www.horseshoecrab.org

The power of expression from our young environmental stewards is a vastly

underutilized resource.

Through ERDG’s website and annual traveling art show, these voices are

united throughout the world in celebration of

the horseshoe crab.

Young Voices: Horseshoe Crabs and the Arts™

This 1999 poster was compiled from 8 entries of students from the 4th grade class at Rodgers Ford E.S. Towson, MD.

Over the past decade, thousands of students have

contributed to this collective voice,

sharing their heartfelt

expression through poems, stories,

images and musical compositions.

The slides to follow showcase the power of their

works.

Young Voices: Horseshoe Crabs and the Arts™

We believe that through art we can change the negative image of an animal, which

plants the seed of compassion for all living

beings.

Zitali Castellanos, grade 8, Milford M.S., Milford DE

Lily McDevitt, 2nd grade, Dennis Township Primary School, Cape May, NJ

Courtney Ay, grade 10, Haverford H.S., Haverford, PA

Karina Jaswari & Keerthana Mallavarapu, Grade 6, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Kellock, Singapore

Julianna Garcia, 2nd

grade, Dennis Township

Primary School, Cape May Court

House, NJ

Jessica Colon, pre-K, Biscayne National

Park, Homestead FL

Gina Pace grade 5

Mt. Pleasant E.S.

Wilmington, DE

Faith Schaffer, Grade 10, Haverford High School, Havertown PA

Brandon Argoe, 1st gradeDennis Township Primary School

Cape May Courthouse, NJ

Cheryl Barr, grade 6, Stevensville M.S., Stevensville,

MD

Susan Huttlin, Grade 12, North Penn High School, Lansdale PA

Tricia Merican & Rebecca Au Shi Yin, Grade 5, Convent of the Holy Infant

Jesus, Kellock, Singapore

Risa Masui, Kasaoka Kindergarten, Japan

Nick Kohut, Grade 12, North Penn High School, Lansdale PA

Eduard Vasquez, grade 5, Zane North School, Collingswood, NJ

Joshua Ira Goldberg, 3rd grade, Anne Frank E.S.,

Philadelphia, PA

Art: Chen Xi, Grade 6, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Kellock,

Singapore

Poem: Elvira Catalina Vázquez Ávila, Grade 4, Loyola Comunidad Educativa, Mérida, Yucatán, México

C A C E R O L I T A little saucepan

C ada caerolita es muy importante every horseshoe is very importantA l ser un lindo animal as it is a beautiful animalC olor cafe brown in colorE legantemente, las hembras son mas grandes que los machos elegantly, females are larger than malesR aramente las encuentras en las rarely you will find them by theO rillas del mar sea shoresL as cacerolitas de mar horseshoe crabsI nteligentemente pueden detectar el can smartly detectT iempo timeA iyudanos a que no se extingua help us to prevent their extinction

Daiki Kato, 1st grade Kasaoka-

Chuo E.S. Kasaoka, Japan

Kierstin Wood, Grade 6, Haines 6th Grade Center, Medford NJ

Bailey Carney, 2nd grade, Dennis Township Primary School, Cape May Court House, NJ

Lucas Adams, 2nd grade, H.O. Brittingham E.S., Milton, DE

An Acrostic Poem

H ave ten eyes O cean dwellers R eally old species S hells shaped like horseshoes E at clams and worms S horelines are where they lay eggs H ave 5 pairs of walking legs O nly 4 species in the world E very horseshoe crab has 3 body parts

C an use their tails to flip over R eside in Delaware bay A rthropods B reathe with book gills S cientific name is Limulus polyphemus

Poem by: Jessica Phelan, Grade 5, Warner Elementary, Wilmington, DE

Artwork: Mallory Margaux Talbot, grade 10 Cape Henlopen H.S.,

Lewes, DE

Momoko Shimizu grade 6 Kasoaka-Chuo

E.S. Kasaoka, Japan.

Sarah Keane, Grade 6, Haines 6th Grade Center, Medford, NJ

Andrea Harris, grade 10, Haverford H.S., Haverford, PA

Madelyn Lynch, 2nd grade Dennis Township Primary School, Cape

May Court House, NJ

Kota Sakai, grade 4, Kanaura Elementary., Kasaoka, Japan

Megan Brennan, grade 4, Memorial School, Cinnaminson, NJ

Jacob Edmonds, 3rd grade, Charles Street School, Palmyra, NJ

Mary Shoup, Grade 8, Rodney Thompson Middle School, Stafford,

VA

Abigail Reimold, Grade 11, Haverford HS, Havertown PA

(photograph)

Aitana Zaldívar Del Castillo, Grade 3, Loyola Comunidad Educativa, Mérida, Yucatán, México

The waves that lickThe bottom of my bare feet

Touch the clandestine interiors Of living relics.

Along uneven shore linesThat call out for mercy,

Profound simplicity marksA complicated evolutionOf armored creatures

Who echo the past, present, and future.This is life!

