A member poem from the Spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
I Thought You’d Like to Know / Joe Kelty
Tag: Poetry Society of Michigan
Poetry Society of Michigan 2020 Contest Winners
Category 1: Margo LaGatutta Memorial Award
Judge: Daniel Edward Moore
1st Rust Belt Randy K. Schwartz, Ann Arbor, MI
2nd All Night the Rain Kristin Brace, Ada, MI
3rd November Jack D. Ferguson, Auburn Hills, MI
HM Rock, Paper, Scissors Ellen Lord, Charlevoix, MI
Category 2: Chancellor’s Prize
Judge: Laurence W. Thomas
1st Window Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
2nd Good Fencing Lorraine Jeffery, Orem, UT
3rd The Poet Goes Prospecting Randy K. Schwartz, Ann Arbor, MI
HM The Staunch Listener Inge Logenburg Kyler, Eaton Rapids, MI
Category 3: Founder’s Prize
Judge: Dennis Hinrichsen
1st Midland Nancy Cook, St. Paul, MN
2nd Water, Water Everywhere… Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
3rd Jack Pine Savage Ellen Lord, Charlevoix, MI
HM October, Southeast Michigan Dawn McDuffie, Detroit, MI
Category 4: Barbara Sykes Memorial Humor Poem
Judge: Elizabeth Kerlikowske
1st Poem in Which the Poem Works Very Hard… Kristin Brace, Ada, MI
2nd I Explain to My Great Grandpa Lorraine Jeffery, Orem, UT
3rd Sounding the Alarm Lynne Fernandez, Farmington Hills, MI
HM Transformation Marilyn Churchill, Ann Arbor, MI
Category 5: George Dila Memorial Prose Poem
Judge: Phillip Sterling
1st A Man and His Game David James, Linden, MI
2nd pang Diana Hart, Kalamazoo, MI
3rd Dear Therapist, Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
HM Velvet Ear Jill Doster Marcusse, Grand Rapids, MI
Category 6: Nature
Judge: Jerrold Narland
1st Lucky 13 Terry Jude Miller, Richmond, TX
2nd Backyard Nature Sue Yurick, Rockford, MI
3rd Winter Snowfall Cynthia Weber Nankee, Canton, MI
HM Lost Mountain Lori Goff, Walled Lake, MI
Category 7: Love
Judge: Diane DeCillis
1st Alien Lover Dawn McDuffie, Detroit, MI
2nd Redolent Diana Dinverno, Troy, MI
3rd Autumn Garden Jack D. Ferguson, Auburn Hills, MI
HM Falling Christian Belz, Berkley, MI
Category 8: Pandemic
Judge: Terry Jude Miller
1st Counting Marie Davids, Ferndale, MI
2nd Maybe Eric Greene, Royal Oak, MI
3rd Languor Garrett Stack, Rockford, MI
HM Monthursday, Frisunday, April? Carla Dodd, Waterford, MI
Prompt: Family History
From the Schakal/Ridl book of yesterday:
Look at some poems by Rita Dove, specifically ones were she writes about her family. Using the history of your family, write a poem depicting one or more of the people you learned about.
Volunteer with Baby on Back / Li C. Tien
A poem from the spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
Prompt: A Begining Quotation
From The Writers’ Idea Book by Jack Heffron:
Find a religious or philosophical quotation that makes a statement about the human condition. Consider looking in the Bible, a book of quotations, the Koran or a book of philosophy. Use that statement as the first sentence in a piece of writing or an an epigraph. In the piece, refute or demonstrate the efficacy of the statement.
Virga / Claire Scott
Another poem from the spring issue of Peninsula Poets.
A Pleasant Thought of Mortality / Iris Lee Underwood
From the Spring Issue Peninsula Poets.
Prompt: Childhood Beliefs
When you were a kid, you believed things that may not have been quite accurate. I thought I could see atoms when they were actually dust motes, but never mind that! Take something inaccurate you used to believe and go with it.
Georgia O’Keefe’s White Clouds / Sophia Rivkin
From the Spring 2020 issue of Peninsula Poets. We’ll be posting something every couple of days.
Prompt: An Event
From Creative Writing by David Starkey. Write about an event in your life that is almost too embarrassing to write about, but not quite.
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