'Verse in the Valley' Winners Announced

The winners of the Scotts Valley Arts Commission’s annual “Verse in the Valley” poetry contest were announced at a June 6 city council meeting. There are first, second and third place winners in five different age group categories and a first place winner in the class poem category.

Scotts Valley Patch will run the winning poems in each category over the next five days. Today, we start with the kindergarten through third-grade category and the class poem winner.

 First Place–Liam Hackett

“Candyland”

Popsicle forests

And … Candy King Bob

Royal and proud

With a …

Candy cane sword

Gumdrop crown!

Candy castle

Chocolate walls

Licorice flags

Pixie stick poles

Chocolate milk in the moats

Under the cherry-coated drawbridge

That leads to jolly jolly swirly land

Now you’ve had your tour at Candyland

Please don’t get off the bus until it’s come to a complete stop!

Second Place–Nicole Winters

“Fans”

Fans

twirl around

like a hamster

spinning a wheel

Fans go around

and around

making people dizzy.

It looks

like a flower

going around

A fan is like

Vincent Van Gogh’s art

Third Place–Sofiya Melehan

“My Puppy”

My puppy is brown

He has a little frown

Even though he is happy

He sometimes feels sappy

My puppy isn’t rough

And he doesn’t play tough.

My puppy is white

He snuggles me at night

And he’s not very tall in height

I’ve had him since I was born

That’s why he looks so worn.

Class Poem–Mrs. McDermott’s second-grade class, Brook Knoll Elementary School

“Zoo Animals”

Zebra

Stripped, fast

Running, walking, eating

They live in Africa

Horse-like

Zebras are really, really stripped

And they are so, so hyped, hyped, hyped.

Zebras eat lots of grass

And we drink out of a glass

Dear, sweet zebras should live in a house;

For that is where I keep my pet mouse.

Elephant

Big, flappy-eared

Playing, loving, standing

They smack each other with their trunks

Alive!

An elephant walked through the door

Then the elephant fell on the floor

We think an elephant is full of cheer

We’re glad some are born every year.

Crocodile

Scary, bumpy

Chomping, chewing, growling

They are very hungry and vicious

Monsters

Crocodiles chomp

Crocodiles stomp

They have fun

In the sun

Crocks are not as big as whales

But they sure love to shake their tails

Crocodiles swim in the Mississippi

And they call each other “hippie.”

Monkey

Playful, furry

Swinging, climbing, ahoohing

Their favorite food is a banana

Ape

A monkey is playful and funny

And he likes to eat sweet honey.

Monkeys like to play with dice

While they are really, really awesome

And they like to play with possum

Tiger

Mean, meat-eater

Fighting, roaring, purring

Its cubs are black and orange.

Quick-mover

Baby tiger so alone at night

Until the sky is light it will have a fright.

We know the tiger likes to run in the grass

We hope it doesn’t step on glass

Tiger, tiger when it pours

The angry tiger roars

100 pounds of meat you eat

You have sharp claws on your feet.