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Poetry Contest #15 . . . Results!

October 15, 1996

  1. Sharon Helberg, Surrey, British Columbia -- Reflections (shown below).
  2. Richard D. Slick, Holsopple, Philadelphia, With Grace
  3. Howard Prescott, Alexandria, Virginia, Nothing is What it Seems
  4. Marigo Stathis, Balto, Maryland, The Deck's Provocation
  5. David Stackpole, Kirkland, Washington, Confirming With Signws
  6. Tammy Sweetapple, Vancouver, British Columbia, You Will See
  7. Karen Russell, Calgary, Alberta, Maybe
  8. Daniel Peter, Toronto, Ontario, Fire and Smoke
  9. Edna Kollarits, Whitehouse, Ohio, The Wanderer
  10. Kirk Sheppard, Shelley, Idaho, Poetry's Island
  11. Matthew Boedy, Augusta, Georgia, Focus
  12. Ms. Buddy Ham, Oliver, British Columbia, Dependency.

Honourable Mentions: Karen Embury, Port Hope, Ontario, The Lonely Cowboy; E. Doyle-Gillespie, Toledo, Ohio, Masala Tea and Oranges; Lillian, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Snow in May.

FIRST PLACE POEM
Reflections
By Sharon Helberg
Surrey, British Columbia

There was a man who gilded me with honey
sticky warm and oozing light.
He polished me with his hands
and with his words
until I shone
and he could see himself in me.

What he saw pleased him greatly.
It made him smile
and I
ever the perfect mirror
smiled back at him.

Painstakingly
the man built a frame
and hung me on the front door
of his house
where passersby could see me
and pause
to admire his craftsmanship.

One day
a rock flew up and chipped the glass.

From that chip spread a hair-line crack
that widened and pulled apart
like the edges of a wound.
Like the shores of a river.

In time
the man packed up his words
folded his hands
and moved away.

This house belongs to me now.
There are lights in every room.

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