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title: Poems and Art About the Swifts
description: In April, The Alliance for Sustainable Communities featured poems and artwork by Jennie Gilrain’s fourth-grade class at Freemansburg Elementary School.
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# Poems and Art About the Swifts

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May 24, 2021  1 min read

In April The Alliance for Sustainable Communities published several poems and original art by Jennie Gilrain’s fourth-grade class at Freemansburg Elementary School. We are so excited that our mission to save The Wilbur’s chimney inspired creativity in all generations throughout the Lehigh Valley. Please read and enjoy their art [here](https://www.sustainlv.org/focus-on/poems-drawings-about-the-swifts/). And to tie you over, here is one by Devin K, titled Swifts.

![A colorful child’s drawing showing a person labeled “Ms. Gilrain,” a bird, and a red building with a speech bubble saying “Don’t tear them down, save them,” alongside a bulldozer marked “Tear Down.”](https://www.wilburmansion.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website/img-blog-poems-arts.jpeg?width=720&height=954&name=img-blog-poems-arts.jpeg)

Flock of birds swiftly entering the chimney acrobats of the air agile, fast swirling up and down into the chimney

![A child’s drawing titled “Devin” depicting several chimney swifts and a brick chimney, sketched in simple black lines on a light background.](https://www.wilburmansion.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website/img-blog-poems-arts-2.png?width=300&height=263&name=img-blog-poems-arts-2.png)

 

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