Dancing Poetry Contest Winners List, 2016
626 poems were entered by 198 people from 6 countries and 36 states of the USA
3 Grand Prizes of equal merit to be danced at the Dancing Poetry Festival
Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA, The Fountain
Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA, In Case You Have Not Visited Before
Toni Poll-Sorensen, Colfax, WI, Just Breathe
6 First Prizes of equal merit
Jabez W. Churchill, Ukiah, CA, Dandelions
Constance Clark, Wanesville, OH, A Prayer
Bonnie Goldenberg, Thousand Oaks, CA, Envy
Kenneth Homer, Statesburo, GA, Paleolithic Poetry
Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL, Poem Arguing With a Line from Milosz
Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR, In My Dream
12 Second Prizes of equal merit
Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA, Yes
Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA, Young Poets
Juley Harvey, Estes Park, CO, Monet Day
Torre Houlgate-West, San Luis Obispo, CA, Unsummoned Sorcery
Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA, I Take Thee to Be--from Georgia O'Keeffe in Afterlife
Rena Lopata, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Walk the Land
Charles McCauley, Martinez, CA, Whippersnapper
Catherine Moran, Little Rock AR, A Line to Live By
Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA, Exit Strategy Simplistic
Kenneth Peterson, Alameda, CA, Island Rondeau
Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA, Disconnecting
Joyce Skalinski, Bel Air, MD, Tarahumara
30 Third Prizes of equal merit
Gerard Becker, Bronxville, NY, In Memory of Maya
Robert Coats, Berkeley, CA, The Arrival
Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY, Tarawa
Gail Denham, Sunriver, OR, Geezer Band
Bridget Yoke Lin Eu, Ipoh, Parak, Malaysia, Whispering Dreams
Gretchen Fletcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, The River Merchant's Mother Replies to His Wife (after Ezra Pound)
Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA, Reading Hellenistic History at 9 AM
Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA, With Duende, The Derived Force
Ruth Hill, Chetwynd, BC, Canada, Did You Hear Singing?
Dave Holt, Concord, CA, The Blessings of Doing Without
Larry P. Johnson, San Antonio, TX, Are You Here With Me Now
Cleo Fellers Kocol, Roseville, CA, Sweet Justice
John Laue, La Selva Beach, CA, Sandy and the Turtles
Alan S. Lowe, Lincoln, CA, Time Takes Its Toll
Marianne Lyon, Yountville, CA, Dancing for a Dime
Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY, Winterdeath
David Madgalene, Windsor, CA, Julia Butterfly Hill
Kathleen McClung, San Francisco, CA, Whistle Keepers, 1883
Elizabeth Palaez Norris, Oakland, CA, Reflection
John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA, Things I have Carried
Carolyn Scarr, Berkeley, CA, Family History
Annette Sterman Schwartz, Houston, TX, Patience
Eliza Shefler, Albany, CA, Returned to Sender
Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA, The Search
Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX, Blast from the Past
Penny Turner, Krakow, Poland, When I saw Kanato Dance
Christine Valentine, Birney, MT, At the Junction
Diane Woodcock, Midlothian, VA, Camels Going to Market
Marion H. Youngquist, Brookfield, WI, Proposal
Andrena Zawinski, Alameda, CA, Dancing with Neruda's Bones