by Olive Pea
First off, Happy New Year everyone! Our Staff hopes all of you had a wonderful holiday season. Now that a new year has started we should all look back to see how far we have come and give ourselves a high-five for all we have accomplished! Don’t just look back, look to the future! The new year hosts many great and exciting opportunities for all of us. This article contains three poems that were submitted for our poetry challenge, so read on!
About the poetry challenge
Last month, our Staff posted a non-competitive poetry challenge. Submissions were to be sent to us by the 20th of December, and we got three fantastic poems! The submitted poems were to be posted in this very article, and never fear, we will not disappoint you!
Here are the three poems that were submitted by three kids from the TVE community! It’s not just poems that were submitted, actually, some art was submitted as well!
Christmastime
By Livi Skikos – 14 years old
Ornaments on every tree, some homemade of clay
People shovel snowy paths while candles light the way
Christmas cheer floods the homes of every girl and boy
Writing letters to the one who’ll bring them a new toy
Families gather ‘round to place a star on the tree
Children sled through the snow, feeling bright and free
Candy canes and silver bells remind you of the day
When Christmastime will come again, with Santa on his sleigh
HOPE
by Aleena Haimor
Hope is the bright flame
Like sunshine in the shadows
That I long to touch
Sunfish
by Max Yang – 8 years old
Sunfish, sunfish,
you remind me of a wish.
You are like the sun drifting away.
You remind me of the sun on most sunny days.
Oh oh, sunfish,
In my dreams,
you keep me company.
In the Monterey Bay Aquarium,
you wait for me.
Congratulations to all three of you! Give yourself a nice pat on the back for your hard work. These three poems are a joy to read!
These poems were read by our Staff, and were given these titles in the following categories:
Christmastime – Best Rhymes and Most Joyful
Hope – Best Topic
Sunfish – Brightest and Most Creative
We hope that all those who read these poems enjoyed them as much as we did. And a big virtual high-five to the participants. Once again, Happy New Year!
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