21st Dancing Poetry Contest Winner’s List, 2014
This Year’s contest had 697 poems from 250 people from 46 states plus Canada, England, Greece, Malaysia and Qatar
(All poems within one category are of equal value. Poets are listed in alphabetical order by poet’s last name.)
Grand Prizes (3)
Paint Your Life Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Artistry Judy Davies, Gautier, MS
Music As Scripture Diana Woodcock, Doha, Qatar
First Prizes (6)
Old Guitar Cases Juley Harvey, Estes Park, CO
Morning Gravy Sandra Inskeep-Fox, Clear Spring, MD
The New Workout Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL
Reading Russian Poets Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
The Typists Play Monopoly Kathleen McClung, San Francisco, CA
Late Afternoon With Chagall Michelle Penaloza, Seattle WA
Second Prizes (12)
Nostalgia’s Map Diana Anhalt, Atlanta, GA
My Dad Believed in Love Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Observe the Slow Arches Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA
How Can I Reach the Riverbank of your Soul? Les Keress, Hoffman Estates, IL
Just Let Me Break It Down Jessica Taylor Michaels, Glen Burnie, MD
El Dia de los Muertos Marilyn Mitchell, Laguna Woods, CA
Reverie: Nightfishing Michelle Penaloza, Seattle, WA
That Day After Kenneth Peterson, Alameda, CA
How Does The Heron Christine Valentine, Birney, MT
Georgia O’Keeffe Painting “Yellow Cactus” Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD
Malala Lorraine Walker Williams, Denver, CO
Origin Blues: An Elegy Eliot Khald Wilson, Golden, CO
Third Prizes (30)
A Prayer for Safe Return Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
The Miracle of this Birth Larry Beresford, Alameda, CA
Finding Glycerin Cake in Mumbai Katy Brown, Davis, CA
Still Jabez Churchill, Ukiah, CA
Dancing “La Tarantella” on New Year’s Eve Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY
I’m Blind, and Yet... Brigitte Dassler, San Pablo, CA
Lost in the Ladies’ Room Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Terrorism Mary Kennedy Eastham, San Jose, CA
Dancing Jewels Yoke Lin (Bridget) Eu, Parak, Malaysia
The River Merchant’s Mother Replies to his Wife Gretchen Fletcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
New Orleans Linda U. Foley, Moraga, CA
In Dream City Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA
The Antique China Cabinet Mary Halliburton, Hope Hull, AL
Heartland Lorraine Harrell, Portage, IN
Prayer Through a Dark Passage Dave Holt, Concord, CA
Ode to Sandals Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL
Infected with Aids Potis Katrakis, Pilacus, Greece
To Inana Cleo Fellers Kocol, Roseville, CA
In a Twilight Language Wulf Losee, Fremont, CA
He Tells Her He Wants a New Feeling Eileen Malone, Broadmoore Village, CA
Fruit-On-Fashion Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
Investiture Elizabeth P. Norris, Oakland, CA
Light, Burning Through Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA
All Playing Kenneth Peterson, Alameda, CA
A Season John Rowe, El Cerrrito, CA
Finding the Dance Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA
She Chose Life Barbara Steinhauser, Parker, CO
While She Slept Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
Journey Home Christine Valentine, Birney, MT
Passing on the legacy of Poet Laureate Mary Rudge #1 Marjorie Lynne Wagner, Alameda, CA