SEACC Poetry Contest
Read the submissions for the 2021 SEACC Water Poetry Contest!
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“Water” by Landon Hill
Wet cold and fun A fun time to boat Time to have a great time Existing for a new person Rivers...
“My Notion of the Ocean” by Soren Richards
The sea is filled with creatures big and small There is not one that I find most fascinating of...
“The Deep Blue” by Hannah Rose Breckel
Salmon swim upstream, we fish for them in August. The waves are nice and glassy, then our bow...
“Vincenzo’s water haiku!” by Vincenzo Veliz
Water comes in three forms Liquid, gas and ice are the forms And they are all special — Vincenzo...
“What Does Water Mean To You” by Lily Jo Ramsey
When I am near water I feel calm and peaceful. I enjoy the cold gentle feeling of my creek....
“The Sea” by Iliana Padron
The sea is as beautiful like a rose a rose is as beautiful as the sea just hear the waves blowing...
“The Beach” by Haley Hatch
— Haley Hatch is a fifth grader at Harborview Elementary School
“The Wet Poem” by Sybastian Rindlisbacher
Wet water splashing on shore. A whole other world. Tall waves rising and rising. Excited to see...
“Sitka’s Wonder Waters” by Rosanna Bahna
Sitka waters deep and blue They are wonderful and so true Finding crabs under rocks Then go sit...
“Untitled” by London Mundy
Wushing, Gushing, At the beach Tis the waves... Ears can hear gushing Reject humanity, embrace...
“Waterfall” by Mae Crocker
The waterfall wished in my hair it was so strong it could push the moon to the sun. ...
“Water” by Elyzsa Sapinoso
— Elyzsa Sapinoso is a fifth grader at Harborview Elementary School
“Winter Wonders” by Nayeli Hood
Frost-covered branches Snow drifts down like parachutes Water is silent. — Nayeli Hood is in the...
“Rivers” by Juan-David Reynoso
Rivers are beautiful, quiet, living, has lives cold, Bears go to the river to catch fish, Creates...
“Fish are yummy” by Elliott Bagley
Fish are yummy. I like to catch fish in the ocean. Salmon are hard to catch. Hatcheries help the...
“Animals of the ocean” by Sadie Curtis
In the ocean a shark in motion chase a fish it's mercy less. Near by under the night sky a seagull...
“Untitled” by Saana Amundson
— Saana Amundson is a fourth grader at Harborview Elementary School
“Water” by Gianna Casey
The waves struck the small opening to the pool as the sun was sinking down. White swans elegantly...
“Water Poetry” by Lincoln Gruenig
“Untitled” by Aiden Lafriniere
Septic tanks they’re smelly and dank and let out a mighty stank. Yet throughout Southeast Alaska...
“Why” by Kat Rhoads
Why doesn’t anybody think what I think? Why doesn’t anybody feel what I feel? Why, when waves...
“Ocean of Activity” by Angela Bahna
Off the islands of Alaska’s Southeast Lies an ocean, wide and released Full of amazing activities...
“My life is with the water” by Aaron Elstad
“STORM” by Marina Marley
Rain rain blowing hard and cold Bent into push back force Stings my cheeks but not my soul...
“Water poetry contest” by Calder Prussian
Tuesday Water Haiku Water gives us life All the animals we hunt We should respect it Wednesday...
“We and the sea” by Rhiannen Sprague
We and the sea We revolve around the sea. The sea revolves around us you see? The sea needs me,...
“WAVES” by Ian Bagley
Water is fun to swim in. Anyone would want to see water on a sunset. Very many people use water....
“Untitled” by Woods Hill
Holy water HAIKUWater religionI love holy water it's goodIt can clean a fridge Funny monkey water...
“Fear of water” by Olivia Skan
Fear of Water (Limerick) Wet water is everywhere, Oh my goodness! It’s in my hair, I know I’m not...
“Aqua’s Divine Light” by Silver Antonette Bustamante Gonzales
I walk down the golden sand observing the blue waves crashing The sublime sounds of the blueness...
“Untitled” by Clare Mullin
The waves are crashing on the shimmering rocks The seagulls are squawking, beginning to flock...
“Water Poetry” by Akira Pelletier
Sitka floods It rains every day Floods the town like the ocean Then we are a pond Water Lullaby...
“H2O Toes to Rainbows” by Sean Schmitt
1. The sand in between my toes are carried back home by a giant, salty rollercoaster. 2....
“Dead of Winter” by Aaliyah Borgaard
1. From the winter skies drifted down chunks of soft snow Not an uncommon sight in the dead of...
“Diverse Blue” by Rio Barkhau
I. Water is immensely interesting, It can be seen in so many forms, Oceans, lakes, rivers, snow,...
“The Essential Ocean” by Trevin Carley
1.The hot engines rattling nonstop to tow the large net swiftly. Surrounding the salmon....
“Water Poem” by Alise DenHerder
“Poem for SEACC” by Zoe Trafton
“Water” by Katherine Pikul
A golden spear strikes the blanket of peace, At a time when all the noises cease, When the water...
