Ox-Cart Kids Poetry Page

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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.