Cyclamens and Swords Poetry Contest

Results!

  

We are pleased to announce the results of the first annual Cyclamens and Swords Poetry
Contest. All poems were judged anonymously by three judges:

First prize of $300 and publication: 
Roger Bell - 'The last evening of Summer'  - read this poem

  

Second prize of $100 and publication: 
Carol Frith - 'Fabric roses in a bright mirror'  - read this poem

  

Third prize of $50 and publication: 
Bonnie Enes - 'Rain'   - read this poem

  

Seven highly commended awards: - read these poems

N. Colwell Snell - Wild horses

Roger Bell - Perfect

Mediha F. Saliba - A lotus at four

Yossi Faybish - Vinyl

Donna Langevin - Icewine

Ricky Friesem - A tourist's prayer

Carol Frith - Reading Baudelaire

  

Three commended awards: - read these poems

Jendi Reiter - Picnic

Tim Congdon - Concrete parachute

Ellaraine Lockie - Birds of a Feather

  

Short Listed:

Open and closed - Catherine Moran, Finding the words - Catherine Moran, Two Celtic Dreams - Margaret Eaton, Dear God - Stan White, Past Meridian - Rena Lee, Attachments - N. Colwell Snell, Eberhard 4H - N. Colwell Snell, Killdeer, etc. - N. Colwell Snell, Things to do With Bottles - N. Colwell Snell, I’m having a lousy day, don’t spoil it - Niki Nymark, Winter  Elegy - Niki Nymark, Greening days - Tom Berman, Galilee Spring - Tom Berman, Wadi - Tom Berman, Yom Kippur, Upper Galilee - Tom Berman, Mrs. Shapiro - Noble F. Collins, Beginning - Eva Eliav,
On the relationship of dressmaking to sculpture - Esther Lixemberg Bloch, Psalm - Esther Lixemberg Bloch, Chasing Cochise - Wanda Sue Parrott, Salon - Linda Simone, Leaf Fall - Mike Burch, The Divide - Mike Burch, To Have Loved - Mike Burch, All the More Human, for Eve Pandora –a Lullaby for the first Human Clone - Mike Burch, We Sisters - Ricky Friesem, Ladies who have Lunch - Ricky Friesem, Poetic Nonsense – Hazel Haberer, Beauty - Yossi Faybish, Tip - Birgit Talmon, Edward Hopper Foster Care - Gerard Sarnat, Cain was Killed by Abel - Peter Austin, For Cecilia - Peter Austin, On Holocaust Memorial Day - Peter Austin, Medusa - Peter Austin, Rhiannon - Peter Austin, Her Single Sisters - Peter Austin, First Fall Storm - Katherine L Gordon, When Conquerors Quaver - Katherine L Gordon, Season Crescendo - Katherine L Gordon, When You Find Me Dead - Katherine L Gordon, Time and time again - David Blumfield, Sylvester Again - David Blumfield, First birth - Stanley H. Barkan, As still as a broom - Stanley H. Barkan, A couple of days - Susan Rosenberg, Riding along - Susan Rosenberg, Ex-Urban Performance - Carol Frith, Seduction - Bonnie Enes, Steam Heat - Bonnie Enes, Revisiting - Anne Brudevold, Blue - Donna Langevin, Goldenrod - Donna Langevin, Keeping time - Philla Hirschson, Aegea - Rena Siegel Yechieli, Swan lake - Ellen Jaffe, Besotted - Donna Bechar, A vous couper le souffle/ Green Mountains of Vermont – Roger Bell, The wonder of a wink - Edwin S. Rice, My Aunt Ida Mae - Edwin S. Rice, Supermarket Saturday - Edwin S. Rice

  

A chapbook containing the winning poems and the honorable mentions will be published and presented to the winners in addition to their cash prize.  Additional  copies of the chapbook will be available from our Bookshop.