Lincoln Students' Poetry Honored
Two Lincoln Elementary students were honored by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District for their poetry entries in the district's annual Poetree Contest. During April, and in honor of Arbor Day, Cuyahoga County students in kindergarten through 12th grade wrote and submitted poems to celebrate trees.
A winner was selected at each grade level. This year’s third- and fourth-grade winners were Helen Fraunfelder from Allison Martzolf's fourth-grade class and Cameron Wereb from Sonja Kreps' third-grade class. Each student was awarded a prize pack that included cool gear all inspired by trees. Congratulations to Cameron and Helen!
Nature All Around
by Cameron Wereb
Over the trees
Glimmers of light
Shine from above
Under the dirt
Insects and bugs
Crawl below
All around
Dancing leaves
On thousands of trees
All around
Nature springs to life
Sparking the light within it
Over the trees
Under the dirt
All around
Trees
by Helen Fraunfelder
There once was an acorn small,
Soon it will become tall,
It will become an oak tree,
Maybe,
Much taller than you and me.
Pine trees do it a different way,
They drop pine cones when the tree starts to sway, Then the pine cone seeds insert, A new tree starts in the dirt.
A plant needs leaves for air,
Leaves definitely don’t have hair,
But once the plant starts to grow,
You might know,
That there might be some flowers, right there.
My poem is done, end of the show,
And right now I hope you know,
That tree’s are an important part of life, So don’t chop them with a big knife.
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