Mosaic Master
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Joined: 1-August 03
From: Massachusetts
Member No.: 2
Real Name: Lori Kanter
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
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After a long awaited delay in coordinating our five judges and then needing to get a sub (thanks Leo); Wally we hope you are doing well, the winner of our ninth annual Mosaic Musings Holiday Classic has been chosen! A special goes out to our judges Bev (Peterpan), Snow (Eisa), Maureen, Sergio (saore) and Leo (Sekhmet). They were tasked with choosing 3 of the submissions they felt best represented the holiday season, allocating 3 points for their top nod, two for second and one for third.
It was a very close one in the end, with just a mere point separating 1st and 2nd, and a tie for 3rd! The two third place poems (with 5 points each) are My Xmas Wish List by Rhymer and Birthday by Psyche. The second place poem (with 6 points) is Mother's Side by Larry. And the winning poem (with 7 points) goes to Joyous Light by Cleo_Serapis.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners in our ninth annual Mosaic Musings Holiday Classic! May your holidays always be memorable ...
~MM Staff Joyous Light
Stargazing luminescent skies His powdered dust revealed the wonderment of Winter’s breath dispersed across Fir’s field.
Amid tall balsams, there she stood in cloak of glitter gold: a vigil over evening’s glow whose spark tempered the cold.
I chose the path less often walked to greet her in the Wood between the pond and Nature’s Kings-- a trip misunderstood.
My gift to bring – a treasure trove of ornamental rings were placed upon memorials beholding angel’s wings.
A fringe of naked skin soon swept me up from tethered Earth and held me there, caressing love; a spiritual rebirth.
Then came a flash of sparkling might: those trees had touched the sky! Star-bursts of light bedecked their tips; red berried lace, oh my!
The sentinels rejoiced with me, we shared God’s love that night where souls I hold so dear are safe within His Heaven’s light.
Copyright © Lorraine M Kanter 17 Dec 2013
WELL DONE! HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL THE YEAR THROUGH!
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