Leonard C. Burch Art and Literacy Contest Winners

4th-5th grade Leonard C. Burch Art and Literacy Contest:

1st Place Poem

Sage

By Lily Quintana/ Fourth grade

Sage is used to make medicine

It is used to heal our kin.

To many sweets?

It works for upset tummies,

And if your sad

Don’t be mad

Sage can help with that too

Utes used sage back in the day

But I know that sage is the right way.

2nd Place Poem

Health and Wellness

By Aspen Naranjo/ Fifth grade

Bear root helps with flu,

Indian carrots in a stew,

Health and wellness for me and you.

3rd Place Poem

Pine Trees

By Mat Jones/ Fourth grade

Pine needles can make tea,

And can prevent scurvy.

Pine nuts taste really great,

And par can be made into bacon,

But prepare it wrong,

There’s no debate,

You’ve sealed your fate.

A bit of bark can be made into a bandaid

But you won’t find it in lemonade

The soft sap can be made into gum,

And that’s the sum

Middle School Leonard C. Burch Art and Literacy Contest:

1st Place Poem

By Lauren deKay

The sun pers out the mountain top

I go outside with my friends

We look for berries to feed our tribe.

We strip wood to get fibers

Fibers, to make tools and cloths

We gather some berries and head back home.

Home at last

Home sweet home.

As the sun sets. I doze off by the warm fire with a home made quilt.

2nd Place Poem

By Elle Ranney

Peppermint was used for many things.

Utes used it in teas galore.

What has the softest, most useful, amazing bark? The one and only… PONDEROSA PINE!

Yucca. Made into baskets, shoes, ropes and many more.

Chokecherries were used for jams, juices, cakes and all!

What a sweet treat!

Maybe even used on meat!

Beautiful

Ute

Filling

Food

All

Living

Oxen

Luscious

Incredible

Lily

Yonder

3rd Place Poem

By Willow Schulz

Chokecherry Chokecherry

What a wonderful berry

Used for tea

Just for me

Good Juice

That’s a use

For me and Ma

Eat them raw

Used in cakes

That I can make

In the morning light

A summer delight

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