{"id":77613,"date":"2017-07-28T14:27:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T21:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=77613"},"modified":"2017-08-02T13:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T20:11:09","slug":"tyler-farrell-is-2017-walk-on-words-poetry-contest-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/07\/28\/tyler-farrell-is-2017-walk-on-words-poetry-contest-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Farrell is 2017 \u201cWalk on Words\u201d poetry contest winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walk on Words poetry contest winner Tyler Farrell (far right) poses in front of his prose stamped in concrete at Domenic Massari Park with his family, from left, daughter Leah, son Tyler and wife Ivette. [Contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s Public Art Committee has selected a poem by Palmdale resident Tyler Farrell<\/strong> as the winning entry in the City\u2019s \u201cWalk on Words\u201d poetry contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

An unveiling ceremony was held Wednesday, July 26, as part of the National Night Out festivities at Domenic Massari Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of city\u2019s Public Art program, entrants were asked to submit original compositions with the theme of \u201csummer\u201d that were no more than 12 lines long, including title, with a maximum of 35 characters per line, including spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farrell\u2019s work was one of 117 submissions with the theme of \u201csummer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The winning poem:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

School\u2019s out no more class<\/span>
\n<\/span>Party time have a blast<\/span>
\n<\/span>Keeping busy, I will try<\/span>
\n<\/span>Fireworks in the sky<\/span>
\n<\/span>Sparklers in the dark<\/span>
\n<\/span>BBQs at the park<\/span>
\n<\/span>Slip n slide tons of fun<\/span>
\n<\/span>Cotton candy sweetly spun<\/span>
\n<\/span>Popcorn ready, Movie time<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let\u2019s go it\u2019s summertime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Honorable mention winners were Jeanne Dewhurst, Jury Magana, Jerzie Speaks, Roger Valdez, Donnie Nitaljones, Kris Johnston, Faith Smoyer, John Guy, Isaiah Alvarez, Jason Coreas<\/strong> and Danielle Molina.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Previous \u201cWalk on Words\u201d winners are:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
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  • 2013 \u2013 \u201cWhat Beauty Holds Us Captive Here,\u201d<\/em> by Mary Denning<\/strong>; Poncitl\u00e1n Square<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2014 \u2013 \u201cOne Day\u201d<\/em> by Steven Brito<\/strong>; Palmdale Playhouse<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2015 \u2013 \u201cSummer Fun\u201d<\/em> by Ed Robinson<\/strong>; DryTown Water Park<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2015 \u2013 \u201cEveryone Has A Story To Tell\u201d<\/em> by Joan Enguita Willingham<\/strong>; Legacy Commons for Active Seniors<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2016 \u2013 \u201cGuardians Brave Let Palmdale Play\u201d<\/em> by Louis Denning<\/em>; Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2016 \u2013 \u201cGenerations of Pioneers\u201d<\/em> by Mary Denning<\/strong>; Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2016 Theme: Parks Make Life Better<\/em> \u2013 by Mitchell Seyfer<\/em>; Marie Kerr Park<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    For information on Palmdale\u2019s Public Art Committee, call 661-267-5611.<\/span><\/p>\n

    [Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n

    –<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s Public Art Committee has selected a poem by Palmdale resident Tyler Farrell as the winning entry in the City\u2019s \u201cWalk on Words\u201d poetry contest. An unveiling ceremony was held Wednesday, July 26, as part of the National Night Out festivities at Domenic Massari Park. As part of city\u2019s Public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}