Dancing Poetry Contest Winners, 2019
493 poems from 177 people from 31 states and 8 countries
Grand Prizes (3)
How to Love your Neighbor, Constantina Clark, Greens Fork, IN
Lost Gloves, Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
Tapestry, Jennifer Lemming, Bismarck, ND
First Prizes (6)
Railroad, Constantina Clark, Greens Fork, IN
If the Moon Could Write, Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Notes, Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
Transmigration, Johanna Ely, Benicia, CA
Glosa for Those Who Pretend, Kathleen McClung, San Francisco, CA
A Lizard’s Trek, Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
Second Prizes (12)
The Ice Buddhas of Glacier Bay, Rosalind L. Braga, Castro Valley, CA
Boats at L’Estaque, Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA
Brotherhood of the Midnight Snack, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
Glassblower, Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village., CA
For the Young Man Unimpressed with the Sky, Kathleen McClung, San Francisco, CA
Zeitgeist: Spirit of the Time, Renee Meador, Big Horn, WY
The Bumbershoot, Zee Mink-Fuller, Burleson, TX
The Uselessness of an Aging Tree, Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
One Step Forward, Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Casals Plays the Cello Suites, Deborah Bachels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
Too Late to Child Back, Claire Scott, Oakland, CA
Solo, Kari Wergeland, , Davis, CA
Third Prizes (30)
Cyclones in my Mind (Ipo Ipo Sa Isip, Bicol dialect from Philippines), Romeo Alcala Cruz,
San Francisco, CA
Dancing with Mirrors & Light, Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Fire/Ash, Denise Lapachet Barney, Pinole, CA
Rounded Edges, Katy Brown, Davis, CA
The Maypole Dance, Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Oakland Giraffes, Patricia Doyne, Hayward, CA
Amidst the Mist, Bridget Yoke Lin Eu, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Interwoven, Meg Freer, Kingston, ON, Canada
Lingayen Gulf, Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA
Rural Oaxacan Math, Karen Pierce Gonzalez, Rohnert Park, CA
The Sisters Arrive, Kim Hamilton, Ashland, OR
shear unfolly, Juley HarveyEstes Park, CO
Waterworks, Dave Holt, Concord, CA
Crowded Pasture, Sandra Inskeep-Fox, Clear Spring, MD
While Johanna is Reading, Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
Let Me Be Your River, Sandy Longley, Delmar, NY
One Boy Who Cried, Phyllis Meshulam Sebastopol, CA
A Buddhist Nun’s Silent Dance, Stan Morner, Walnut Creek, CA
No Arts Allowed, Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
Renewal, Elizabeth Palaez Norris, Oakland, CA
Crow’s Feet, Barbara Quick, Cotati, CA
Another Skull, Erin Redfern, San Jose, CA
Sowing Eternity, Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA
Path to Inspiration, John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA
The Captain’s Verses, Ruth Wildes Schuler, Novato, CA
Reaching Out, Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA
Ruth – The Immigrant’s Song, Roquel Solomon, Bronx, NY
No Money, Lilija Valis, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Behind the Veils, Barbara Wilson, San Rafael, CA
Enduring Burning, Diana Woodcock, Midlothian, VA