Nesaquake Middle Student's Poetry Honored by Whitman Birthplace

Nesaquake Middle School eighth-grader Connor Kirschbaum has won the 2015 Walt Whitman Birthplace Association’s poetry contest for grades 7-8.

Connor’s poem was selected from a pool of thousands of submissions from seventh and eighth-graders throughout Long Island. For this year’s contest, entrants were asked to speak the words, of one of the four elements of nature: Earth, Wind, Water or Fire. Connor (pictured displaying a letter of congratulations from the Whitman Birthplace Association) has been invited to an awards ceremony later this month where he and his work will be recognized.

Photo courtesy of the Smithtown Central School District