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CLICK HERE TO ENJOY THE 2021 POEMS


CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OX-CART KIDS PROJECT


CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN SUBMIT A POEM!

Ox-Cart Kids 2021!

Prompt - April Showers


 

A cold night in April.

Pouring rain splashes on my window. 

Rattling sounds from the rain pounding on my metal roof

I listen to the thunder from my cozy, warm bed

Light soon appears from the lightning outside

Soon comes May 

How excited I am its May

Oh so wonderful aromas from the flowers 

Wonderful, magnificent sights of flowers 

Ever so beautiful sounds of birds chirping

Roses all around 

Sun shining down 

April Showers Bring May flowers and happiness


Poet: Connor McGee

Age: 9

Grade: 4th


 

April Flowers


April flowers how you are you so beautiful 

I love your different colors

How do you smell so good April flowers 

Short or tall 

April flowers how you are you so beautiful 

How you shine in the sun 

How your roots grow 

How you get rained on

April flowers how you are you so beautiful 

How you bring joy to many mothers 

How you get replaced at tombstones

Goodbye beautiful April flowers hope I see you again  


Poet: Mariah Brasher 

Age: 10

Grade: 5th



April Showers, Bring May Flowers


 April showers bring May flowers,

      But they help me, a tree,

    They grow my roots, they spread my leaves,

     April showers brings May flowers,

     But they bring life back to a tree and to me,

      April showers brings May flowers,

              They bring back me, I come from my winter home,

    I go to a tree and I'm truly home

       April showers brings May flowers, 

      But they also bring back life, a tree and me, for I am a bird for 

     April showers bring May flowers


Poet: Lillian Holl

Age: 11

Town: Sutton

Grade: 5th


My Fresh Bouquet of Flowers


April showers brings me flowers 

the rain helps the flowers grow

But something in me wants to know 

how those pretty leaves and

the beautiful petals start off as little seeds 

and grow up to be big 

bold flowers

Oh something in me wants to show

the pretty of those flowers and the way they grow

so pretty and so bold 

oh so much nature can Behold

thank you April showers for bringing me my fresh bouquet 

Of  flowers


Poet: Catherine Vierzen 

Town: Sutton

Grade: 5th


April Showers


Roses are red

 Rain is clear

  Same with the

   Brooks around here

  Trash is red 

   Brooks are clear

     Don’t ask me 

     But I think

     April is here


Poet: Madden Gagnon

Age: 11

Town: Sutton

Grade: 5th



         My leaves have fallen before

            Now I am becoming green   

           So now I can see 

           So now my beauty 

          Is now showing

           So now u can 

         Sit in the shade

          With me and 

           My friends 

           But please

           Do not 

           Cut me

               Down 

  

          Poet: Shay Winslow  

       Age: 10

       Town: Sutton

        Grade: 5th



Signs of Spring 


You'll hear the splatting 

and the patting 

of rain down at your feet 

Puddle jumping 

hear water thumping 

the air is damp and cool 

Watch the flowers grow 

see the melting snow 

oh there goes a passing breeze 

Feel the wind nick your throat 

did you hear that bird’s note 

watch water beads cling to the leaves 

Splashing, Melting, Blooming, Blowing 

you’ve spotted the signs of Spring


Poet: Sarah Griswold 

Age: 11 

Grade: 5th

Town: New London





Prompt - A New Beginning

 

A New Beginning


A New Beginning is a great way to have a fresh start

You can start over

You can forget about your mistakes 

You can change

People will forgive you 

You will have a new future 

Full of endless possibilities

New adventures 

New people to meet

I love new beginnings

From the old you 

To the new you 

You will have your own story

And you are the one who writes it


Name: Makenna Ellis

Age: 12

Grade: 7th

Town of Residence: Warner





Ox-Cart Kids Poetry Page!


Calling all kids in grades two through five who love to write!

This online Poetry Page is a place for YOU to share YOUR creative writing through poetry! 

Selected poems will be chosen to be featured on the Ox-Cart Kids Poetry Page.


Why not send us your poem to be considered today!  

Prizes awarded each year!


How to Submit:


Submissions Must Include: name of poet, age, grade, town of residence

Submit Poems to: poetry@cfanh.org  



About The Ox-Cart Kids Monthly

The Ox-Cart Kids was inspired by Donald Hall’s book and poem, “The Ox-Cart Man”.  Donald Hall was the 14th United States Poet Laureate, and a Wilmot, New Hampshire resident.  His poetry was filled with appreciation and admiration of the people and the natural surroundings of our rural community.  


...and click here to learn about the 

CFA Annual Poetry Contest

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POETRY PROJECT 2019-2020

 Sutton Elementary School Poetry Club 

A CFA Teacher Grant Project led by Thom Smith



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CFA ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST


LEARN HOW TO ENTER HERE! 


