2022 AR AMMONS POETRY WINNERS

DIVISION I

First Place “Me and My Dad,” Raylen Long , Old Dock Elementary School

Second Place “Sand,” Kennedy Ward, Old Dock Elementary School

Third Place “”My Friend,” Ismael Pineda, Old Dock Elementary School

HONORABLE MENTION

“Snow,” Liam Creech, Old Dock Elementary School

“Puppy,” Jonah Grice, Old Dock Elementary School

“My Friend,” Edgar Salmeron, Old Dock Elementary School

DIVISION II

First Place “It’s Just Who I Am,” Braxson Conner, Williams Township School

Second Place “Hope,” Mireya Hernandez, Edgewood Elementary School

Third Place “Christmas is Red,” Keyra Silos, Edgewood Elementary School

HONORABLE MENTION

“Do Your Best,” Kaitlynn Kellihan, Edgewood Elementary School

“Gloomy Day,” Bailey Price, Williams Township School

“Gaming,” Bentson Spaulding, Old Dock Elementary School

DIVISION III

First Place “Trapped in Life’s Aviary,” McKenna Ware-Rudnik, Central M. S.

Second Place “How to describe color to a blind man?” McKenna Ware-Rudnik, Central Middle School

Third Place “ Mental health comes in different ways…,” Rainey Evans, Central Middle School

HONORABLE MENTION

“Unique friend,” Y’ashia Bellamy, Hallsboro Artesia Elementary School

“Question of America,” Brisson Dockery, Central Middle School

“Music,” Adrience Morales, Central Middle School

“The Forgotten Girls of the Sudan,” Zaniyah Patrick, Acme Delco Elementary

“Our Climate,” Gus Wooten, Central Middle School

DIVISION IV

First Place “Manumit Unfettered,” Khalib Kennedy, Columbus Career and College Academy

Second Place: “Unmasked,” Khalib Kennedy, Columbus Career and Coll. Acad.

Third Place “”Long Awaited Melancholy,” Lilianna Garcia, W. Columbus H.S.

HONORABLE MENTION:

“Farewell My Love,” Trinity Fowler, Columbus Career and College Academy

“The Lynx and the Bunny,” Trinity Fowler, Columbus Career and College Acad.

“Night Shift,” Lilianna Garcia, West Columbus H.S.

“Can you see me?” Haley Gilbert, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

“Reading is a Trip,” Haley Gilbert, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

“The Hurt that Healed a Heart,” Jennifer Hunt, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

“Light Brings Shadow,” Joandy Martinez, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

”Love With Literature,” Joandy Martinez, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

“Daffodils,” Kaniyah Powell, West Columbus High School

“Beauty,” Dulce Torres, West Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

“Eternal Life,” Justin Wellons, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

“Grandma’s Bible,” Justin Wellons, East Columbus Jr./Sr. H.S.

DIVISION V

First Place: “Polytheism means considering every friend to be a God,” Jordan Snow, UNC-Chapel Hill

Second Place: “Precious,” Kaley Tritt, UNC-Pembroke

Third Place: “Yellowblack,” Diepreye Amanah, UNC-Chapel hill

HONORABLE MENTION:

“And Big Things Come On Ordinary Tuesdays,” Diepreye Amanah, UNC-CH

“beneath,” Kelly Copolo, UNC-Chapel Hill

“BLOOM,” Kelly Copolo, UNC-Chapel Hill

“Destruction.” Kaley Tritt, UNC-Pembroke

“Seven years,” Kaley Tritt, UNC-Pembroke

“Melanin,” Mark Plowright, Methodist University

“Love Poems Disguised As Nothing But A Love Poem,” Jordan Snow, UNC-CH