Ages 5-8 First Place
As my skin slithers
My long split slick tongue hisses, kisses
and breathes in the Teche.
Ava Gauthier, 8 years old
Ages 5-8 Second Place
My Spikey Friend
I have teeth so sharp
I am green, love to scare
Splash, splash, splash in the bayou
Harriet Bass, 5 years old
Ages 9-12 First Place
Alligator
I live in water
My teeth like sharpened razors
With rough, scaly skin.
Tracy Lancon, 10 years old
Ages 9-12 Second Place
The Cypress Tree
Near the bayou’s shore
Wind swaying in my branches
A bright summer day.
Carter Prudhomme, 9 years old
Ages 9-12 Third Place
Duck
In bayou’s waters
I quack for babies to follow
Paddling shallow water
Laila Delahoussaye, 9 years old
