Each year in February we organize and hold an all-day poetry festival featuring workshops, readings, and a featured poet. This year, our featured poets were Heather Altfeld and Troy Jollimore.
We are also proud to congratulate our winning poets from the 2015 festival’s poetry contest. Names and winning poem titles are listed below by category. Thank you to everyone who attended for making this year’s event another success!
Bird Life
1st Linda Toren for untitled poem
2nd Lynn M. Hansen for “Gleaners”
3rd Nancy Haskett for “Deception”
Honorable Mentions:
Carol Louise Moon for “A Jay in the Cane”
Roberta Bearden for “Birds Play a Triolet”
Borderlands
1st Ann Bailey for “Salinas”
2nd Lynn M. Hansen for “Boundary Waters”
3rd Laura Bayless for “Trees”
Landmarks
1st Louise Kantro for “Waiting for a Sign
2nd Laura Bayless for “Seacoast Passage”
3rd Linda Marie Prather for “Dry Creek, June 19”
Honorable Mentions:
1st HM Pat Egenberger for “Yosemite High Country”
2nd HM Carol Quinlan for “Suburban Ride”
3rd HM Ed Bearden for “Afterward … that first morning”
Play Ball
1st Nancy Haskett for “Baltimore: April 29, 2015”
2nd Lynn M. Hansen for “What Does It Mean To Throw Like A Girl?”
3rd Carol Quinlan for “Kids at the Hoop”
Honorable Mentions:
1st HM Laura Bayless for “Summer Shenanigans”
2nd HM Cleo Griffith for “Football Field, November”
Trails and Paths
1st Cleo Griffith for “I Taught You Shoes (For Elizabeth)”
2nd Ed Bearden for “A Short Ride”
3rd Karen Mitchell for “Wrong Paths”
Honorable Mentions:
1st HM Gordon Preston for “Car Lights”
2nd HM Ann Bailey for “North Trail Calaveras”
3rd HM Salvatore Salerno for “One Foot After the Other”