We love our newsletter subscribers! In 2025, we received a watershed’s worth of submissions as responses to the writing contests included in our general e-newsletter and in the e-blasts we send out periodically to our aquatically-minded audiences: teachers, gardeners, car lovers, and pet parents. To celebrate our subscribers’ creativity, we’d like to share a few poems penned by our readers. All writers are LA residents, showing that the City of Angels is also the City of Water-wise Poets.
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In the meantime, enjoy the words from your fellow Angelenos. And if you feel inspired – pick up a pen (or keyboard) and jot down some poetic reflections of your own. Water is a rich topic for poets throughout the ages, and a perfect theme to explore in your nature journal.
Haiku Poems from Our Gardeners
In October, we held a contest for our gardening audience to submit their best garden-centric haiku. We loved these entrants’ clear adoration for their urban oases – plus their nods to the ‘spooky season’ that was at hand.
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Aquatic Acrostics from Our General Audience
We celebrated the start of the rainy season in November by asking all our e-newsletter subscribers to craft an acrostic poem built around the word “RAINWATER.” And much like the multi-inch rainstorms our city experienced in late 2025, they delivered with a stunning deluge of rainwater-inspired lines!
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