DANCING POETRY CONTEST WINNERS LIST 2020
The 2020 Dancing Poetry Contest had a total of 457 poems entered this year from 138 people submitting from 30 U.S. states and 4 additional
countries. We thank everyone who entered. We found no poems that were not qualified. We regret being limited in the number of poems that we can honor. The decisions were difficult. Decision of the judges are final.
Grand Prizes (3 of equal merit, each receiving $100 and their poem performed by the Poetic Dance Theater Company)
Writing the Onion, Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Beauties in a Line, Alicia Morrison, Orlando, FL
Walking Tightrope, Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
First Prizes (6 of equal merit, each receiving $50)
Blooming the Rose Within, Rosalind L. Braga, Castro Valley, CA
Resilient!, Constantina Clark, Palatka, FL
Virtual, Lorraine Williams, Fort Myers, FL.
The Long Flight of Fancy, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
Sky Lanterns, Deborah Bachels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
Dancing the Flame, Dawn Wisniewski (writing as Marie Dolores), Ashbourne, Co. Meath, Ireland
Second Prizes (12 of equal merit, each receiving $25)
Forest Finder, Constantina Clark, Palatka, FL
Tugotan Mo Akong Mag-Mundo' (Bicol, a Philippine language) Allow Me to be Sad, Romeo Alcala Cruz,San Francisco, CA
In the Beginning, Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Memorial, Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY
Green Sea Turtle, Patricia Doyne, Hayward, CA
Dancing with Chopin, Mary K. Lindberg, Bronx, NY
When We Had a Torn Net Before We Met, Salvatore Marici, 2Naples, FL
Flowers Blooming in the Springtime, Alicia Morrison, Orlando, FL
Address Unknown, Lilija Valis, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Did I Tell Him? Cecelia Roberts Ward, Marshall, NC
Watching Zebras and Doves, Diane G. Woodcock, Doha, Quatar
In Ice, Stan Zumbiel, Fair Oaks, CA
Third Prizes (30 of equal merit, each receiving $10)
On Melodies, and Melting Clocks, Dianne Alvine, Barnegat, NJ
Border Crossing, Gerard L. Becker, Bronxville, NY
The Tarot Card, Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Lilith, Artist of the Night, Jane Mary Curran, Asheville, NC
7 th Floor Blues, Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Where Shiva Dances, Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY
Everyday Mindfulness, Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Points of Love, Mary Eastham, San Jose, CA
The Clarinet and the Clarinetist, Lois Parker Edstrom, Coupeville, WA
Dancing Plague of 1518, Joan Gerstein, Oceanside, CA
Last Ferry, Chris Giovacchini, Sonoma, CA
Journey of Souls, Evie Groch, El Cerrito, CA
Stopping to Watch the Geese, Pat Hale, West Hartford, CT
Like the Night Sky, Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
Ballet at Hesperia Lake, Lorelei Kay, Hesperia, CA
To the Breadth of his Shoulders, Mary Laughran, Alameda, CA
Cocek, Michele Levy, Whitsett, NC
If Houses Could Talk, Cora Liderback, Novelty, OH
The Tour, Ellaraine Lockie,Sunnyvale, CA
Illuminating the Night, Sandy Longley, Delmar, NY
The Dream of Byron Xol, James McGrath, Santa Fe, NM
Away from the Reports, Phyllis H. Meshulam, Sebastopol, CA
His Books, Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
It All Started with a Bishop, Garrett Murphy, Oakand, CA
Swainson’s Hawks, Deborah Bichels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
Pegasus’ Journey, Ruth Wildes Schuler, Novato, CA
Cycle of Sisyphus, Claire Scott, Oakland, CA
Places in 5, Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
Waltzing with Leaves, Beverly Stanislowski, Crown Point, IN
Collapsing Barn, Stan Zumbiel, Fair Oaks, CA