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IBPC Winning Poems, 2008 (Summary Only)

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Mosaic Master Group: Administrator Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep	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 Winners First Place Milk Noodle by Greta Bolger The Waters Second Place Aftermath by S. Shademan Poets.Org Third Place Momento Mori by Brenda Levy Tate Pen Shells Honorable Mention Evening Prayer by Emily Brink The Writer's Block November, 2008 Winners First Place Russian Crucifixes by Emily Violet Swithins The Writer's Block Second Place My Father's Family Tree by Anna Yin Pen Shells Third Place only waitress at the truck stop who never uses the cash register by Justin Hyde Salty Dreams Honorable Mention An Endangered Species by Melissa Resch About Poetry Forum October, 2008 Winners First Place Ache by Michael Creighton The Waters Second Place Convalescence by Antonia Clark The Waters Third Place Debris by Ashura Pen Shells Honorable Mentions awake James Lineberger SaltyDreams Compression by Linda E. Cable SplashHall Poetry Imagination of the Deflated Balloon by Henry Shifrin Wild Poetry Musée de la Résistance - Vaucluse by Adam Elgar Writer's Block Talk Like a Pirate Day by Catherine Rogers Poets.org September, 2008 Winners First Place St. Louis Jim by Henry Shifrin Wild Poetry Forum Second Place Saturday by S. Thomas Summers Wild Poetry Forum Third Place Sheer by Tom Watters MoonTown Cafe Honorable Mentions sink holes and illusions by Dorothy D. Mienko Salty Dreams Snake Song by Laurie Byro Desert Moon Review Zambezi Storm by Beverleigh Gail Annegarn Mosaic Musings August, 2008 Winners First Place Tsunami Prelude by Brenda Levy Tate Pen Shells Second Place Living in the Body of a Firefly by Laurie Byro Desert Moon Review Third Place Surviving the Ugly by Sandy Benitez SplashHall Honorable Mentions How Soft is the Blackness that Cannot Bring Me Joy by Ellen Kombiyil Blueline If Men Wore Lip Paint by Bernard Henrie The Writer's Block Seiren Song by Steve Parker criticalpoet.org July, 2008 Winners First Place Feast of Disappointments by Linda E. Cable Wild Poetry Forum Second Place Seventeen, Before the First Time by Ange Law thecriticalpoet.com Third Place Roots by Ken Ashworth The Writer's Block Honorable Mentions Drowse by Bernard Henrie Poets.org Aftertaste by Brenda Morisse Wild Poetry Forum Sleep by Tom Allen poets.org June, 2008 Winners First Place The Length of Never by dublinsteve SplashHall Poetry Second Place A Fall from Grace by S. Thomas Summers Desert Moon Review Third Place Outwitting Your Angels by Dave Mehler The Critical Poet.com Honorable Mentions Spirit Catcher by Catherine Rogers Poets.org Flood by Richard Evans MoonTown Cafe May, 2008 Winners First Place Sunday with Labrador by Sarah J. Sloat The Waters Second Place What April in New York Is by Guy Kettelhack About Poetry Forum Third Place Via! by Allen M. Weber Desert Moon Review Honorable Mentions Fountain by Douglas Hill Wild Poetry Forum Marigolds by Sally Arango Renata South Carolina Writer's Workshop April, 2008 Winners First Place A Second Look at Creation by Sergio Lima Facchini Poets.org Second Place Spring Dance by Brenda Levy Tate The Critical Poet.com Third Place - TIE Boy, Winter 2008 by Mike LaForge The Critical Poet.com Third Place - TIE 18 – Again by Cherryl E. Garner South Carolina Writers Workshop Honorable Mentions None March, 2008 Winners First Place Carol for the Brokenhearted by Brenda Levy Tate Criticalpoet.org Second Place Bitch by Carla Martin-Wood Criticalpoet.org Third Place The Soul's Active Ingredients by Greg McNeill About Poetry Forum Honorable Mentions Remembering A City I Never Knew by Don Schaeffer Pen Shells Corn Shy by Kathleen Vibbert Pen Shells Love Through a Plate Glass Window by Dave Rowley Poets.org Bo-Peep Tunnel by David Phillips Criticalpoet.org The Season of Science by M. E. Silverman Wild Poetry Forum February, 2008 Winners First Place Unmarked Graves by Lois P. Jones Pen Shells Second Place 1980 Mitchell Geller Desert Moon Review Third Place Séance by Adam Elgar The Writer's Bock Honorable Mentions Black Man Carrying Alligator Briefcase by Bernard Henrie The Writer's Block Hawaiian Chicken (not a recipe) by Alice Folkart Blueline Stoma by Laurie Byro About Poetry Forum January, 2008 Winners First Place The Bottle Tree by Allen M. Weber Desert Moon Review Second Place Goose Step by Lois P. Jones Pen Shells Third Place The Cardiologist Has a Word with Us by Yolanda Calderon-Horn The Town Honorable Mentions Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey! by Guy Kettelhack Desert Moon Review Red Cap by Sarah J. Sloat Wild Poetry Forum ·············· "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. 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