Winners List for the Dancing Poetry’s Richard Angilly Memorial Contest, 2023
This year, we had 660 poems from 125 people living in 29 states and 9 countries
To view an inspirational poetic dance performance memorializing Poet Richard Angilly, please visit
https://youtu.be/d6Y8LXzhNbA
3 Grand Prizes of equal merit
A Shimmering: Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Different Diamonds: Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village,
How To Love the Moon (a sonnet): Laura Plummer, Gloucester, MA
Special Category of equal merit: Richard Angilly Memorial Poems
Artists Embassy International created this special category from potentially winning poems
honoring Richard Angilly, 1941-2022, co-founder of the Dancing Poetry Festival
Touchings—Remembering Richard Angilly: Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
To Gus (in memory of Richard): Jabez W. Churchill, Ukiah, CA
For Richard Angilly: Lourdes Costales, Alameda, CA
He’s Still Here: Cathy Dana: Alameda, CA
If Ever: Cathy Dana: Alameda, CA
The Dancer Meets the Poet: Nanette Deetz, Alameda, CA
Poems That Leap and Lilt -Dedicated to poet Richard Angilly: Pat Doyne, Hayward, CA
Richard Angilly, the gentle poet: Philomena Amy Estrada, Alameda, CA
The Poetic Reign of Richard Angilly: Mary K. Lindberg, Bronx, NY
Story of Love (for Richard Angilly): Allegra Silberstein, Davis, CA
6 First Prizes of equal merit
The Photograph: Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
141 Indian Wedding Dance: Patricia Doyne, Hayward, CA, 94541
Eight Sijo in Ode To Summer Rain: Rose Menyon Heflin, Madison, WI
Sanctuary, Emmanuel Williams, Miramonte, CA
A Musical Miracle: Diana Woodcock, Doha, Qatar
Art-Making Atifacts: Evie Groch, El Cerrito, CA
12 Second Prizes of equal merit
Poem Using A Filipino Image: Romeo Alcala Cruz, Hayward, CA
Why Songbirds Sing: Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Dancing Rocks: Gail Denham, Sunriver, OR
Wearing Snakes: Diane Lee Moomey, Half Moon Bay, CA
Their Voices Live On: Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
The Grammar School Parade: Mary K. Lindberg, Bronx, NY
Clarissima Mundi Lumina: Deborah Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
October Rain, California Greening: Deborah Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
Sometimes at the edge of sleep: Deborah Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
Ruse de Cezanne: Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX,
And Yet: Diana Woodcock, Doha, Qatar
Not much, just everything: Andrena Zawinski, Alameda, CA
30 3rd Prizes of equal merit
All Over America: Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
An Island Love: John W. Crawford, Arkedelphia, AR
Purple Yam: Romeo Alcala Cruz, Hayward, CA
We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams: Nanette Deetz, Alameda, CA
Escape Artist: Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
A Musical Gift: Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, 10pm: Peter James Dunn, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
Seeking Neptune: Shinko Fushimi, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Serendipity: C.T. (Carlton) Holte, Albuquerque, NM
Putting Together the Patio Swing: Eric Machan Howd, Ithaca, NY
Prayer To My Muse: Sandy King, Lafayette, CA
Preserving Perfection: Mary K. Lindberg, Bronx, NY
Muse: Kuei-shen Lee, Taipei, Taiwan
How to Write a Elegy: Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY
Community Swing Dance: Phyllis Meshulam, Sebastopol, CA
A New Quilt for Martin Luther King Jr.: Phyllis Meshulam, Sebastopol, CA
Loneliness: Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
Wanting to Fly: Alicia Morrison, Orlando, FL
Watching Her Sail: Katrina Monroe, Benicia, CA
The Work of Words: Diane Lee Moomey, Half Moon Bay, CA
Inspection: James B. Nicola, New York, NY
To Climate: Ken Peterson, Alameda, CA
Evensong: Deborah Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA,
On This Side Of The Door: Ruth Schuler, Novato, CA
To Dr. Arthur Foff (SF State Unversity): Ruth Schuler, Novato, CA
Ferris Wheel: Jon (J.J.) Shearer, Sonoma, CA
Dance of the Colors: Allegra Silberstein, Davis, CA
Elegy for Helen Tamiris, Choreograph of “Dance for Walt Whitman”, Colorado, 1958: JoAnne Tucker, Lakewood Ranch, FL
That Summer: Fiona Richie Walker, Bournville, Birmingham, UK
One Leaf of Grass: Ben “Enzo” Wilkins, Seward, AK,
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