WRITING ABOUT NATURE & THE SEA

1. Trees Karina Ensman, Grade 8, Germany

Genre Poem Topic Nature, Trees, Dreams/Imagination

2. Uncle Timothy's Ships Summer Woodford, Grade 10, MO

Uncle Timothy showed me his glass-bottle ships. Someday, he said, he would set them free...
Genre Short Story Topic Sea, Family, Youth and Age, Departures, Loss

3. Eclipse 1999-00 Maggie Goodman, Grade 12, OR

Genre Poem Topic Dreams/Imagination, Nature, Identity

4. Promise of the Sea Brian Trusiewicz, Grade 9, CT

A dolphin wishes men would stop destroying sea creatures.
Genre Short Story Topic Sea, Hunting, Animals, Hope, Cruelty

5. Drew, Warrior Princess Keleigh Friedrich, Grade 11, CA

Somewhere out among the waves, she could be free and strong.
Genre Short Story Topic Coming of Age, Sea, Search for Meaning, Romance, Divorce

6. Winter Kendra Levin, Grade 6, MA

Genre Poem Topic Seasons, Seasons, Nature, Weather, Winter

7. The Eclipse Bird Amity Gaige, Grade 9, PA

Perhaps their seafaring stories were true . . .
Genre Short Story Topic Fantasy, Sea, Loss, Departures, Animals

8. Sun Comes Up Michelle Clough, Grade 8, NH

Genre Poem Topic Nature, Personification

9. Waking the Sun Jade Horning, Grade 7, IA

Genre Poem Topic Nature, Beginnings, Sky

10. When I Die Mindy Correll, Grade 12, WA

Genre Poem Topic Death, Nature, Funerals

11. Last Rain Carl Schimmel, Grade 9, RI

Genre Poem Topic Nature, Weather, Seasons

12. The Sea Michelle Johnson, Grade 11, FL

It was her place to be alone--and truly alive.
Genre Poem Topic Sea, Sea, Nature, Nature, Spiritual Experience

13. Moon Ambi Cooper, Grade 8, OK

Genre Poem Topic Nature, Sky, Night, Moon, Moon

14. Evening Alone Liz DeLisle, Grade 12, MI

Genre Poem Topic Night, Nature

15. The Moon Richard Limmer, Grade 8, OH

An evening stroll allows glimpses of an unfamiliar world.
Genre Poem Topic Nature, Sky, Animals, Moon, Seasons

16. Danse du Lac Molly Hallgren, Grade 7, MD

With her parents in constant conflict, Kat finds dance her only escape.
Genre Short Story Topic Family, Dance, Conflict, Youth and Age, Sea

17. How to See the Sky Jonathan Beachy, Grade 7, TX

What do you see when you look up?
Genre Poem Topic Nature, Outer Space, How To

18. Rush Sam Hartle, Grade 11, PA

Genre Poem Topic Family, Nature

19. The Cormorant in My Bathtub Brooke Rogers, Grade 7, WA

From a bird that wouldn't die, a lesson in courage.
Genre Short Story Topic Courage, Pollution, Animals, Sea, Nature