Fifth-grader's poem selected, ten best poems in U.S.

A poem by fifth-grade student Anika Smith from St. Pius X Catholic School, was selected out of several thousand entries as one of the ten best poems in the United States. 

This Fall Poetry Contest was sponsored by Creative Communications. Anika will receive a $25 check and have her poem, "Spectacular Sea" published in the Anthology, A Celebration of Poets.  
 

Spectacular Sea

By Anika Smith

Into the ocean, under the sea,

Is a world unknown to you and me.

First in the rock pools, with a flick and a swish,

An epaulette shark, sea stars, and fish.

Near the surface, coral reef is on top,

Trigger, parrot, and clownfish wiggle and pop.

Swim deeper down, and among the seagrass, 

Barracudas like silver and redfish like brass.

Slip down a bit deeper, at the ocean floor,

Crabs scuttle by, and manta rays soar.

Fish, life, plants and water swirl,

In the ocean, a vast and beautiful world.