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Presenting poetry and dance as a unified art form

Winners for 2018 Dancing Poetry Contest

660 poems from 168 poets from 34 states and 6 countries

 

Grand Prizes (3 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)

Shadow Dancers                                  Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA

Circles of Light                                    Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA

Two Braids: A Sestina                        Lorraine Walker Williams, Denver, CO

 

First Prizes (6 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)

Runes of Migration                             Katy Brown, Davis, CA

Night Eagle                                       Nanette Deetz, Alameda, CA

Nine Stanzas for Nine Muses               Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA

Looking Outside                                 Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR

Baptism                                            David Robertson, Oakland, CA

Botany 101                                       Dianalee Velie, Newbury, NH

 

Second Prizes (12 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)

Dream Weaver                                     Janice Burns, Mary Ester, FL

A Carpenter and a Hummingbird Fell in Love    Ginny Lowe Conners, West Hartford, CT

Conference of the Birds                     Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA

When Berna Plays the Daf                  Polly Lazaron, Keswick, VA

Snowstorm                                       Le Pham Le, Pittsburg, CA

Shenandoah, Daughter of the Stars--a retold legend   Joan Leotta, Calabash, NC

The Song of Miriam                            Marianne Mersereau, Lake Forest Park, WA

Passion at River’s Edge                      Zee Mink-Fuller, Burleson, TX,  

Ode to those who came after the Quake    Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA

Drum Circle on Nakomis Beach          Dianalee Velie, Newbury, NH

Afternoon in the Garden                    Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD

Little Auks near the Arctic Circle        Diana Woodcock, Midlothian, VA

 

Third Prizes (30 of equal merit listed in alphabetical order by poet's last name)

 

The Kajou Bridge, Isphahan, Persia          Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA

Tsalagi                                                  Suzanne Bruce, Fairfield, CA

How to Dirty Dance while Growing Things    Constantina Clark, Greens Fork, IN

I Live on Guava Street                            Anita Odena Cruz, Hayward, CA

Dubai                                                    Romeo Alcala Cruz, San Francisco, CA

Still not ready to say Goodbye                Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA  

Letters to Bangalore                              Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY

Why do I need you?                               Dara (aka Olga Runova), San Jose, CA

Birkenstocks                                         Angela Howe Decker, Ashland, OR

How to Trap a Poem While Sleeping       Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA

Luna A Luna                                         Cynthia d'Este, Pewaukee, WI

Ladders                                               Raynette Eitel, Las Vegas, NV

Upon Entering a Sumi-e Painting           Jeanne Emrich, Edina, MN

For Elle                                               Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA

Aunt Matilda’s Jewels                           Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA

Hanging Clothes with Maya                  Christopher Giovacchini, Sonoma, CA

Fighting the Paper Tiger                       Norma King Green, Fairfield, CA

The Voice of the Earth                          Ximena Gautier Greve, Paris, France

matryoshka dream                               Maurine Killough, San Mateo, CA

Fearless                                              Bridget Eu Yoke Lin, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

An American Haibun                            Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA

I Promise                                           Phyllis Meshulam, Sebastopol, CA

A Look at Last Minutes                        Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR

Mirror Image                                      Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA

I Say                                                 John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA

Mushrooms                                         J.D. Smith, Washington, DC

Decent/Descent                                   Nick Sweet, Shephert, TX

She Breathes Fire                                Deborah K. Tash, San Francisco, CA

Homage: Josephine Baker                    Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD

Barns                                                 Lorraine Walker Williams, Denver, CO