Hi all,
Per request, I am posting this thread as a SUMMARY ONLY of the 2008 IBPC winning poems and decending order by month. To read the actual poems and judge's comments, please go to
this thread, posted in ascending order by month.
Congratulations poets!
December, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceMilk Noodleby Greta Bolger
The Waters
Second PlaceAftermathby S. Shademan
Poets.Org
Third PlaceMomento Moriby Brenda Levy Tate
Pen Shells
Honorable MentionEvening Prayerby Emily Brink
The Writer's Block
November, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceRussian Crucifixesby Emily Violet Swithins
The Writer's Block
Second PlaceMy Father's Family Treeby Anna Yin
Pen Shells
Third Placeonly waitress at the truck stop who never uses the cash registerby Justin Hyde
Salty Dreams
Honorable MentionAn Endangered Speciesby Melissa Resch
About Poetry Forum
October, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceAcheby Michael Creighton
The Waters
Second PlaceConvalescenceby Antonia Clark
The Waters
Third PlaceDebrisby Ashura
Pen Shells
Honorable MentionsawakeJames Lineberger
SaltyDreams
Compressionby Linda E. Cable
SplashHall Poetry
Imagination of the Deflated Balloonby Henry Shifrin
Wild Poetry
Musée de la Résistance - Vaucluseby Adam Elgar
Writer's Block
Talk Like a Pirate Dayby Catherine Rogers
Poets.org
September, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceSt. Louis Jimby Henry Shifrin
Wild Poetry Forum
Second PlaceSaturdayby S. Thomas Summers
Wild Poetry Forum
Third PlaceSheerby Tom Watters
MoonTown Cafe
Honorable Mentionssink holes and illusionsby Dorothy D. Mienko
Salty Dreams
Snake Songby Laurie Byro
Desert Moon Review
Zambezi Storm by Beverleigh Gail Annegarn
Mosaic Musings
August, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceTsunami Preludeby Brenda Levy Tate
Pen Shells
Second PlaceLiving in the Body of a Fireflyby Laurie Byro
Desert Moon Review
Third PlaceSurviving the Uglyby Sandy Benitez
SplashHall
Honorable MentionsHow Soft is the Blackness that Cannot Bring Me Joyby Ellen Kombiyil
Blueline
If Men Wore Lip Paintby Bernard Henrie
The Writer's Block
Seiren Songby Steve Parker
criticalpoet.org
July, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceFeast of Disappointmentsby Linda E. Cable
Wild Poetry Forum
Second PlaceSeventeen, Before the First Timeby Ange Law
thecriticalpoet.com
Third PlaceRootsby Ken Ashworth
The Writer's Block
Honorable MentionsDrowseby Bernard Henrie
Poets.org
Aftertasteby Brenda Morisse
Wild Poetry Forum
Sleepby Tom Allen
poets.org
June, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceThe Length of Neverby dublinsteve
SplashHall Poetry
Second PlaceA Fall from Graceby S. Thomas Summers
Desert Moon Review
Third PlaceOutwitting Your Angelsby Dave Mehler
The Critical Poet.com
Honorable MentionsSpirit Catcherby Catherine Rogers
Poets.org
Floodby Richard Evans
MoonTown Cafe
May, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceSunday with Labradorby Sarah J. Sloat
The Waters
Second PlaceWhat April in New York Isby Guy Kettelhack
About Poetry Forum
Third PlaceVia!by Allen M. Weber
Desert Moon Review
Honorable MentionsFountainby Douglas Hill
Wild Poetry Forum
Marigoldsby Sally Arango Renata
South Carolina Writer's Workshop
April, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceA Second Look at Creationby Sergio Lima Facchini
Poets.org
Second PlaceSpring Danceby Brenda Levy Tate
The Critical Poet.com
Third Place - TIEBoy, Winter 2008by Mike LaForge
The Critical Poet.com
Third Place - TIE18 – Againby Cherryl E. Garner
South Carolina Writers Workshop
Honorable MentionsNoneMarch, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceCarol for the Brokenheartedby Brenda Levy Tate
Criticalpoet.org
Second PlaceBitchby Carla Martin-Wood
Criticalpoet.org
Third PlaceThe Soul's Active Ingredientsby Greg McNeill
About Poetry Forum
Honorable MentionsRemembering A City I Never Knewby Don Schaeffer
Pen Shells
Corn Shyby Kathleen Vibbert
Pen Shells
Love Through a Plate Glass Windowby Dave Rowley
Poets.org
Bo-Peep Tunnelby David Phillips
Criticalpoet.org
The Season of Scienceby M. E. Silverman
Wild Poetry Forum
February, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceUnmarked Gravesby Lois P. Jones
Pen Shells
Second Place1980Mitchell Geller
Desert Moon Review
Third PlaceSéanceby Adam Elgar
The Writer's Bock
Honorable MentionsBlack Man Carrying Alligator Briefcaseby Bernard Henrie
The Writer's Block
Hawaiian Chicken (not a recipe)by Alice Folkart
Blueline
Stomaby Laurie Byro
About Poetry Forum
January, 2008 WinnersFirst PlaceThe Bottle Treeby Allen M. Weber
Desert Moon Review
Second PlaceGoose Stepby Lois P. Jones
Pen Shells
Third PlaceThe Cardiologist Has a Word with Usby Yolanda Calderon-Horn
The Town
Honorable MentionsCome Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey!by Guy Kettelhack
Desert Moon Review
Red Capby Sarah J. Sloat
Wild Poetry Forum