It beckons to us all.To save, to shelter, to turn over on golden sands.

To release back into the tumult of the great green foam of ocean,A welcoming ocean full of potential and cyclical motions.

Hands grasp slick shells in an effort to cause change.To forge a positive note in a winding-down,

Slow motion, falling off, sort of song.This is life.

This is Life by Monica

Long, Grade 12, Haverford H.S., Havertown, PA

Aneet K.Mishra, Grade 8,, Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Port Blair, Andamans, India

Ian Scott, preschool, Wilmington Montessori School, Wilmington, DE

Sang Nin Lee, Grade 7, Lawrence Gifted Magnet School Chatsworth, CA

Philip Cave, 3rd grade, Memorial School, Cinnaminson NJ

Adriana Morales, 2nd grade, Mark Newbie School, Collingswood, NJ

Tyler Leszczynski, Grade 8, Richard M. Teitelman School, Cape

May, NJ

Purvasha Mishra, Grade: 5, Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Port Blair, Andamans, India

Raffaella Garutti, 3rd grade, Mary E. Roberts School, Moorestown, NJ

Aleksandra Korecka, grade 11, Haverford H.S., Haverford, PA

Paige Mason, Kindergarten, Rieck Avenue E.S., Millville, NJ

Survivor

The scientists say I am a survivor.

They believe only those best fitted to this landscape are spared from this "evolution" they believe in so strongly.

I cannot speak to that. I know only my own life as an everyday survivor.

My ancestors watched tide after tide, light after darkness, in an endless cycle. They have seen a parade of new, exotic animals thrive, become fewer, grow weary, and disappear.

Through all of this, I have remained. I have survived.

My world is not so very different from any other creature's. I know times of trouble, helpless moments in which I cling desperately to my instinct to survive.

Given the chance, I and my descendents might see a million more sunrises, a billion more tides.

As you walk, transient, ever-changing, along the shores of my home, realize my plight. Remember my legacy.

Art by: Chris Ferrante, grade 7 Ctr. Community Arts,

Cape May NJ

Poem by: Jenn Hubbs, Grade 11 Hammond H.S.,

Columbia, MD

Carlos Bonilla grade

5 Spruance E.S.

Philadelphia, PA

Shannon McCool, grade 10, Haverford H.S., Haverford, PA

Payton Allen, Kindergarten, St. John's Parish New School,

Ellicott City, MD

Blake Brown, 2nd grade, Dennis Township Primary School, Cape May

Court House, NJ

Charlene Rodriguez, Grade 12, Smyrna High School, Smyrna, DE

Matthew Bergan, 2nd grade, Memorial School, Cinnaminson,

NJ

Christopher Yi, 2nd grade Rolling Valley E.S., Springfield,

VA

Michael Schwartz grade

10, Cape Henlopen H.S.,

Lewes, DE

Andrea García Vázquez, Grade 2, Loyola Comunidad Educativa Mérida, Yucatán, México

Donald Hudson, grade 5, Spruance E.S., Philadelphia, PA

Cody Hassler grade 4, Oldsman Township School,

Pedricktown, NJ

Nanako Shimizu 3rd grade, Kasaoka-Chuo E.S., Japan

Emily Rowe, Grade 2, Friends School, Mullica Hill, Mullica, NJ

Rebecca Siple, 2nd grade, Wilmington Montessori School,

Wilmington, DE

Shota Sakai, grade 8, Kanaura Junior High School, Kasaoka, Japan

Atsuhiro Matsuuro, 2nd grade, Shiromi Elementary, Kasaoka, Japan

Rosie White grade 5

Zane-North School

Collingswood NJ

Jenna Szymaniak, grade 7 Madeira Beach M.S. Madeira Beach, FL

Kaitlin George, grade 6 Stevensville M.S., Stevensville,

MD

Naomi Davidoff, grade 10 Haverford H.S., Haverford, PA

Alex Zerphy, Grade 7, Home School, Annapolis, MD, USA

AnnMarie Chalmers, grade 12, Haverford High School, Haverford, PA.

Megan Serfass, grade 4, Cape May City E.S., Cape May, NJ

Brandon Ard grade 10

Haverford H.S. Haverford, PA

The Samurai

Once the great shores,were guarded and protected,by warriors fierce and strong.Adorned, these wereby mantles of fine armor,with helmets set upon their brow.

No more are these shores watched,by those unflagging sentinels.Their bodies have returned to the sand,from whence they came.Their people now fall to shadow,with no guardian remaining.

But in the moonlight, upon the sand,comes to shore,the embodiment of their spirit.Waves billow, and on them ride,those helmets that once adorned the brow,of warriors of old.The souls are in these creatures,of those fierce and strong.And in each drop of blood they give,their people go on.Artwork by: Matt Ciacmucci, grade 12, Haverford High School, Haverford,

PAPoem by: Ashley Tomasello, Grade 9, S. Hunterdon Reg. Sch., Lambertville,

NJ