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May 03, 2011
Cornwall Public Library Timothy Mumford Memorial Poetry Competition
2011 Winning Poems
Category: Ages 5-6
“The Best Poem Ever”
By Zain Ali Altaf
Age 6
I feel the rain
I have so much pain
I do my chores inside,
Then I play tag outside.
I have a ring
I like to sing
There is a boy,
He has a toy
I like school,
I am cool.
Category: Ages 7-9
“Smile”
By Taylor Mellon
Age 9
It’s more powerful than a frown.
Look up, instead of looking down.
Open up so your teeth can show.
Be happy and let people know.
Even if they’re not so white
When you smile it’s a huge bright light.
Smiling’s really fun to do
Especially if there is pictures too.
Smiling is a feeling to express
You express less
If you wear a frown.
So even if you wear a frown
Be happy, and turn it upside down.
Category: Ages 10-12
“Spring and Flowers”
By Emma Conti
Age 10
Spring is filled with beautiful
flowers. Spring is full of
flowers that smell pleasant
just like a dewy spring
morning. Flowers are as
delicate just like a baby
chick’s feathers. Some
flowers are as a lamb’s ear
while others are like a
explosion of color like
fireworks on the fourth of July.
Category: Ages 13-15
“A Bird’s Villanelle”
By Amy Dunaief
Age 14
There on my back I saw the world fly by.
Bit by bit
Singing a tender lullaby.
There in the sky, Oh my Oh my.
They tweet they twit
There on my back I saw the world fly by.
Some how far, but yet nearby.
Now sunlit
Singing a tender lullaby.
Now wishing I could see from a bird’s eyes,
internal fit
There on my back I saw the world fly by.
Alas, my dreams are an endless supply,
now moonlit
singing me a tender lullaby.
I’ll close my eyes and heave a sigh
I submit
There on my back I saw the world fly by
Singing me a tender lullaby.
Category: Ages 16-18
“Spring”
By Yoo Won Shin
Age 17
white dirt mixed with
ice memories
sun washes out
the winter’s face
green leaves
tan mosaics
iridescent hopes
dye the land
bees trace the fragrance
plead with bashful blossoms for honey
butterflies bragger with dandelions
who nod to the greater beauty
breezes brush my cheek
ladybugs swing on the leaves
birds begin a race across the blue
spring
invites
Category: BEST OVERALL
“How it ended”
By Sam Knight
Age 18
You left
With the last snow of the cool winter
Did you know
The bud was under that cold
And here you come the spring
You left
With the last sulk of the dark night
Did you know
The stars were all over the sky
And here you come the dawn
You left
With the whole world you gave me
Did you know
The dirt in the air has the smell of you
And here you come
Another end
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