Dancing Poetry Contest Winners List, 2009 In 2009, we had 476 poems from 166 poets living in 28 states of the USA and 7 additional countries All Prize winners will be invited to read their Grand Prize Winning Poem at the Dancing Poetry Festival, 2009 Grand Prize (3) Gretchen R. Fletcher, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Silver Sandals Nancy Rakoczy, Flushing, NY Eve Dreaming Jeanne Wagner, Kensington, CA The Dance of the Seven Veils First Prize (6) Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI The Puzzler Jabez W. Churchill, Ukiah, CA Marchito/Faded Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA Cloud Rhythms, Lenticular Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY Whorl Jeanne Wagner, Kensington, CA Sewing Machine Music Diane G. Woodcock, Doha, Qatar Bardo Second Prize (12) Beverly Cole, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand Song For Ava Lois Parker Edstrom, Coupeville, WA Too Much Elsie Whitlow Feliz, Sacramento, CA Gallivanting With My Aunts Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL Ode to the Naked Mole Rat Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA The Awning at Priya Steve R. McCord, Long Beach, CA A Poet’s Voice Indigo Moor, Rancho Cordova, CA Plain Sight--from an interview with an artist’s model Erin Murphy, Hollidaysburg, PA Facing Manet John Rowe, Albany, CA The Silence Joyce Shepherd, Abingdon, MD Nature’s Artwork Lynn Shoemaker, Whitewater, WI All Things Jump Themselves Together--Hiroshima Peace Museum and Park July 2008 Diane G. Woodcock, Doha, Qatar, Lunchtime Along the Tideline Third Prize (30) Susan Morgan Black, Oakland, CA Drualus--Mistletoe Ann Reisfeld Boutte, Houston, TX Twilight Pas de Deux Regina Murray Brault, Burlington, VT Timesweep Cantata Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI Wicker Chair & Choreopsis Susan Condeff, San Ramon, CA Pizza, Pizza, Anywhere Carlos Cumpian, Chicago, IL In Honor of Tito Puente, Musician Lois Parker Edstrom, Coupeville, WA Imogene the Dancing Queen--Pantoum for Emily--eighteen months Ada Evasdaughter, Raleigh, NC The Beauty of Motion Don Feliz, Sacramento, CA Haircuts With My Father Gretchen R. Fletcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL New Mexican Rains Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA Tango Villanelle Sharon A. Harmon, Orange, MA Grandfather Fed Me Jason Marc Harris, Melbourne, FL To Watch the World Burn Ruth Hill, Chetwynd, BC, Canada Tundra Terrarium (May Day, May Day) Barbara Jaekel, Lincoln, CA Ki Ho’ Alu Fay Williams Jones, North Little Rock, AR In McDonald’s Parking Lot Dr. Zanneta Kalyva-Papaloannou, Hilioupolis, Athens, Greece The Mountain is Cloudy Elizabeth Lee, Colorado Springs, CO I Am Africa Anne Ranasinghe, Colombo, Sri Lanka The Night of the Tropical Storm Ms. Marie J. Ross, Stockton, CA Pink Toe Shoes John Rowe, Albany, CA This Spring (a pantoum) Ruth Wildes Schuler, Novato, CA The Perfect Storm Annette S. Schwartz, Houston, TX Washerwoman Andrew Spano, Brooklyn, NY Halcyon Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CA Lady and the Unicorn--Tapestry, circa 1600, Musee de Clune, Paris Gerald St. Maur, Edmonton, AB, Canada Man of No Consequence Gerald St. Maur, Edmonton, AB, Canada Offshore Jeanne Wagner, Kensington, CA A Gift of Olives Maxine N. Williams, Sebastopol, CA Tamerza Diane Woodcock, Doha, Qatar Invisible
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