Winners for 2018 Dancing Poetry Contest
660 poems from 168 poets from 34 states and 6 countries
Grand Prizes (3 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)
Shadow Dancers Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Circles of Light Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA
Two Braids: A Sestina Lorraine Walker Williams, Denver, CO
First Prizes (6 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)
Runes of Migration Katy Brown, Davis, CA
Night Eagle Nanette Deetz, Alameda, CA
Nine Stanzas for Nine Muses Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
Looking Outside Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Baptism David Robertson, Oakland, CA
Botany 101 Dianalee Velie, Newbury, NH
Second Prizes (12 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)
Dream Weaver Janice Burns, Mary Ester, FL
A Carpenter and a Hummingbird Fell in Love Ginny Lowe Conners, West Hartford, CT
Conference of the Birds Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
When Berna Plays the Daf Polly Lazaron, Keswick, VA
Snowstorm Le Pham Le, Pittsburg, CA
Shenandoah, Daughter of the Stars--a retold legend Joan Leotta, Calabash, NC
The Song of Miriam Marianne Mersereau, Lake Forest Park, WA
Passion at River’s Edge Zee Mink-Fuller, Burleson, TX,
Ode to those who came after the Quake Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA
Drum Circle on Nakomis Beach Dianalee Velie, Newbury, NH
Afternoon in the Garden Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD
Little Auks near the Arctic Circle Diana Woodcock, Midlothian, VA
Third Prizes (30 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)
The Kajou Bridge, Isphahan, Persia Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Tsalagi Suzanne Bruce, Fairfield, CA
How to Dirty Dance while Growing Things Constantina Clark, Greens Fork, IN
I Live on Guava Street Anita Odena Cruz, Hayward, CA
Dubai Romeo Alcala Cruz, San Francisco, CA
Still not ready to say Goodbye Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Letters to Bangalore Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY
Why do I need you? Dara (aka Olga Runova), San Jose, CA
Birkenstocks Angela Howe Decker, Ashland, OR
How to Trap a Poem While Sleeping Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Luna A Luna Cynthia d'Este, Pewaukee, WI
Ladders Raynette Eitel, Las Vegas, NV
Upon Entering a Sumi-e Painting Jeanne Emrich, Edina, MN
For Elle Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA
Aunt Matilda’s Jewels Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA
Hanging Clothes with Maya Christopher Giovacchini, Sonoma, CA
Fighting the Paper Tiger Norma King Green, Fairfield, CA
The Voice of the Earth Ximena Gautier Greve, Paris, France
matryoshka dream Maurine Killough, San Mateo, CA
Fearless Bridget Eu Yoke Lin, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
An American Haibun Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
I Promise Phyllis Meshulam, Sebastopol, CA
A Look at Last Minutes Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Mirror Image Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
I Say John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA
Mushrooms J.D. Smith, Washington, DC
Decent/Descent Nick Sweet, Shephert, TX
She Breathes Fire Deborah K. Tash, San Francisco, CA
Homage: Josephine Baker Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD
Barns Lorraine Walker Williams, Denver, CO