Auditorium Theatre 2019-2020 Too Hot - Jazz-Gospel Messiah

4 | TOO HOT TO HANDEL | JANUARY 18+19, 2020 POETRY CONTEST Each year, the Auditorium Theatre invites students from across the Chicagoland area to participate in the annual Too Hot to Handel Poetry Contest, asking them to respond to the prompt “How has my community shaped me?” Three finalists are selected to read their poems on stage before one of the Too Hot performances, including the Student Matinee. Here are the winning entries for 2020! Peace Everywhere By Jaylene Denill Lopez, 5th grade student at Charles R. Henderson Elementary School My community is peaceful, quiet, calm, and nice I feel calm here The sun rises beautifully The day is nice The wind blows The air is refreshing I lay in the grass and look up at the clouds I make faces with it, animals with it I feel free, relaxed, and calm I have energy to do anything I get up to look and smell the beautiful flowers There’s peace everywhere We Are a Community! By Maya Fields, 7th grade student at William T. Sherman Elementary School My community has shaped me Into a creative person In my community we care For each other and love each other Here we care, hope, and We have the potential to be anything we dream My community is full of joy Joy makes me feel comfortable And makes me want to laugh My hope is that we continue with this pattern To make sure we continue this pattern I will do my part I will continue to love and care and hope We are a community!