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Rehearsal / Katherine Edgren

Published on November 26, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Katerine Edgren of Dexter, Michigan was the winner in the Spiritual category in The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.

Firefly Nights / Sophia Rivkin

Published on November 24, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Winning poem in the “Animals” category in The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual contest.

Disposable / Sarah E. Morin

Published on November 18, 2019 by Editorial Staff

This poem, appropriate for this time of year, is the winner of the “Chancelor’s Prize” in The Poetry Society of Michigan Annual Poetry Contest.

How to Stay Sane in an Insane World

Published on November 10, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The George Dila Memorial Prize is given to the best prose poem entered in the PSM annual poetry contest. The winning poet is Nancy Cook, who offers this advice:

Dennis Bar Shoes

Published on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Southfield, Michigan poet, Sophia Rivkin, won first prize in the “Family” category in our annual contest with this poem. The fall contest issue of Peninsula Poets is now available.

Eulogy for My Brother

Published on November 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Eulogistic poems don’t have to mournful, somber or depressing. This poem took first place in the category, Loss, in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual contest. Patricia Barnes is from Wyandotte, Michigan.

To Bloom / Karin Hoffecker

Published on November 2, 2019November 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The winning poem in the Nature category of The Poetry Society of Michigan’s 2019 contest is Too Bloom by Michigan poet, Karin Hoffecker. The fall issue of Peninsula Poets in which this year’s winners appear is now available for purchase.

Decisions / Diana Dinverno

Published on October 31, 2019November 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The winner of the Margo LaGattuta Award in this year’s Poetry Society of Michigan Poetry Contest is Diana Dinverno for Decisions.

night soon / David Fitch

Published on October 29, 2019 by Editorial Staff

This year’s winning poem in the category “Evening” from the annual contest issue of Peninsula Poets, the journal of the Poetry Society of Michigan.

Mushrooms and Agates / Ellen Lord

Published on October 23, 2019November 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The fall issue of Peninsula Poets is the contest edition. The winner of this year’s Founder’s Prize is a Haibun* from Charlevoix poet, Ellen Lord..

*Haibun, literally, haikai writings, is a prosimetric literary form combining prose and haiku. It first appeared in the 17th century and was popularized by the haiku master poet, Matsuo Bashō.