WPA Contest Winners (2007)

Congratulations to our 2007 poetry contest winners!

After sorting through a thousand poems the judges have finally concluded their labors. Each judge has reported how challenging, yet pleasurable the process was due to the high quality of poetry. The results are listed below, and the winners will be honored at the Bellevue Arts Museum at 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 10th. Where possible, all winners and honorable mentions will be invited to read their poems, and the judges invited to share their perspectives. The awards program will be immediately followed by a brief meeting of the general membership of the WPA.

2007

William Stafford, Free Verse (Belle Randall, Judge)

• 1st Going Up, Ann Gerike
• 2nd Semantics, Bethany Reid
• 3rd Obituary for a Poetaster, Robert Jacques
• HM At Sea With My Father's Ashes, Tom Erdmann
• HM Third Sago Trip, Susan Sailer
• HM All The Poems, Karen Havnaer

Carlin Aden, Traditional (Jean Musser, Judge)

• 1st Leo Walks Away from "Hill House Assisted Living", Don Roberts
• 2nd Military Service, Richard P. Gibbons
• 3rd Sonnet for the Three of Cups, Reversed, Amy Schrader
• HM Villanelle, Pieter Zilinsky
• HM Rosses Point, T.S. Kerrigan
• HM The Cat in Colaba, George Such

Charlie Proctor, Humor (Bart Baxter, Judge)

• 1st The Ultimate Excuse, Gail Denham
• 2nd Ancient History, Revision 1.1, Michael LaBrier
• 3rd Out of the Closet in the Sistine Chapel, Ann Gerike
• HM Lyn Coffin, Why I Moved to Seattle
• HM The Lord's Prayer Ends in Sour Pie Cherries, Susan Hamilton
• HM Sun, Moon, and Gravenstein, Glen Turner

Francine Porad, Haiku (William J. Higginson, Judge) Judge's comments

• 1st sun dogs, Francine Banwarth
• 2nd midwinter sermon, Roland Packer
• 3rd hurricane, Ernest J. Berry
• HM winter light, Margaret Chula
• HM sculpture garden, Scott Mason
• HM sea turtle, Minna Lerman

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