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Andre L. West, Editor
Here’s what it means to these award-winning poets that are featured below in the Dream Quest One
POETRY PLACE
The following are the previous Poetry Contest Winners from 2005 until the present.
Please sit back, relax in your seat and I hope you enjoy these brilliant poems.
(CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO READ ALL WINNING POEMS)
WINTER 2023 – 2024 CONTEST WINNERS:
First Poetry Prize Winner ($250) – WINTER 2023 – 2024
is Lydia Kifle
of London, Ontario – CANADA
Poem Title: “The Art of Growing Up”
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Second Poetry Prize Winner ($125) – WINTER 2023 – 2024
is Michael W. Metzger
of Mooresville, Indiana – USA
Poem Title: “by Carolina, as you travel, Southeast, it’s cold”
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Third Poetry Prize Winner ($50) – Winter 2023 – 2024
is Megan Pullyard
of Moberly, Missouri – USA
Poem Title: “Blockbuster Love”
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SUMMER 2023 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS:
The First Poetry Prize Winner ($250) – SUMMER 2023
is Zeran Li
of New York, New York – USA
Poem Title: “When I am Devoured by the Pile of Notes, Where Do I Go?”
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Second Poetry Prize Winner ($125) – SUMMER 2023
is Laurel Clabaugh
of Salisbury, North Carolina – USA
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Third Poetry Prize Winner ($50) – SUMMER 2023
is Guerda Victor
of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts – USA
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First Poetry Prize Winner ($250) – WINTER 2022 – 2023
is Kaecey McCormick
of Cupertino, California – USA
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Second Poetry Prize Winner ($125) – WINTER 2022 – 2023
is Sydney Thomas
of Toronto, Ontario – CANADA
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Third Poetry Prize Winner ($50) – WINTER 2022- 2023
is Justin Huang
of Thousand Oaks, California – USA
Poem Title: “IN THE NAME OF WINE”
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First Poetry Prize Winner ($250) – SUMMER 2022
is Soumya Shashikumar
of Ajax, Ontario – CANADA
Poem Title: “THE DAY STRUGGLE”
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Second Poetry Prize Winner ($125) – SUMMER 2022
is Stacey Graves
of Marietta, Georgia – USA
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Third Poetry Prize Winner ($50) – SUMMER 2022
is Michael David Lanen
of Hopkinton, Massachusetts – USA
Poem Title: “WALK THROUGH THE FOREST”
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First Poetry Prize Winner ($250) – WINTER 2021-2022
is Robert Wooten
of Durham, North Carolina – USA
Poem Title: “The Wind on Robert Lane”
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Second Poetry Prize Winner ($125) – WINTER 2021-2022
is Kristen Imbus
of Fort Thomas, Kentucky – USA
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Third Poetry Prize Winner ($50) – WINTER 2021-2022
is Camryn Ford
of Maumelle, Arkansas – USA
Poem Title: “Tragedy of the Rose”
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First Poetry Prize Winner ($250) – SUMMER 2021
is Tasha Bohannan
of Akron, Ohio – USA
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Second Poetry Prize Winner ($125) – SUMMER 2021
is Susan Taylor
of San Diego, California – USA
Poem Title: “The Wretched Lives of Straw Men”
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Third Poetry Prize Winner ($50) – SUMMER 2021
is Kelly Smith
of Whittier, California – USA
Poem Title: “We Were Here First”
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WINTER 2020 – 2021 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: DAVID ALLARD of London, England – UNITED KINGDOM
Poem Title: “THANKSGIVING”
Second Poetry Prize: LAUREN EMERSON of Victoria, Texas – USA
Poem Title: “CONVERSATIONS”
Third Poetry Prize: ALISON JENNINGS of Seattle, Washington – USA
Poem Title: “DRAGONFLY DREAMS”
WINTER 2019 – 2020 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: MISS NATALIE PETERSON of London, England – UNITED KINGDOM
Poem Title: “AFRICA HERE I COME”
Second Poetry Prize: ABIGAIL ARTHUR of Eastborough, Kansas – USA
Poem Title: “TO VASHTI OF THE OLD TESTAMENT”
Third Poetry Prize: MICHELLE SEUCAN of Staten Island, New York – USA
Poem Title: “NEVER MARRY AN ACTRESS”
WINTER 2018 – 2019 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: SERGIO CUNA of Mexico, Pampanga – PHILIPPINES
Second Poetry Prize: ROCHELLE McINTOSH of Boise, Idaho – USA
Poem Title: “CHANGE THE ORDER OF THINGS”
Third Poetry Prize: DENISE PFEIFFER of Charleston, West Virginia – USA
Poem Title: “CONCEPT OF ACHIEVEMENT”
WINTER 2017 – 2018 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: SEBASTIAN REITTER of Heidelberg, GERMANY
Second Poetry Prize: ALIZA J. CAMPBELL of Sioux City, Iowa – USA
Poem Title: “MY GREATEST ADVENTURES IN LIFE”
Third Poetry Prize: KATHERINE STORINO of Nashville, Tennesse – USA
Poem Title: “WHAT IS HAPPINESS?”
