DANCING POETRY CONTEST – 2015 WINNERS LIST
This year, our contest brought in 669 poems from 38 states and 8 different countries.
All awards within the same category are equal. List is in alphabetical order of poet's last name
GRAND PRIZES (3)
Hellzapoppin’: Daniel Ari, Richmond, CA
Into the blue… : Katy Brown, Davis, CA
Designs and Destinations: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
FIRST PRIZES (6)
Monarchs: Jabez W. Churchill, Ukiah,
I Write Poems : Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
In Search of the Rare and the Ancient: Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA
It Is Written : John J. Gesimondo, Matawan, NJ
Angel of Oakland : Wulf Losee, Fremont, CA
When Chilito played his flutes: Nancee Kinkaid Maya, Patterson, CA
SECOND PRIZES (12)
The Muses Love the Morning : Suzanne Bruce, Fairfield, CA
Moment: Cynthia Dahlke, Pewaukee, WI
Mermaid’s Tears: Nicole Dobson, Santa Rosa, CA
Executive Order 9006 : Bert Glick, Santa Cruz, CA
Something to Treasure: Ziji Beth Goren, Hadley, MA,
Hunter: Paul Jeffcutt, Banbridge, UK,
Juanita’s: Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
Kaleidoscope: Lois Kipnis, Massapequa, NY
Ha:san Bak (The Saguaro is Ready): Lee Pelham, Locust Hill, VA
Warrior: Christine Valentine, Birney, MT
Inner Passage Reflections: Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA
Sestina for my Long Lost Sister: Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA
THIRD PRIZES (30)
Dancers Become The Poem: Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Into the Burn: Vera Ogden Bakker , West Bountiful, UT
Japanese Tea Ceremony: Lourdes Costales, Alameda, CA
For John Rowe: Jan K. Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Afterglow: Noel J. Doyle, Jr., Leesburg, VA
Going Under The Music: Raynette Eitel, Las Vegas, NV
My Webster Street Friend--Mary Rainey: Amy (Filomena) B. Estrada, Alameda, CA
Kuttappan: Ricky Rapaport Friesem, Rhovot, Israel
Wisteria : Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA
Once There Were Sardines: Patricia Hernan Grube, Santa Cruz
The Witches’ Convention: Norma King Green, Fairfield, CA
Coso Petroglyphs: Lynn M. Hansen, Modesto, CA
betty hull’s horses: Juley Harvey, 1Estes Park, CO
In Praise of Bugs: Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL
Vishnu: Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
You Came Close To Me: Potis Katrakis, Piracus, Greece
Happy for the Memory of a Parachute--A Sestina: Mary Laughran, Alameda, CA
Lavender purple, Lavender blue: Bridget Eu Yoke Lin, Ipoh Parak, Malaysia
If I Were A Sculptor: Ron Loewe, Walnut Creek, CA
Dancing in China: Marianne Lyon, Yountville, CA
Song of a Former Fool: Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
Memorare: Elizabeth Palaez Norris, Oakland, CA
Waking the Milkweed Babies: Marijane Osborn, Davis, CA
Migration: John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA
Bamboo is Green in Every Season Blue in Memory: Jo Anna Scandiffio, San Francisco, CA
First Snow: James R. Stack, Andover, VT,
Dancing on Her Father’s Feet : Janet Ireland Trail, Greensboro, NC
The Obituary Writer: Gary Turchin, Berkeley, CA
Dancing Humor: Rex Valentine, Elma, WA
Landscape with Birdbath Mixed with the Beckoning Voices of Birds : Stan Zumbiel, Fair Oaks,