2011PoetryB3 – Keren Or Contest

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POETRY 2011

Grades 7 – 9

First Place – Solomon Polansky
Second Place – Jeremy Skoler
Third Place – Eliza Skoler

Grades 10 – 12

First Place – Kenny Stesin
Second Place – Kayla Goldfarb
Third Place – Zivia Tirado

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Poetry, Grades 10 – 12: Third Place

The Lily — Zivia Tirado

It is the night of the lilies
The moon shimmers
Over the pale river
And the willow cries in the warm breeze

The evening feels like silk
And the atmosphere smells of myrrh
The lilies dance together
Glimmering
Under the periwinkle sky

Crickets chirp in unison
Frogs croak to a tune
Singing for the most beautiful lily
In all the pond

Every flower closes
As the night shuts them tight
But the lovely lily remains open
Still bringing beauty to the world

Zivia Tirado is a freshman at Bais Yaakov High School of the Twin Cities. She was encouraged to enter the Keren Or contest by her teacher. Not surprisingly, Zivia loves to write poetry.

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