is that my catalpa tree
is engorged with lightly
scented white flowers,
branches bowed down
and offering this bridal bouquet to me.
No gondolas on these rain
flooded streets, only twigs
and leaves gliding down to
the manhole covers,
dancing in circles until
they disappear below.
Roberta Brown is the winner of the 2025 Margo LaGattuta Memorial Award in PSM’s annual poetry contest.
The fall issue of Peninsula Poets is at the printer.
Entries in our annual poetry contest are open from June 1 to August 1, 2025. The contest is open to members and non-members of The Poetry Society of Michigan. We highly recommend that you download and print the PDF document file for details and contest rules. Printable PDF.
Over $1,100 in prizes to be awarded in 10 categories.
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Entries for our annual poetry contest are open from June 1 to August 1, 2024. The contest is open to members and non-members of The Poetry Society of Michigan. All of the details are included in a printable PDF file that you can download HERE. We suggest you print this file.
Over $1,100 in prizes to be awarded in 10 categories.
Jim Muyres of Mankato, Minnesota is the winner of The Barbara Sykes Memorial Award for a humorous poem in the 2023 PSM Annual Poetry Contest.
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