DNR Announces Winner Of 2022 Air, Air Everywhere Poetry Contest

May 18, 2022

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) held its 11^th annual poetry contest this spring to celebrate Clean Air Month. Third, fourth and fifth grade students across Wisconsin completed activities from DNR’s Air, Air Everywhere teacher’s activity guide and wrote poems and riddles inspired by what they learned about Wisconsin’s air. 

“Clean Air Month would not be complete without our annual poetry contest,” said Gail Good, acting Environmental Management Division Administrator. “We love seeing how students are inspired by clean air – they are so creative and imaginative.”

The DNR would like to announce that Naomi Tost, who is homeschooled but also attends Maple Park Charter School in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, took first place in this year’s competition. Congratulations, Naomi! 

 Here is her winning poem:

Air

Air

A playful kitten

Chasing the leaves

Fresh and clean

Whoosh!

Is the sound of tickled noses

Kitty chases the kite

Up, up, up

Then down

Down, down

She ruffles the red leaves

And off they go

Falling to the ground

She kisses the sea

Making waves

That splash

And roll

With kitten's paws

She bats the clouds

With her tail

Sending them off

To the other cats

Across the sky

Whooshhh!