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Taylor Tyzzer First Place Category I — Colorado River of Words Slate River School, Grade 2 Sue Wilson Teacher Crested Butte, Colorado Earth Water I wander to the warm pool, crouch down, and watch the waters come out of the cave. My dad says it rushes from Inside the earth and trickles Into the pool. I softly melt into the pool; it feels like a newborn body. I walk to the cave; it is dark and Gloomy. I sink under water and I hear the sounds of my feet and hands sweeping swish, swish on the bottom of the pool. The cool arms of the wind wrap Around me as I come up for air. I get out of the pool and gaze at the sunlit sky. The warm body of nature comforts me. Raine Lamb First Place Category 11 — Colorado River of Words Discovery Canyon Campus, Grade 6 Colorado Springs, Colorado My Wilderness My backyard is wild With plants and animals and dreams Bears come to my door Reminding me That I'm living by their streams Deer make trails down my hills Munching scrub oak leaves The starry nights Call to a special place in me Mountain lions stalk from the cliffs Scanning the world below them from their prey Scrub Jays feed their babies Teaching them to fly Tree by tree Lizards sunbathe on the rocks Warming the cold blooded bodies My backyard in the foothills Is the wilderness That I need Tristan Best First Place Category 111— Colorado River of Words Discovery Canyon Campus, Grade 6 Colorado Springs, Colorado Wintertime Winter comes and goes, Mountain peaks topped with snow, Frost on the grass, Fog on the window glass, Every year, The world seems to stop To watch the snow fall down. Birds gone south, Sitting by the fire, Hot chocolate in your mouth, The squeal of a tire, Driving through the icy streets. The air is frigid, Seeping Through the cracks At midnight A full moon in the sky, Brightens the corners. Warmer now, The ice melts, Dripping to the beat, Of a world brought back to life. Reprinted with permission from the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book, 2006 Student Literary Awards. HEADWATERS I SUMMER 2006 29