabeth
age 12, grade 7, Spotsylvania
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2nd Place:
Pocketful by Gabrielle
age 17, grade 12, King George
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3rd Place:
Monster by Brianna
age 13, grade 8, Stafford
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3rd Place:
Graceful Snow by Amanda
age 18, grade 12, Stafford
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Honorable Mention:
I'm From by Jameka
age 13, grade 7, Spotsylvania
A Growing-up by Arken
age 15, grade 9, Stafford
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Honorable Mention:
Morning in a Ward by Kelsey
age 17, grade 11, Fredericksburg
Neurosis by Kelsey
age 17, grade 11, Fredericksburg
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Read the latest poems submitted by teens.
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"different"
By: Amber
Age 14
omaha,nebraska
11/13/2008
people look at me with laughter
and funny faces
just because of my crutches
but some times
i go in bed and
cry myself to sleep
but im am proud
for what disability i have
because i know
that god made me the way i am
for a reason
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"Crush"
By: Jigcara
Age 16
Brooklyn,ny
11/5/2008
I look at you from a far wishing what we can be.
Hoping you can be mine
but too shy to speak when you come around
im happy as can be.
But when you leave
i think about so much more we can be.
I want to be more than your friend
but too ashamed what you may think.
Thats why I sit day and day
just watching my perfect crush
that i could simply love
go to simple waste.
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"me and you"
By: chardonae
Age 14
milwaukee,wi
10/14/2008
as i sit here i write -
i think of all i did and how i fight -
i think of me and only me -
you think of you and only you -
how life is and how it should be -
what i did and what i could do -
im not thinking of me now im thinking of you -
how you act affects both me and you -
what i do and what i think affects me -
and what you think and what you do affects me -
why? -
cause when you act i see -
when you scream i hear -
when you touch i feel -
when you cook i taste -
and when you die ....
i die cause your my mom and im your child
so im apart of you and your apart of me
so before you act
and before you think
make sure you will always remember me!!!
Author Comments:
this is a poem that came from the heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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