2021 Poetry Contest Winners
The Emma Lazarus Poetry Contest offers young and emerging poets the opportunity to reimagine The New Colossus. View all of our winner and finalist submissions below.
Winners and Finalists
2021
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For All Her Storied Strength by Sophie Goldensohn "Behind her expressionless mask lies a face of frown lines and sorrow, As she is forced to worry for the refugee’s uncertain tomorrow," |
Middle school | 2020 | Winner |
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A Copper Goddess by Skye Papa "A copper goddess towers over the poor and pitied, forgotten and alone Her splendor not gone, but her voice silenced" |
Middle school | 2020 | Finalist |
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Becoming Next by Sylvia Merrill "Do not talk, do not sing,Without thinking about the meaning of every song,And the people who sang them,Where’ve they come, where’ve they gone?" |
Middle school | 2020 | Finalist |
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Broken but Golden by Genevieve Oudens "But watch, then, as she fliesThrough open doors.Golden are her feathers glisteningSerenely in the air." |
Middle school | 2020 | Finalist |
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The Statue of Liberty by Mila Duffoo "I know I am powerful, strong and I can surviveIn this new world, I will finally feel alive." |
Middle school | 2020 | Finalist |
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Lonely Liberty by Giavanna Civitello "I have an entire country who stands by me, but isn't with me." |
High school | Finalist |
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