"Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner"

The Groundhog Contest had 39 entries. With 5 winners. First Place, Second Place, and a three way tie for third place.

Just sharing winners for 1st place, and second place.

Prizes are T-shirts, socks, and books...

Winning Poems by JoAnn Boorman

News flash

It's true! Punxsutawney Phil resigned

He said he hadn’t been designed

To be the national weatherman

He’s leaving town as fast as he can

Too much pressure to get it right

And feeling nervous in the limelight

After a long winter in hibernation

He’s forced to face the whole nation

Everyone’s eyes are looking at him

He’s wishing he’d spent time in the gym

He’s heading out and gone forever

The heck with shadows and the weather

NEWS FLASH!

Punxsutatwaney Phil has been found!

Rumors were floating all around

Reports had come from near and far

Some guy said he’d been seen driving a car

We knew that certainly was not true

To drive, one must always wear their shoes

I know that groundhogs for a fact

Won’t wear shoes because they clack

Whoops, I’m sorry, I am digressing

It’s just that thought was so refreshing

So Phil was reportedly seen at a resort in Vail

Standing on the skis, going at full sail

The mountains in Norway, the California dunes

On the stage at Woodstock, singing some tunes

Dipping his claws in the ocean at Monterey

Hanging with the rich and famous at play

Pink champagne, peanut butter on toast

He is living big, as in the sun, he did roast

It is all speculation; not one thing is true

He’s simply at home getting over the flu!

Jennifer Sawatzky—Hiding out in the Den

Transform this icky, gross snow

Into a warm, sunlit, glistening glow!!!

It was so dark, dank, and cold outside~

The groundhog grabbed its hide and went back inside!

Throw another few logs on the fires,

Warmth and coziness are the current desires!

Going back to hide inside the den,

Maybe start diggin' deep and writin’ again

These cold days won’t last for long,

When spring arrives, you'd better be strong!

The ground will soon be ready for tilling,

Planting seeds for the future by the willing!

~

Groundhog Day!

It’s Groundhog Day, even though snow is falling!

He’s hiding in his burrow, hopefully he hears our calling!

For some odd notion, we need him to tell us the season…

If he doesn’t see his shadow, we all know the reason…

How can one little furry creature hold such a power?

He must be orange and live in the trump tower...

Let’s hope this tiny little fellow doesn’t put us in our place,

I know I follow the weather, y’all can keep that race!!