Welcome to the 2023 Buckeye Education Foundation Virtual Poetry Showcase: "The Great Outdoors"
For National Poetry Month in April, the Buckeye Education Foundation offered our 3rd Annual Poetry Showcase, open to submissions from all Buckeye district students.
Thank you BUSD poets for your wonderful submissions to our showcase! We hope all visitors to this site will take some time to explore your amazing poetic works. Our guest judges have completed the difficult work of selecting an honoree from each grade level to receive a special poetry and pizza prize pack. Congratulations to our top scorers in each grade-level category! Honorees for this year are:
Kindergarten : "Rainbow I Spy" by Logan Longacre 1st Grade : "The World of Wildlife" by Adeline Fredric 2nd Grade : "Summer Garden" by Eliza Hasegawa
3rd Grade : "Nature" by Mackenzie Lansford
4th Grade : "The Great Outdoors" by Chloe Ozobiani
5th Grade : "The Waves of Life" by Jonah Murdoch
6th Grade : "Nature (The Place I Want To Be)" by Kabir Agarwal
7th Grade : "An Amazing Tree" by Raman Sethi
7th Grade : "Man at the Crown" by Henrey Wilson
Prizes and certificates will be delivered to all poets' schools next week. Happy reading!
TK/Kindergarten
My 5 Senses by Azeem Guerrero
Rainbow I Spy by Logan Longacre
Rainbow I Spy by Logan Longacre (poetry reading)
Beautiful Green by Harlyn Reem
The Greatest Bike by Henry Edwards
The Mountain Hike by Julia Perez
The Mountain Hike by Julia Perez (poetry reading)
I Like Blue Cars by Logan Longacre
Sunshine Camp by Delaney Salinger
Out in Nature by Kate Morganstern
The Nature Hike by Miles Wright
First Grade
Spring by Piper Cripe
The World of Wildlife by Adeline Fredrick
Fish on a Dish by Olivia Phelan
My Favorite William Brooks by Eunseo (Ellen) Cho
Sea Quest by Arjun Bemgal
Grandma's Pool by Julia Bergin
S'mores by Julia Bergin
Spring Football by Tyson Bean
One thing about the outdoors is all of the leaves turning different colors. by Clara Helms