Blackout Poetry Contest

We really honored National Poetry Month here at the West/Romig library!  Thanks to everyone who participated in our Blackout Poetry contest!  We picked winners in several categories:

Best Overall Poem
Best Artistic Poem
Best World Language Poem
Librarian’s Choice

The high school Spoken Word Club selected the winners for Best Overall Poem and Best Artistic Poem:

Best Overall Poem Winners:

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Best Artistic Poem:

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

The middle school Spanish Immersion students judged and translated the World Language entries for us.

Best World Language Poems:

First Place:
The hand
The fire
Doesn’t wait
And it doesn’t silence

Second Place:
I don’t want to be the same person they think I am.

Third Place:
The magic of a pen.

Honorable Mention:

The students loved this poem, but said it does not translate well.  So if you can read Spanish, enjoy!

The final category is Librarian’s Choice, because I simply couldn’t bear to let these two go unrecognized!

Librarian’s Choice:  Best Overall Poem

Librarian’s Choice:  Most Artistic Poem:

We have such creative and talented students!  Here are some more amazing entries!