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Vision+Voice your vision, your voice Menu Poems 2023 Contest 2020 Contest 2019 Contest 2018 Contest 2017 Contest News Resources Ask a poet! Poetry Prompts Articles Commentary Matthew’s favs Video Home About Vision+Voice Email us Featured LET THE POETRY BEGIN click HERE to submit your poem(s) to the 2024 Vision+Voice Poetry Contest this contest is open to all K-12 students in the ACC service area deadline for submissions is February 11th, 2024 poets may submit as many poems as they’d like any topic or form is welcome (rhyming is NOT required!) all submissions will be published on this website winning poems selected by the ACC Liberal Arts: Humanities and Communications Division will be paired with artwork from an ACC student to create poetry posters W e can’t wait to read your poems! Author Wade Allen Posted on November 7, 2023 February 19, 2024 Categories home , news Featured 2023 Vision+Voice Literary Festival This will be a huge event to celebrate all the K-12 poets who participated in Vision+Voice. This year for the first time, we are combining the K-12 event with the other literary competitions that ACC runs. The festival will include food & refreshments, literary goodies, music, open mic, spoken word and several writers and educators from our community. Friday, April 28 5:30-8pm 6101 Highland Campus Drive 5:30-7pm: food & refreshments, music, open mic, spoken word and several writers and educators from our community 7-8pm: formal award presentation Please invite your friends, family, teachers, principals. Everyone is welcome to the party. We can’t wait to see you! Here’s a short video on how to get from the parking garage to the Vision+Voice event space at ACC Highland. Author Wade Allen Posted on April 18, 2023 April 18, 2023 Categories 2022-23 Submissions , home , news Featured And the Winners Are… The judges have made their final decisions and we are thrilled to announce the winners in the 2023 Vision+Voice Poetry Contest. As you you read these winning poems you will see that there is a lot of variety – some are funny, some are sad, some are mysterious, and some are beautifully simple. All of these poems succeed in presenting a vision or a feeling of the poet’s world in their own special way. The poems are judged based on these 6 criteria: Theme – Does the poem give readers a specific idea or perspective on a subject? Originality – Does the poem offer a new or different way of thinking or feeling about that idea? Language – Are the words precise and does their arrangement create a unified impression? Imagery – Does the poem use figurative language (simile, metaphor) to create a vivid description and appeal to readers’ senses and imagination? Impact – Does the poem evoke an emotional response from readers? Technical Details – Are spelling and usage appropriate to the poem’s subject? Judging poetry isn’t easy, and our judges take this task very seriously. There were hundreds of wonderful poems to choose from, and we are confident that these poems are a great representation of the best entries in this year’s contest. Stay tuned for more information about the 2023 Vision+Voice Literary Festival coming up on April 28 – we’re planning a huge celebration for all the winners, and we hope you will join us! THE 2023 VISION+VOICE WINNERS ARE: 1st Grade I BIT MY BED by Lyric B. / Maplewood Elementary School Fried Chicken by James B. / Homeschool 2nd Grade Happy Days by Luna Y. / Boone Elementary School Having Fun by Luna Y. / Boone Elementary School 3rd Grade Thanksgiving by Everly L. / Boone Elementary School Bubblelian by Sparrow D. / Boone Elementary School 4th Grade I Am From These Moments by Owen M. / Brentwood Elementary School Toledo Bend by Aida B. / Brentwood Elementary School 5th Grade Anger by Brodie K. / Boone Elementary School I Am by Mateo L. / Boone Elementary School 6th Grade Paintings by Annika E. / Lamar Middle School All Quiet by Days End / Katherine R. / Gorzycki Middle School 7th Grade Gone by Delinah O. / Gorzycki Middle School moments to memories by Aubrey L. / Gorzycki Middle School 8th Grade Words by Alexandra S. / Murchison Middle School Blue and Gray by Stella S. / Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders 9th Grade My Grandfather’s Guitar by Ximena F. J. / Rouse High School Car Crash in Cold Country by Josie B. / Liberal Arts & Science Academy 10th Grade Sentimentos No encontrados by Jhoselin L. / Austin Achieve Public High School The Power Of A Name by Victoria M. / Stephen F. Austin High School 11th Grade Where I’m from by Caleb E. / Rouse High School Chasing Birds by Ryan M. / Rouse High School Only For a Season by Cicily H. / Stephen F. Austin High School The Reality of Dreams by Claire D. / Stephen F. Austin High School 12th Grade Ode to Dishes by Wallis B. / Stephen F. Austin High School Dear Mother by Lani G. / Anderson High School Congratulations to all the poets, their teachers, and their families! Author Wade Allen Posted on April 5, 2023 April 7, 2023 Categories 2022-23 Submissions , home , news joy of music In music, peace is found in the endless soundwaves a sound with a heartbeat, lost in song pabletating in the people of the brave gone in ecstasy of music. A drug that overtakes the body controlling us like puppets we dance like there is nobody till our feet give out or the trumpets stop. We make music with our voice a shout of praise or of grief and failed love we rejoice in the power of music We use it as a tool to get through tough times like the wings on a dove. Music is a drug like no other it can make you fly higher than the heavens past the earth’s sky. Author ce Posted on April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024 Categories 2023-2024 Submissions Black and White Once in a world without a name Without a color Without a shade They all lived in black-and-white And gray Newspapers had a dreary taste The clothes were all in plain Expression is forbidden here Everything remains the same White and black, and back again. We all forget eventually Stars will die But Earth keeps spinning When something’s different, call it wrong Point it back to white and black Forget about original. There is no just start and end There has to be a story And when we change the order We get gray. Once there was a world Of black and white and gray All because of one brave soul; All because of difference. Author Samaya Q. Posted on April 19, 2024 Categories 2023-2024 Submissions the windy day there once was a day it was very windy the wind shook the tree leaves fell the sun set Author iras Posted on April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024 Categories 2023-2024 Submissions Dandelions Walk with me in this world only the stars can live forever let’s plant our seeds and hope they grow we never know what will outlive us take me down to where the roots can’t reach we’ll play our music up to God and hope She likes it most days life is just a waiting game until then, come drown in our sunlit rains put down the weight of the world for a while I promise to be your everyone Only the stars can live forever In your eyes I see the sky Author Myla D Posted on April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024 Categories 2023-2024 Submissions Sinking Someone, not seeking to be saved, Like the setting sun in mountain’s embrace. Outstretched hands, an earnest try, But reaching, impossible, despite how nigh. No way to touch, no way to hold, In dusk’s descent, a tale untold. He, elusive, beyond life’s brim, There was no way to reach him. Author Andrea L Posted on April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024 Categories 2023-2024 Submissions Echos of Absence From the day of my birth, my mother never left my side Her glowing face was the first I had seen since I arrived We had many cherished moments and she always gave me a chance She was compassionate, and always listened when I cried Her soft touch blossomed throughout my body in a trance The beach was a realm we both admired, and we wanted to see it once more. Tingles crawled down my back, each time the wind brushed against the hairs on my skin. The waves...