Belfast Free Library's Animal Poetry Contest and Exhibit Award Winners!

RSU71 was well represented among the 176 poetry submissions to this year's Belfast Free Library's Animal Poetry Contest and Exhibit. Winning poems were written by students from Nickerson Elementary, Captain Albert Stevens School and Troy Howard Middle School. These poems are currently on exhibit at the library 's YA room. Kids Poems (Ages 6 - 10) One of the two top submissions: Great Grey Owl by Weston (CASS) Honorable mentions: Coyote by Rose (Nickerson) Foxes by Breanna (Nickerson) From the Sea by Avery A (CASS) An Ode to the Spinner Dolphin by June N (CASS) YA Poems (Ages 11-17) One of two top submissions: Untitled by Lucy E (CASS) Honorable mentions: Different Worlds Same Planet by Ibis B (THMS) Queen of the Jungle by Evie J (THMS) Creatures Big and Small by Theodore F (THMS) Paddling Whiskers by Dawson Y (THMS) Champion of the Cold by October P (THMS)