Dancing Poetry Contest Winners List, 2011
This year, we had 653 poems from 226 people from 9 different countries, 33 US states and 3 Canadian Provinces
Poems are listed according to prize won then alphabetically by surname of poet
Grand Prizes (3) Each poem danced by Natica Angilly’s Poetic Dance Theater Company, videotaped for poet, certificate suitable for framing, $100, invitation to read at the Dancing Poetry Festival to be held Saturday, September 24, 2011, Noon to 4 at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, San Francisco, CA. Poem will be published in the DPF Souvenir Program and might be danced or published with the poet’s credits around the world.
Amazing Masks Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
If the Moon Can Float Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT
Indeterminate Breeze, Stone Fountain Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA
First Prizes (6) Each poet receives $50, a certificate suitable for framing, and an invitation to read at the podium at the Dancing Poetry Festival, 2011
Eight Judith Arcana, Portland, OR
Vivaldi Barbara DuBois, Socorro, NM
Statue Child Mary Halliburton, Hope Hull, AL
Recipe for Dragonfly Chicken Aaron E. Holst, Sheridan, WY
Sidestepping the Important Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Ode to the Wind Julia Paul, Manchester, CT
Second Prizes (12) Each poet receives $25, a certificate suitable for framing, and an invitation to read at the podium at the Dancing Poetry Festival, 2011
Woman Shaking a Rug Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT
Cromwell’s Horses Dorothy K. Fletcher, Jacksonville, FL
Baccarat at Deauville, 1928 Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA
The Lady Shigura Zoe Harber, Asheville, NC
Fashionable Opinions Sandra Inskeep-Fox, Clear Spring, MD
Love Poem for the Purple Gallinule Jen Karetnick, Miami Shores, FL
The Crop Duster Mary Loughran, Alameda, CA
When I Return to Sardinia Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY
Tossing Night and Day Around Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Chosen to Survive Ina G. Perlmuter, Northbrook, IL
Score Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA
In East Africa—the Girls in the Tree Martin Steele, Delray Beach, FL
Third Prizes (30) Each poet receives $10, a certificate suitable for framing, and an invitation to read at the podium at the Dancing Poetry Festival, 2011
The Stars Still Shine David LaRue Alexander, Pontiac, IL
The Map to Eden Katy Brown, Davis, CA
A Little Night Music Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT
At Dusk Jabez W. Churchill, Ukiah, CA
Half Moon Bay Mona Clark, Sandy, UT
Obon Festival Lourdes Costales, Alameda, CA
about her body Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
New Life Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Bound to Compostela Mariano deSouza, Madrid, SPAIN
Making the Dresses Move Christina Wos Donnelly, Buffalo, NY
Jazz in the Lounge Raynette Eitel, Las Vegas, NV
Journal Entry: Leaving Mount Vernon Don Feliz, Sacramento, CA
Night Flowers Joan B. Gerstein, Oceanside, CA
Saffron Gatherers Peggy C. Hall, S. Miami, FL
Exchamsiks Woman Ruth Hill, Chetwynd, BC, CANADA
Angel of My Heart Reem Hisham Adeeb Hijiawi, Long Beach, CA
News Rachael Z. Ikins, Liverpool, NY
The Fat Man John Laue, La Selva Beach, CA
Reprieve Kathleen McClung, Son Francisco, CA
The Old Dancer Asks Bruce Moody, Crockett, CA
Nuts in Charge Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
The View John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA
Leah High upon My Shoulders Art Schwartz, Rockville Center, NY
Kitchen Table Peace Talks Linda Schwartz, Santa Barbara, CA
Daybreak Departure Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
Retro-specs Judith Terzi, Pasadena, CA
Lazarus Marianne Tynan, Mountlake Terrace, WA
Moon Magic Sestina Lorraine A. Vail, Sanibel, FL
Water Whispers Maureen Wallner, Moline, IL
Once A Year, Pause Under A Sidra Tree Diana Woodcock, Doha, QATAR
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