Doylestown Students Among the Winners of Main Street Voices Poetry Contest

Several Doylestown students were among the winners of the Main Street Voices Poetry Contest.

Doylestown Elementary School student Mia Pogach’s poem, In the Fall, won top honors in the 4-6 grade category, and Holicong Middle School student William Lyons’ poem, Only the Blind Can See the Kind, won the 7-9 grade category.

Charles Boehm student India Franklin’s poem, No Need of the Armies, took second place in the 7-9 category, and Central Bucks West student Michaela Althouse’s poem The Addict, came in second-place in the 10-12 grade division.

The award ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the historic James Lorah House in Doylestown. The Main Street Voices Poetry Contest winners were announced Friday.

The contest was started by Doylestown Bookshop owner Glenda Childs last year along with the bookshop’s Poetry Coordinator Melanie Eyth and bookshop Director of Publicity and Events Krisy Paredes. Marie Kane (2006 Bucks County Poet Laureate), Ellen Mager (Booktenders Secret Garden), Kimberly Cambra (CB Cares) and Kathy Morrison (The Newtown Bookshop) also volunteer on the committee.

The contest was open to all Bucks County students and adults. The James Lorah House is located at 132 N. Main Street in Doylestown,

Registration is required to attend the awards ceremony and can be done by clicking here.

The following are the results of the contest:

1-3 Grade

1st place: SKY, Ellie Burke, Kutz Elementary School

2nd place: EVERLASTING, Matilda Bray, Sol Feinstone

4-6 Grade

1st place: IN THE FALL, Mia Pogach, Doylestown Elementary School

2nd place: THE BEACH, Taylor Lee, Kutz Elementary School

7-9 Grade

1st place: ONLY THE BLIND CAN SEE THE KIND, William Lyons, Holicong Middle School

2nd place: I HAVE NO NEED OF THE ARMIES, India Franklin, Charles Boehm Middle School

10-12 Grade

1st place: PICKY EATER, Molly Gorelick, George School

2nd place: THE ADDICT, Michaela Althouse, Central Bucks West High School

Adult

1st place: MY MISSILE CRISIS, TOKYO UNDERGROUND PRAYER, BUCKS COUNTY 113, Mary Jo Lobello Jerome, New Hope

2nd place: VEGETARIAN, AFTER THE FIRE, A SUPERMARKET IN PENNSYLVANIA, Kathryn Ionata, Doylestown

3rd place: WE WERE GOD IN OUR EDEN, I FOUND JESUS. WHERE FIREFLIES COME FROM, Lorraine Henrie Lins, Langhorne