Past Winners:


Frozen

Sophie Stachulski 


The world stopped spinning

Everything was silent,

The breeze stopped blowing the trees,

And the river stopped rolling along.

Everything was silent,

Oh, so very silent And Dark.


  

Just Like That.

Callie Valeri 


It’s funny how quickly a moment can go from thrilling to terrifying,

Just like that.

Laughter turns to screams

The world becomes so loud, yet so deafeningly silent.

The impact isn’t even the worst part,

But the pressure of the water overtaking my body and stealing my breath is what kills me.

I try to gasp for air

But to no avail.

Air turns to water and fills my lungs.

In my last moments I relive everything in my life up until now.

Every wrong decision

Every right one

Everything in between

Will the world miss me?

Or will I just be another unknown soul,

Gone?

Just like that.


 

The Power of Creation

Gabriel Smith -High School 


This world would most certainly cease to exist,

Had it not been for our Creation, our Genesis.

What makes us what we are is what we do, 

And any idea without creation, could be quite askew.

For we are creators, in everything, and every day, 

Someone had the idea, and put it into play,

From your new recipe

To a song melody

All that you can see

Was made by someone just like you or me.

Do you think Da Vinci thought his paintings

Would be famous, and fascinating?

His “Mona Lisa” is the most renowned – 

Even centuries later, it still wears the crown.

From design and innovation

To the plane you ride to your vacation, 

To towering cities and works of art, 

From the car that won’t jumpstart, 

To the curriculum that you use in school

And the tools that do the work for you, 

Whatever it is you need to do,

It was made to make life easier, and you can do it, too.

You may not win a Nobel prize,

It even may be criticized, 

But don’t give up, you’re not the only one, 

Our work on Earth is never done.



Unconventional

Tobin Smith -Middle School 

Our beautiful country has existed 

For 239 years to date.

If not for groundbreaking people, 

Would we be brave enough to make?

Think of Leonardo Da Vinci, 

With his wonderful thoughts and dreams.

If not for people like him, 

We would be in the Stone Age, it seems.

Just imagine if Wilbur and Orville

Had stuck to making bikes,

If they hadn’t wondered, hadn’t made,

Would we ever have taken flight?

Imagine if good ol’ Walt Disney had

Never decided to make cartoons.

If he hadn’t made his movies,

Would we have shows with bug buffoons?

If Thomas Jefferson, a president,

Had never taken up in arms

The clever idea to write down

The declaration of freedom from English laws?

Yes, there’s no doubt that if we

Did everything in convention

We’d never come up with the 

Fantastic word of something new: INVENTION.

So let us not relinquish

The good courage to create,

And take the job to do

Things new: more importantly, MAKE.



Unique

Lotus Gregory-Elementary 


The tree branches sway in the milky glow of the full moon, 

Casting a dancing shadow across the moss strewn earth.

This tree was different from the others in every way.

The branches protruded at odd angles, 

the trunk was covered in knots and it was many feet shorter than the others.

It's beauty resonating in the air.


A Communion with Nature

  

THE FOREST

 Molly VanVranken. New London NH
5th grade, Winner Elementary School
 

The forest
 is a mystical place

Where unicorns
And fairies fly
 

Where you are free
To imagine
And be at peace with the world.
 

The forest
Speaks to me through
It’s leaves and branches.
 

The forest
Protects me when it rains
It covers me so that
I’m not wet.

The forest
Is part of my
Soul and blood.
 

When I leave, the forest leaves.
When I go to school, the forest goes to school.

But at the end of the day
When I go to bed
The forest sleeps right next to me.
 

COMMUNION WITH NATURE
FOREST WALK

​

Clare McIntyre, Grantham NH
7th Grade, Winner Middle School
 

As I walk through the forest I am one with nature,
 

One with the birdsong that may sound chaotic, but if you listen closely you will find,
 

That it is a symphony of voices that fill the woods with meaning,
 

And as I walk through the many trees they talk to me, as I am one with them,
 

Telling me of the freezing winters where the frost crept over their bark,
 

And of the summers where the sun shone through their leaves,                                      
 

and cast a green light upon the ground,
 

The suns rays dance that are one with me, leaping off the water,   

and the mica in the rocks, 

then they twirl in the air and fill the sky with light,

the sky calls to the adventurous kind,

those who will stop at nothing to learn nature’s secrets,
 

The sky calls out to me as I walk through the forest.
 


The Ox-Cart Kids Project

This poetry project has been created for the purposes of  

-instilling the joy of poetry into the hearts of children

 -tapping the incredible creativity of young writers 

-supporting the education of poetry 

-providing a platform for our region’s young poets

Find out HOW YOU CAN SUBMIT A POET FOR THIS PAGE!

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