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Redbuds in Bloom / Michael Harty

Published on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

One of the winning poems in the “nature” category from the fall issue of Peninsula Poets.

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Children of Survivors / Joy Gaines-Friedler

Published on December 20, 2019December 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff

From the fall issue of Peninsula Poets, one of the prize winning poems in the “Family” category of The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.

Downtown Ghost Town / Marion Frahm Tincknell

Published on December 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff

This year’s runner up for the Founder’s Prize in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual contest was Marion Frahm Tincknell who paints us a vivid picture of something lost.

Steamer / Alexander Payne Morgan

Published on December 4, 2019December 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Winner in the Love Category from The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual Poetry Contest.

Sparkle / Diana Dinverno

Published on December 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The winning poem in the Humor category from the fall contest issue of Peninsula Poets – journal of The Poetry Society of Michigan.

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.

Two New Books by Phillip Sterling

Published on November 15, 2019 by Editorial Staff

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.