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> IBPC Winning Poems, 2009 (Summary Only)
Cleo_Serapis
post Feb 12 09, 10:06
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Hi all,

Per request, I am posting this thread as a SUMMARY ONLY of the 2009 IBPC winning poems and decending order by month. To read the actual poems as well as judge's comments, please go to this thread, posted in ascending order by month.

Congratulations poets! Artist.gif


August, 2009 Winners

First Place
Smoke and Mirrors
by Antonia Clark
The Waters

Second Place (tie)
Doris Gray pictures regret
by Jennifer Bennett
conjunction

Second Place (tie)
Migrations
by Billy Howell-Sinnard
The Writer's Block

Second Place (tie)
Toad Festival
by Connie DeDona
Blueline

Highly Commended
Ice
by mignon ledgard
conjunction

Highly Commended
Island
by Judy Thompson
The Town

Highly Commended
my name is river
by Derek Richard
Wild Poetry Forum

Highly Commended
Oils of Soft Fingers
by S. Thomas Summers
The Writer's Block

Honorable Mentions
true romance in black and white
by Alex Stolis
Wild Poetry Forum

Surgery at 14
by Timothy Blighton
Desert Moon Review

tasting the blade
by Pam O'Shaughnessy
criticalpoet.org


July, 2009 Winners

First Place
The Day the Egrets Came Calling
by Christopher T. George
The Writer's Block

Second Place (Tie)
Nothing to Discuss
by Guy Kettelhack
About Poetry Forum

Second Place (Tie)
I am Dying Afghanistan
by Bernard Henrie
The Writer's Block

Honorable Mentions
At a Mall in Bangkok
by Marc-André Germain
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Bereavement
by Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Mosaic Musings cheer.gif Congrats Sylvia !!!

Der Busant
by Laurie Byro
Desert Moon Review

Old Women Farming Rice
by Brian Edwards
The Poets' Graves

Offertory Red
by Richard Stillman
The Poets' Graves

on phil jackson’s tenth championship
by Jonathan Muggleston
The Town

The Rebuttal
by Sachi Nag
The Writer's Block

Stephanie
by Kathleen Vibbert
Wild Poetry Forum


June, 2009 Winners

First Place
you think you’ve seen everything
by Justin Hyde
Salty Dreams

Second Place
Castle Hawk
by Brian Edwards
The Poets' Graves

Third Place
5 o’clock
by Divina
Pen Shells

Honorable Mentions
The Sweat Lodge, As I Know It
by Steve Meador
FreeWrights Peer Review

Angling
by Allen M. Weber
FreeWrights Peer Review

The Big Easy
by Bernard Hamel
About Poetry Forum


May, 2009 Winners

First Place
Mariposa
by Tim Blighton
Desert Moon Review

Second Place
Evidence Hanging on a Rusty Nail
by Brian J. Mackay
Moontown Cafe

Third Place
The Marsh at Dusk
by Steve Meador
FreeWrights Peer Review

Honorable Mentions
Dad Never Read Novels
by Christopher T. George
FreeWrights Peer Review

The absence of spaces between words
by Alexandre Nodopaka
Pen Shells

Her obituary picture will look nothing like her
by Alex Stolis
Wild Poetry Forum


April, 2009 Winners

First Place
Czamy Polewka (Black Soup)
by Emily Brink
The Writers Block

Second Place
The Day the Caterpillars Came
by Steve Meador
FreeWrights Peer Review

Third Place
A Rush of Clouds
by Laurel K. Dodge
The Writers Block

Honorable Mentions
After AIDS
by Shawn Nacona Stroud
Desert Moon Review

Baseball Season
by Andrew Dufresne
Wild Poetry

Red Romance Dancing
by Allen Fogel
SplashHall Poetry


March, 2009 Winners

First Place
I, Raptor
by Brenda Levy Tate
Pen Shells

Second Place
deliquesce
by Lynze
Saltry Dreams

Third Place
Double Vision
by Susan B. McDonough
Blueline


February, 2009 Winners

First Place
Mondegreen
by Ray Sweatman
Salty Dreams

Second Place
Virginia Sings Back To the Stones In Her Pockets
by Laurie Byro
Desert Moon Review

Third Place
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by Eric Rhohenstein
criticalpoet.org


January, 2009 Winners

First Place
New Neighbors
by Eric Rhohenstein
criticalpoet.org

Second Place
First Frost
by Christopher T. George
FreeWrights Peer Review

Third Place
Dinner With the Ghost of Rilke
by Laurie Byro
Desert Moon Review

Honorable Mentions
Taste Buds of Children and Mock Adults
by Thane Zander
Blueline

Talking Terror
by Sachi Nag
The Writer's Block

This post has been edited by Cleo_Serapis: Sep 12 09, 18:46
Reason for edit: Updated


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Congrats Marc and Sylvia for placing HM's in the July comp. PartyFavor.gif

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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind.

"I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

"Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.

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