“Water” by Genevieve Hiatt
A friend, always there to comfort in sorrow, and share in happiest of moments. Storms of rain...
“Water Shows No Mercy” by Hunter Littlefield
Waking up to the pitter patter of water dripping through the cracks in the roof Climbing out of...
“Water Poem” by William Coronell
Water is something I drink. helps my family and I fish. It's the beauty of life, helps plants and...
“A Love-Hate Relationship with Water” by Jordan Dougan
I On the surface of the sea, she sees peacefully rolling waves. Below, whole cities of organisms,...
“Water is Emotion” by Savannah Ivan
Water represents emotion. There’s calm, rage, anxiety, uneasy. At times, it’s calm and quiet. It’s...
“Tides” by Bailey Foster
I sit by the sea with my feet in the sand And the boats of sizes speeding further from land, The...
“The First Snow on a Long Winter Night” by Izzy Williams
I ~ Picture the way the snow hits the yellowed streetlight in the dead of night. The bits of white...
“Taming Water” by Alliyah Tabilisma
1. Nourishing, not only by the chain of animals, but down throats like smooth molasses drains....
“Untitled” by Taisha Fermin
I met you last spring By the sea shore, For once, my mind did not hurt anymore My mom at peace,...
“We Are Water” by Margaret Polizzotto
Water is the essence of life. It is what makes up our entire being and existence. It flows through...
“In Southeast Alaska” by Tommy Pearson
In Southeast Alaska, Water is everything, Is around everything, Is part of everything In Southeast...
“Drip” by Carson Grant
1. No land in sight. Yet the man didn’t turn back. Sailing for days on end. 2. The hot summer sun,...
“Lessons” by Avery Herrman-Sakamoto
The salty, glacial water of Southeast is both merciful and merciless It can gently caress...
“New Snow” by Jamison Paul
New snow; My dog gallops along, scooping it up And for once I’m not worried At what she may suffer...
“What the duck thinks” by Lori K. Ortiz
Author’s statement: This poem arrived on a brisk walk down to Rotary Beach in Ketchikan, last...
“What does water mean to me?” by Arianna Lapke
Peering down, I wonder— What waits beneath the surface? Choppy and rough, or smooth and calm...
“Waters” by Christina Apathy
When I feel like an ermine in a hunters' world outwitting the obstacles left in haste for me. When...
“Water” by Pat White
the ocean, as the mother; the tide her rhythm, embracing us, rocking us, sometimes shaking us. The...
“Enchanted by your glory” by Elizabeth Franklin
“Rainsong” by Jasz Garrett
The rain is playing a song, that maybe I am tired of hearing, yes but I think if I lived in a...
“The Niblack Mine” by Guy Archibald
(Sung to the theme for “The Beverly Hillbillies”) [Opening theme] Come and listen to my story...
“Southeast Alaska Rain” by Richard Stokes
I don’t crave to be the thundering drops of a west Texas cloudburst that tattoos violence on tin...
“Southeast Alaska: Where Mother Earth Comes to Wash Her Hands” by Pyper Powell
I tell my daughters our trees give birth to the clouds, making water visible; breathing it into...
“Source” by Katrina Peavey
Soar upon thunderous wings Homeward bound across Clarence Strait Truths revealed where roots greet...
“Silt of our Past and Present” by Shaelene Grace Moler
I watch their bare feet sink into the mudflats of their ancestors. I imagine the cool, grainy mud...
“She-Kraken” by Christina Apathy
When I was a lass I believed that a giant bulbous She-Kraken lived in the center of the ocean. And...
“Shape Shifting” by Shuwa (Sonya M Gray)
Another cold rain swells the river Swallowing the snow and earth whole There is no natural charity...
“Save Southeast Waters” by Jillian Schuyler
Saltwater cradles me As I float aimlessly, pulled by the tide Vacant as the surface may seem...
“The Water Between” by Gale Lindemann
The engine’s hum on my father’s fishing boat. Adventures begun on ferry boats. Tranquil silence,...
“Pacific Habitat” by Margo Waring
Rivers accept all waters: seepings from fern covered rocks, from footprints and wolf tracks....
“Ocean Dance” by Jasz Garrett
It’s impossible to describe water in 100 words. She is a powerful enigma, chasing down my spine...
“Migrating colored rain” by Beth Rivest
Migrating colored rain preferring to keep to itself separate from oil dead yet a life block it...
“Untitled” by Jason House
Soaring spruce trees drip Into rushing mountain streams Calling salmon home
“Fishing” by Allie Hurley
Kissing the catch at every children’s fishing derby Climbing down rocks at Ketchikan’s iconic Red...
“Endless Sea” by Alissa Subialdea
The greens and blues, they twist and turn pretty as can be Dancing with the greys and whites of...
“Covid Kayaking” by Scott Foster
Kayaking in the SE wilderness. Enjoying the peace without much stress. While absorbing forest,...
“Alaskan” by Jacob Ausman
As the eagle flies Through these eyes I can see Far across the sea A great and proud people...
“A Canticle to Water” by Bonnie Demerjian
Rainfall, rivulets, rivers, and sea, in gentle patter and fierce autumn storm You nourish,...