Headwaters Summer 2006

• Year: 2006
• Title: Headwaters
• Author: Colorado Foundation for Water Education
• Description: The Groundwater Puzzle
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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WINNERS OF THE 2006
RIVER OF WORDS POETRY CONTEST
Colorado boasts a national winner and a national finalist in the
national River of Words Poetry Contest. The two, Avery Forsythe and
Annie Ochs, are both Slate River School students taught by Sue Wilson
in Crested Butte. River of Words is an arts and environmental educa-
tion program conducted every year in affiliation with The Library of
Congress Center for the Book, culminating in an international poetry
and art contest for children in grades K -12.
Each April, eight U.S. winners, one international winner, and a "ROW
Teacher of the Year" are honored during National Poetry Month at The
Library of Congress in Washington. Colorado awards state prizes, too.
The contest is free, and every child is acknowledged. Children may enter
on their own or through schools, nature centers, libraries, youth clubs and
other organizations.
For details contactthe Colorado Centerforthe Book, Colorado Endowment
for the Humanities, www.ceh.org, or 303.894.7951. The Colorado Foundation
for Water Education helps maintain water - related poetry resources for teach-
ers at www.cfwe.org
Avery Forsythe
National Winner
Slate River School, Grade 2
Sue Wilson Teacher
Crested Butte, Colorado
I Love My Dog
The summer sun dances off the water
While I played in the S- shaped bend
In the East River.
I stomped in the water
With my puddle boots
And watched my dog Taylor flop down
Like a child flops down on her bed
She looked like a lump of angel rock
Protecting me as I
Plomped,
Plomped,
Plomped
In the shallow edge
Of the river.
I was always the happiest
Kid in the world
Playing with my dog
In the sun
At the S- shaped bend
In the East River.
Annie Ochs
National Finalist
Slate River School, Grade 5
Sue Wilson Teacher
Crested Butte, Colorado
Light
Outside
Is all filled up with snow.
It is a magic powder;
It has a quiet silent glow.
Feathers from the sky create
Soft pillows on the ground.
Summer is much louder.
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