Contests

PSM 2017 Poetry Contest Results

Thank you everyone who entered!

Category 1: Margo LaGatutta Memorial Award      Judge: Janeen Pergrin Rastall

1^st        Rembrandt Meets Vermeer              Nellie deVries, Grand Rapids, MI

2^nd        Lot’s Wife                                            Claire Scott, Oakland, CA         

3^rd        Heart’s Engine                                    Marilyn Churchill, Ann Arbor, MI                        

HM      Ghost Figure                                        Marie Davids, Ferndale, MI

Category 2: Humor      Judge: Ron Riekki

1^st        The Pantoum of the Opera                Ginny Grush, Farmington Hills, MI

2^nd       How to Distinguish a Frog from a Poem- Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario

3^rd        Catastrophe                                         Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL

HM       Noah                                                      Marion Frahm Tincknell, Saginaw, MI

Category 3: Evening      Judge: Elizabeth Kerlikowske

1^st        a blank novena                                     David Fitch, Lathrup Village, MI

2^nd       Early Evening, Knutson Dam            Katherine Edgren, Dexter, MI

3^rd        Since You Asked About Our Deck Lights- Milton J. Bates, Marquette, MI

HM       Cherry Capital Memoir                       James Ahearn, Rochester, MI

Category 4: Family  Judge: Robert Jorth

1^st         Syrian Ashes                                         Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI

2^nd       Manufactured Home                           Gloria Klinger, Grand Haven, MI                               

3^rd        Familial Surroundings                        Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX

HM       Chocolate Milk                                      Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL

Category 5: Loss  Judge: Patricia Clark

1^st        Crossing the Waters                             Milton J. Bates, Marquette, MI

2^nd       Autumn’s Unleaving                            Sylvia Cavanaugh, Cedar Grove, WI

3^rd       The Loneliest Highway in America,

U.S. Route 50                                               Gloria Klinger, Grand Haven, MI

HM      Spiderweb                                             Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI

Category 6: Nature       Judge: Joseph Gross

1^st        The White Parade                               Brian Gavin, Lakeport, MI

2^nd       Forage                                                   Gregory Loselle, Southgate, MI

3^rd        Emerald Ash Borers Claimed Our Tree   Diana Dinverno, Troy, MI

HM       Mushroom                                           Katherine Edgren, Dexter, MI

Category 7: Love      Judge: Z.G. Tomaszewski

1^st        Gypsy Valentine                                 Ellen Lord, Central Lake, MI

2^nd       Golden                                                 Milton J. Bates, Marquette, MI

3^rd        Grateful                                               Sophia Rivkin, Southfield, MI

HM       june coming                                        David Fitch, Lathrup Village, MI

Category 8: Spiritual  Judge: Buddy Hannah

1^st        Pentecost                                              Marion Frahm Tincknell, Saginaw, MI

2^nd      Will and Testament                            Dr. Emory D. Jones, Iuka, MS

3^rd       Jaclyn                                                     Julie George, Muskegon, MI

HM      Prayers                                                  Mary Ann Bozenski,Wyandotte, MI

Category 9: Animals     Judge: Tanya Mazumdar

1^st        On Being the Right Size                     Gregory Loselle, Southgate, MI

2^nd       Crows                                                    Katherine Edgren, Dexter, MI

3^rd        The Bear                                               Sophia Rivkin, Southfield, MI

HM       Sunset Flights over the Gulf             Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL

Category 10: George Dila Memorial Prose Poem     Judge: Kathleen McGookey

1^st         When I was Six                                    Claire Scott, Oakland, CA

2^nd        Exhibitionist                                        Amy Lynn Hess, Tucker, GA

3^rd        The Gate of Forgiveness                     Nadia Ibrashi, Troy, MI

HM       High Flying                                           Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario

Category 11: Ekphrastic     Judge: Kaitlin Martin

1^st        This Place, Somewhere                         Cynthia Weber Nankee, Canton, MI

2^nd        The Banks That Once I Knew             Lola Latreille, Rochester, MI

3^rd        Arrows of Iron                                       Laurence W. Thomas, Ypsilanti, MI

HM      Arrows of Night                                      Marion Frahm Tincknell, Saginaw, MI

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