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2012
SARAH MOOK
POETRY PRIZE RESULTS
Dear
Participants,
Thank
you for entering the Sarah Mook Poetry Contest. Congratulations
to all the entrants - what a super job. Entries came from
many states, plus Canada and Australia. Winners were from
across the country: Maine to Florida, New Jersey to California.
Keep writing poetry!
Congratulations
also to the teachers, parents, and mentors who provide much-needed
encouragement and much-deserved praise to all of the young
writers.
Also,
thank you to our judge, Marie Kane, for careful consideration
of each of the finalist poems.
Award letters to each winner will be sent in a couple of
weeks and will include Mrs. Kane's detailed comments on
the merits of each winning poem.
First
Place winners will receive a cash prize of $100, Second
Place $50, Third Place $25.
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click
on the names to read the poems
(below each poem includes comments from Judge Marie
Kane):
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GRADES
3-5
First
Place:
Maggie
Larson
"Where
Poems Hide From Me"
Edgecomb, ME
Second
Place:
Aaron
Steensma
"The
Ocean "
La Jolla, CA
Third
Place:
Kelci
Luppino
"Peaceful
Night Time"
East
Taunton, MA
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GRADES
9-12
First
Place:
Hannah
Srajer
"My First
Kiss "
Oak Park, IL
Second
Place:
Emily
Masters
"It
Never Actually Fell"
Allendale, NJ
Third
Place:
Alyssa
Scull
"Turkey
Procession"
Allendale,
NJ
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Thanks
to the generosity of those who sent donations, a donation
of $577 was made in Sarah's name to Smile Train, a charity
that provides free cleft surgery for millions of poor children
in developing countries.
Thank
you for helping to honor Sarah and her gift of poetry. We
wish you continued success in your writing, in school and
in life. Pease enter again next year. Have a safe and happy
summer!
Sincerely,
David Mook and Family
davidmook@aol.com
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$10
Soft Cover,
$20 Hard Cover
Includes shipping and handling.
Quantity discounts available for educational use.
Email: davidmook@aol.com
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EACH
LEAF
Poems by Sarah Mook and David Mook
Sarah
Gail Mook was a student in the third grade at Buckingham
Friends School in Lahaska, PA when she died suddenly
on December 14, 1995. Sarah began writing poems in
kindergarten. Reading Sarah's poems over and over
during the months following her death inspired her
father, David, to begin writing poetry. For David,
"poetry is a gift from Sarah, a blessing."
EACH LEAF is a celebration of Sarah's life, her gifts,
and also embodies a journey through grief into healing
and spiritual growth.
"A
beautiful book that left me both grieving and rejoicing
- a wonderful tribute to Sarah, and to poetry and
to life." Christopher Bursk
"Heartfelt,
heartbreaking and extraordinarily life-affirming in
its ability to confront life/death, love/loss, belief.
It tackles, in a remarkable way, the question: how
does one go on living in the face of such grief and
sorrow?" Cheryl Baldi
EACH
LEAF also contains an essay about father and daughter
fishing on the Delaware River. "Fishing"
was selected as a notable essay in the Best American
Essays -2000.
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I
PLAY A GAME WITH MY DAD
by Sarah Mook (1st Grade)
We have a piece of paper
with words on it.
Then we copy one word
off it, then another,
all silly
like bees with fish wings
or this ivy stick
with books hanging off it
instead of leaves.
When we play this game
I am as happy as a dolphin
singing a song.
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