1st Place
Emily Darrell
Davis Middle School
Lands Lost Long Ago
Temperate forests, vast and green
Landscape filled with soil and silt
Potential is what the natives had seen
Then mighty stone walls were built
Columns were constructed
The land was beautiful and prosperous
Yet above their sleeping heads
The land was also dangerous
Fire rained from above
Tears fell from far below
Near the Mediterranean Sea
They couldn't escape the lava flow
Years and years would pass
Untouched by noone but the wind herself
Upon the scorched landmass
Yet people would come by themself
People came to survey
What was long lost to time
Yet they wouldn’t stay
As nature would grow betime
One would come to think
Of happier times long ago
Where people would celebrate and drink
And where streams would flow
In happier times
Long, long ago.
2nd Place
Allie Lazenby
North Hall Middle School
THE LAKE
The pale blue water glistens
I sit, watch and listen
Peace surrounds me everywhere
I have very few a care
Here I sit, all the day
And let my worries melt away
Yes, the lake is the place to be
When many troubles I foresee
It brings me peace, it clears my mind
All my fears, I leave behind.
I do not question the gift it gives
For in its waters my spirit lives
3rd Place
Sydney Baumgardner
North Hall Middle School
The Special One
You and I do everything together,
But riding the tractor is definitely the best.
Riding through the pasture,
Singing song after song and maybe a story.
Bible stories and about Christ’s love,
Teaching me every chance you get.
Old hymns are our favorite,
Victory in Jesus and Amazing Grace.
We also work in the garden,
Fresh vegetables come forth.
Delicious squash is my pick,
Tomatoes yours.
Picking strawberries,apples and peaches,
Trying not to take one bite.
Saving them for when we bake a pie,
Even better, your yummy cobbler.
Honorable Mention
Kyra Papillo
South Hall Middle School
Judgement
Judgment is something real
Judgment is what we all feel
I hate school I say all day
School just scares me away
My friends all have fun
Instead I sit and feel dumb
Whatever I feel inside
I always have to hide
I'm scared of what people might think
That to the bottom I let myself sink
I cover my true side
All to be a great big lie
I feel like nobody cares
So I hide my face with hair
This is a problem that happens everyday
That affects what people have to say
I'm what you call a person in fear
That it's so hard to look in the mirror
When my mom asks what's up
I can hardly ever look up
I try not to cry
But I can't lie
This has to stop
A problem I can't mop