Noah Fields Captures First Place in High School Poetry Contest –Qualifies for National Contest
Launch the media gallery 1 playerSeward High School Freshman, Noah Fields of Seward, was notified his poem on Nebraska was selected the recipient of the First Place Award in the GFWC NFWC High School Poetry Contest sponsored by the GFWC Nebraska Federation of Women’s Clubs, Inc. He was sponsored by the GFWC Seward Woman’s Club and now qualifies for the GFWC National Literature contest held in June in Atlanta at the National GFWC Convention.
He will be honored and recognized at the August GFWC Seward Women’s Club meeting. His poem “Flora Nebraska” was the only First Place award from the Seward entries. The GFWC Seward Women’s Club and the GFWC Seward Junior Women’s Club entered 16 student writings in the state GFWC NFWC Contest. His winning poem was also printed in the annual GFWC NFWC Anthology and he was presented an Anthology by the two GFWC Seward Clubs. His English teacher is Melissa Pohl, SHS Freshman Language Arts Teacher.
Other students that were entered and published in the Anthology included….\
Division I Grades K-2
Poetry-
Third-Michael Frisbee-“Baseball”-GFWC Seward JWC-St. Vincent DePaul Catholic School-Seward
HM-Anna Pierce-“How to Make A Snowflake”-GFWC Seward WC-St. John Lutheran Seward
Short Stories-
HM-Gwendayln Janda-”Butter Bee”- GFWC Seward WC-Seward Elementary School
HM-Landon Samuels-“Trying to Stop the Bad Guys”-GFWC Seward JWC-St. John Lutheran - Seward
Division II Grades 3-5
Poetry
Second-Jordyn Samuels-“Freedom”-GFWC Seward WC-St. John Lutheran-Seward
HM-Adalya Metschke-“My Favorite Animals”-GFWC Seward JWC-St. John Lutheran- Seward
Short Stories-
HM-Lucy Huntington-“George”-GFWC Seward WC-St. John Lutheran-Seward
HM-Aeva Corbin-“Fred”-GFWC Seward JWC-St. John Lutheran-Seward
Division III Grades 6-8
Poetry
HM-Avery Briggs-“A Headspace Poem”-GFWC Seward WC-Seward Middle School
HM-Jaidyn Gerson-“Purr”-GFWC Seward JWC-Seward Middle School
Short Stories
Second-Molly Marroquin-“The Demon Inside My Brother”-GFWC Seward JWC-St. John Lutheran-Seward
HM-Camden Baldassano-“Detective Gibbs”-GFWC Seward Women’s Club-Seward Middle School
Division IV Grades 9-12
Poetry
First-Noah Fields-“Flora Nebraska”-GFWC Seward WC-Seward HIgh
Third-Heidi van der Heijden-“Watching”-GFWC Seward JWC-Seward High
Short Stories
HM-Ainsley J. Hotovy-“Nero”-GFWC Seward WC-Seward High
HM-Jeanna Snyder-“You’re Going to Be Hungry!” GFWC Seward Junior WC-Seward High
Judge/Juror-Volunteer
Charles Gould-Millard South HS-Council Bluffs, Iowa Language Arts Curriculum Director-Retired
“Flora Nebraska” by Noah Fields
A soft gale blows prairie grasses
Such casual beauty
A zephyr entices a river flow
Affirming its rushing animosity
Beige grasses blow affably
Goldenrods waving in time
The grainy morning sunlight
Reverberates through the vastness
The azure skies smile upon spotted trees
Deeply rooted in ancient soils
They bless the ground
Cooling it on a summer’s day
The sun brings forth its aubade
Inviting the blossoms to greet it
Not a toxin mars the landscape
The thistles and verdure grow in harmony
Clays and sods meld together
In an eternal bond, only broken by winding roots
Many a year weathers the plains
But vegetation’s growth always persists
Gently splashing lakes and pools
Bear their algae, proudly painting themselves its color
The earth and heavens join each other
Held in sync by rambling gusts of wind
Together they form a sacred sanctum
Where green life vividly shoots up from soils
And turn brown eventually
It is called Nebraska