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Poetry
Contest #25 .
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October
15, 2002
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Larylee Fraser, Salmon Arm,
British Columbia -- Poet of the Sky
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Joanne Cherry of Pinellas Park,
Florida, Ink
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Laryalee Fraser, Salmon Arm,
British Columbia, To Know Forever.
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Lori Dowds, Picton, Ontario,
The Raft.
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Sophie Soil, Thornhill, Ontario,
Gathered by the Hollow.
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Allan Serafino, Calgary, Alberta,
Climbing to Gabriel.
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Sophie Soil, Thornhill, Ontario,
The Eternal Comic.
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Carol E. Sandau, Calgary, Alberta,
Determination.
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Sophie Soil, Thornhill, Ontario,
Nature.
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I.B. Iskov, Thornhill, Ontario,
When Hands Become a Euphemism.
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Carol E. Sandau, Calgary, Alberta,
Flowers of Love.
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Sterling Haynes, Westbank,
British Columbia, Hockey’s Eh Team.
Honourable Mentions: Stephen K. Roney, Phyllis
Brown, Janie Hofmann, and d.n. simmers.
FIRST PLACE POEM
Poet of the Sky
By Laryalee Fraser
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Within a flow of amber ink,
the Sun takes measure of the day
just passed; she fills the open sky
with colors of her twilight verse.
Embedded in her dusky lines
are thoughts that rose to whirlwind heights,
with yours and mine and everyone’s
portrayed in shades of vibrancy.
Expressions of our fears and doubts
have wafted up; she captures them,
reveals an insight far beyond
our comprehension. Soothed by rhyme,
our pain of personal defeat
becomes a softly muted glow
of indigo. She adds our cheers
of celebration — streaks of red
are interspersed with fluid gold.
She writes with flawless style and grace;
our moments soar on sonnet trails
and join the rhythm of the stars.
Her journal done, she heaves a sigh.
Tomorrow is another page.
Copyright
(c) 2004 for the author, all rights reserved.
SECOND PLACE POEM
Ink
By Joanne Cherry
Pinellas Park, Florida
I like paper
I like ink
ink, ink, magical ink
the more I think,
the more I ink.
Ink wells
school desks
pigtails
blue
Flowing fountains,
inky veins
surging to fingertips
sharply blue
ink bloody ink.
Pens leak
dots black
homework
Oops!
Fingers stained
black on white
rarer than mercury
lighter than zinc
elusive ink.
Poetry
and prose
magic
love
Pilot you are
my pilot,
guide to the exotic
heart's places
enduring ink
Copyright
(c) 2004 for the author, all rights reserved.
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