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Central Rapphannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, Virginia
 
Poetry Slam
Teen Poetry Contest
Teen Poetry Contest
And The Winners Are ...

These winning entries were chosen from 84 entries, from 54 poets.
Grades 7-9 Grades 10-12
1st Place:
Not To Be Seen by Sarah
age 15, grade 9, Stafford
1st Place:
Phantom Pains by Courtney
age 17, grade 12, Stafford

2nd Place:
The Leaf by Acacia
age 15, grade 9, Stafford

2nd Place:
Sever by Courtney
age 17, grade 12, Stafford

3rd Place:
Snow by Ashleigh
age 14, grade 9, Spotsylvania

3rd Place:
In a Craft Store by Courtney
age 17, grade 12, Stafford

Honorable Mention:
Relaxing on the Porch by Mira
age 14, grade 9, Stafford

Picket-Fence Jungle by Mira
age 14, grade 9, Stafford

Silence by Emily
age 15, grade 9, Spotsylvania

Honorable Mention:
Here by Anna
age 17, grade 11, Spotsylvania

Gray Jewel by Anna
age 17, grade 11, Spotsylvania

Letting It All Go by Talitha
age 18, grade 12, Stafford

Recent Works
Read the latest poems submitted by teens.
"Runaway Heart."

By: Sammi
Age 17 
Willoughby,OH
7/3/2009

I can be sitting home just listening to music.
Out of nowhere my mind goes straight to you.
I think of the times I bite my lip because I don't want you to know that i'm smiling.
I think of the times when I tickle you and you get mad.
So you give it tickling me untill i can't breath.

Then again other times come to my mind such as the time you broke my heart.
I trusted you and you broke a promise.
Along with that you gave up on me.

What hurt the most was that you just expected that i would just come right back.
I never gave up so i came back.
One day i might not come back and then i wonder what you would do.
What would you do?

Then i also rember the tears that haved permentaly stained my face.
How about the just the memory of them and the nights i staid up worrid and i felt sick to my stomache.

There is also the thoughts of am i just being silly and over reacting.
Or am i simply giving in too much and letting you runaway with my heart?

All i know is somthing in those words and that look in your eyes that i see i will never forget.
They are forever there everytime i take a deep breath and close my eyes.


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"Shadow"

By: Kayce
Age 18 
Middlesboro,Kentucky
7/2/2009

This shadow of darkness haunts me.
Traveling in my thoughts and dreams.
I am always running instead of facing reality.
It there everywhere i go just waiting for me to give up so it can take me into its darkness,
taking my soul and leaving me alone in the night.
As it lives my life
making life as i know it disappear,
until i break free from its shadowy walls
and live again in happiness.


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"Raining Somewhere"

By: Kayce
Age 18 
middlesboro,Kentucky
7/2/2009

Its alright.Cant you see.This is how its supose to be.
Tell me its going to be alright and hold me tight.
Tell your feelings wont leave tonight.

Let the rain fall. Dont be scared. I will hold you now until the last drop falls. As the rain blends within our tears.
I'll take away all your fears and i'll hold you close and never let go.

As i think back on how we use to be. All these hurtful
memories are overtaking me. I dont know why we didnt
last the first time. Now i see where i belong.

I waited on the rain to come
so i could run and hide
i just wanted to forget
all the pain that was left inside
i looked up and saw your face
then you lifted me into your arms

Then you said..Its alright.Cant you see.This is how its supose to be.
Forget the reasons why you run.
Dont go searching for the sun.
When its always raining somewhere.

Then i forgot the reasons why i try to hide
all these hurtful things that are left inside
then through the rain you saw my tears
the one thing my heart really fears
you kissed the pain away
now not wanting the rain to fade away

i feel the calmness of the sound
listening to the rain hit the ground
i close my eyes not wanting the rain to stop

As the rain falls down your face
i hold you close
the rain stops
then you looked at me and said
its okay its alright even if its out of sight
just know its always raining somewhere.


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Recent Submissions
Runaway Heart.
by Sammi
-- 7/3/2009

Shadow
by Kayce
-- 7/2/2009

Raining Somewhere
by Kayce
-- 7/2/2009

The way it feels
by Kayce
-- 7/2/2009

My satisfaction of Whom -- I am
by Melvin
-- 7/1/2009

Ibadoo--( Soul Vanity )
by Melvin
-- 7/1/2009

Invisibility
by Lizzy
-- 7/1/2009

Gentle
by Lizzy
-- 7/1/2009

My Country Home
by Sierra
-- 6/30/2009

I Have Seen It All.
by Melvin
-- 6/30/2009

Barbarians at the Gate
by Melvin
-- 6/30/2009

Bleeding Tears
by Melvin
-- 6/30/2009

NOSTALGIA
by Melvin
-- 6/29/2009

NO Beautiful woman.
by Melvin
-- 6/29/2009

waves
by ornella
-- 6/29/2009

What If
by Candise
-- 6/29/2009

You Said
by Candise
-- 6/29/2009

Where I Stand
by krystal
-- 6/27/2009

In a distance
by Rosemarie
-- 6/22/2009

no limitations
by christina
-- 6/22/2009

You Don't Really Know
by Lizzy
-- 6/15/2009

Reborn
by Lizzy
-- 6/15/2009

Gloria
by Liam
-- 6/11/2009

Life
by Brianna
-- 6/11/2009

The Norsegods Are Back
by Liam
-- 6/9/2009

 
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