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The winners for the 2020-2021 Christopher Valdenegro poetry contest:

First place: Lou Ong for "Wildfire" (grade 11)
Second place: Aniston Sarabia for "Andrew" (grade 10)
Third place: Evelynn Dang for "Seasons" (grade 9)

Wildfire

I do not exist to be passive,

For mere flowers and tea cakes.

No, I am untamed.

I am heavy eyes,

Vindictive lightning striking down mighty oaks,

The unforgiving seas and her jagged rocks.

Call me:

Conjurer,

Witch,

Fae,

Enchanter,

Siren,

Salem.

Name me:

Medea,

Pandora,

Circe,

Lilith,

Eve.

I am tempest,

Unsightly and unrestrained,

Devouring the hell you made for me.

I am erudition, eloquence, epiphany.

I am ineffable, I am immortal.

I am the pomegranate and waxen wings.

I am stardust, dragon born, infinite.

I am the spark of rebellion…

And I will become the wildfire of revolution.

Lou Ong

Class of 2022

Andrew

You were my best friend.

Together we skipped back from recess,

Like we were flying.

Our arms spread out like wings at our sides

Two young planes soaring down the halls

Piloting the universe together.

The hum of imaginary engines left our lips

As our Skechers squeaked against the tile.

Your smile leaves a permanent imprint in my brain.

You hid your pain behind a curtain of innocence

And your thinning hair under your favorite hat.

Your wings look different now,

More feathery than metallic.

You take flight beyond the stars

And leave me to roam new halls alone.

Aniston Sarabia

Class of 2023

Seasons

Leaf

A leaf in the fall

Brittle, little, from a thin tree

It lies still after all

A calming sight to see

A leaf in the tropical sun

Living, and the weather is warm

As the children rest, race, and run

The leaf prepares for a storm

A leaf in the cold, trying to call

All of the other leaves to see

The great snowstorm befall

They are left covered, and no longer free

A leaf’s suffering done

Begins flowers that transform

Around it spring has begun

As the bees begin to swarm

Evelynn Dang

Class of 2024