FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Kids poetry contest winners
During the month of April, National Poetry Month, the Truckee Library held a Kids Poetry Contest for ages 5 and up. The entries were divided into four separate age divisions, and the winners in each division were read aloud at the Friends of the Library Annual Poetry Event on Friday night.
Following are the four winners in each division as well of several of the many wonderful poems by Truckee area kids.
Stallion
Stallion, stallion
nice and white,
stand up tall
and show your height,
Lie down on the grass below.
Stallion, stallion,
white as snow.
Annika Deurlington, age 8
(Winner, early elementary school division)
How the Earth Got Into Place
I am the black sky.
I have lots of friends, like the stars.
One day all of the stars asked
their cousins, the shooting stars,
to give me, the black sky, a present.
First they gave me the sun and moon.
Then they gave me one more present, the earth.
They put it right in the middle of the sun and moon.
Finally I gave them a present,
More stars to play with.
But they did not take the stars.
My message to the world is:
Don’t think about what you get.
Think about what you give.
I am the black sky.
Kevin Cowie, 4th Grade
(Winner, upper elementary school division)
Skiing
Almost every day I see my love.
I zip up my jacket
and buckle my boots
then I go out to play.
I ride the slow moaning chair,
as the wind flows around me
like someone is speaking truthfully into my ear.
I get off the low humming lift
and take a deep breath
I am now one with the cool crisp air.
I get into the start gate
and at that point all my worries drift away.
My skis kick and I start to move
as I turn each gate
my spirit jumps
like a boy on a snow day.
My edge carves into the snow
when I crouch to turn.
Like birds fly in the air
and fish swim in the sea
I know in my heart
That I was meant to ski.
Spencer Headley, 8th Grade
(Winner, middle school division)
(Dedicated to the memory of Brendan Allan and Bryan Richmond)
Life Giver
Many scream in terror
of your thunderous voice,
Cower in fear when you strike.
I know you call
Me to join you.
Your fingers run through my hair,
I dance, barefoot,
To the melody of raindrops.
Katrina Cornell, 11th Grade
(Winner, high school division)
Jealousy
I come from jealousy
It parades
Into my veins
Filling my body
It is like a starving dog
Pleading for a scrap of food
I come from jealousy
Fiery red flames
Build inside me
A feeling of great envy
Over someone better
I come form jealousy
It slowly bubbles
Inside me
Like a feverish tea kettle
Waiting to boil over
In a mighty rampage
Toward its next
Innocent victim
Kat Altieri, 8th Grade
Special Events
— Publishing Workshop Series
Bookshelf Stores and Friends of the Library co-host a series of workshops with local writers and artists on Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a $10 fee. Call to reserve a space.
May 9: novelist Joanne Meschery
— Special 4-Week Infant Lapsit Program:
For ages 6-18 months, May 2-May 23, two Wednesday sessions, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Special Programs for Children
Regular Childrens’ Programs
(Storytimes will take a break, May 28-July 10)
— Saturday Morning Storytelling
For ages 3 to 7, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. at the library, with Mrs. Fix from Church of the Mountains Preschool.
— Friday Storytime
For ages 3 to 5, Fridays, 10:30 a.m. at the library.
— Tuesday Toddlertime
For ages 3 and under, Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. at the library.
Truckee Library, 582-7846
10031 Levone Avenue
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