Two Wareham Middle School students, 8th graders Skylar Martin and Joe Nash, placed first in the Best Cooperative Poem category in the 24th Annual Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest, for their poem called, "Life."

Other Wareham Middle School students who submitted poems to the contest, which was sponsored by Boston College, include Kylie Silva, Seth Usher, Madisen Semple, Robert Drinkwater, Brandon Harris and Jarius Johnson.

There were more than 900 entries and a total of 98 schools in the state participated in the contest.

Life

By Skylar Martin and Joe Nash

The seed like an embryo

Sprouts out of its confinement

Of Earth

The sun like its mother

Provides the warmth and love

The seed needs

The rain like the mother’s tears

She sheds them as her baby

Grows up

The time has come

The baby is coming

The flower is here