SUMMER 2017 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: HALEY R. STONE of Rochester Hills, Michigan – USA
Poem Title: “CALENDAR YEAR”
Second Poetry Prize: DANIELA SILVA of Tampa, Florida – USA
Poem Title: “SOME PEOPLE”
Third Poetry Prize: OTHUSITSE JOSEPH of Gaborone, Botswana – SOUTHERN AFRICA
Poem Title: “THE DAY I DREAM OF”
WINTER 2016 – 2017 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: ELIZABETH LEE of Fort Collins, Colorado – USA
Poem Title: “THE CALL OF IMAGINATION”
Second Poetry Prize: MICHAEL DI VITO of Mississauga, Ontario – CANADA
Poem Title: “GRANDMA’S COUCH”
Third Poetry Prize: KELLIGRACE HERNANDEZ of Phoenix, Arizona – USA
Poem Title: “FREEDOM”
SUMMER 2016 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: SALLY CLARK of Fredericksburg, Texas – USA
Poem Title: “A VIEW OF CONCRETE RIBBONS”
Second Poetry Prize: DANA YOUNG of Anthony, Kansas – USA
Poem Title: “THE HEALING STONES”
Third Poetry Prize: NICK SWEET of Shepherd, Texas – USA
Poem Title: “BLAST FROM THE PAST”
WINTER 2015 – 2016 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: JOANNE JAGODA of Oakland, California, USA
Poem Title: “JUST BEYOND”
Second Poetry Prize: PETRA PERKINS of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA
Poem Title: “WAXING CRESCENT”
Third Poetry Prize: ALEXANDRA HERR of Campton, New Hampshire, USA
Poem Title: “LYING ON THE WHITE BED”
SUMMER 2015 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: GRACIE-JEAN LOVEMARK of Ottawa, Ontario – Canada
Poem Title: “LEGENDARY STRONGMAN”
Second Poetry Prize: SHIRLEY RUSSAK WACHTEL of East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Poem Title: “A SUMMER’S EVENING”
Third Poetry Prize: TEDDY MARSHALL SMITH of Erie, Michigan, USA
Poem Title: “UPSTREAM”
WINTER 2014 – 2015 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: GENINNE M. WOODS of Lihue, Hawaii, USA
Poem Title: “BUTTERFLY”
Second Poetry Prize: CANDACE M. ARMSTRONG, Murphysboro, Illinois, USA
Poem Title: “BRUISE”
Third Poetry Prize: RYUSUKE KAWACHI of Tokyo, Japan
Poem Title: “AUTUMN SHADOWS”
SUMMER 2014 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: THABISO MOKOWANE of Brighton, East Sussex, England
Poem Title: “BRAVE SONG”
Second Poetry Prize: HANNAH MARIE NELSON of Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
Poem Title: “CAMPFIRE SOLAR SYSTEM”
Third Poetry Prize: GEORGIA LLOYD of Lotte en Garronne, France
Poem Title: “THE BLOOMS OF SPRING”
WINTER 2013-2014 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: CHARLOTTE LOUISE NYSTROM of Greenville, Maine – USA
Poem Title: “Beneath Snow and Ice”
Second Poetry Prize: TOM BEDFORD of Henleaze, Bristol – United Kingdom
Poem Title: “Of Changes“
Third Poetry Prize: SYLVIA BEHNISH of Surrey, British Columbia – Canada
Poem Title: “LIFE IS GREAT”
SUMMER 2013 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Nan R. Beeson of Granada Hills, California, USA
Poem Title: “DAY OF THE LORD” (Ode to Satan)
Second Poetry Prize: Joel Murphy of York, Pennsylvania, USA
Poem Title: “Creek Water Runs”
Third Poetry Prize: Micaela Ruiz Camauer of Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Poem Title: “What remains”
WINTER 2012-2013 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Trudy Wells-Meyer of Scottsdale, Arizona
Poem Title: “The Dog That Could Not Walk”
Second Poetry Prize: Floriana Hall of Akron, Ohio
Poem Title: “The Waiting Game”
Third Poetry Prize: Pradipsingh G. Ailsinghani of Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Poem Title: “A BATTLE WITH-IN”
SUMMER 2012 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Ellen Ficarra of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Poem Title: “REFLECTIONS”
Second Poetry Prize: Lakshmi Palaparambil Dinesh of Bellevue, Washington
Poem Title: “THE STORY OF AN UMBRELLA LOST IN THE WIND”
Third Poetry Prize: Laurel Bertomeu of Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Poem Title: “THE TWO WITCHES BREW”
WINTER 2011 – 2012 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Claire Chen of Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Poem Title: “When the First Love Ends”
Second Poetry Prize: Rachel A. Smith of Fenton, Missouri
Poem Title: “I Can”
Third Poetry Prize: Sharoni Stern of Boulder, Colorado
Poem Title: “Haiku 3”
SUMMER 2011 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize – Edward Boccia of Webster Groves, Missouri
Poem Title: “COUNTING THE STARS”
Second Poetry Prize Winner – Tori Boldt of Palatine, Illinois
Poem Title: “delicious pain”
Third Poetry Prize – Jessica Bahk of Danville, California
Poem Title: “Broken Generation”
WINTER 2010 – 2011 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Ivy Koshy of Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Poem Title: “What’s left of our living years …”
Second Poetry Prize: Mr. David D. Licciardi, Sr., of Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA
Poem Title: “War Damage; Korea 1951”
Third Poetry Prize: Suranjan Bhattacharjee of Bronx, New York, USA
Poem Title: “PERSEVERANCE”
SUMMER 2010 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Vivien Kis of Baranya, Hungary
Poem Title: “Seven lives wouldn’t be enough …”
Second Poetry Prize: Janet Kim of Great Neck, New York, USA
Poem Title: “The Hands of My Mother”
Third Poetry Prize: Julia Rothstein of Burbank, California, USA
Poem Title: “Perfect”
WINTER 2009 – 2010 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Todd A. Elliott of Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
Poem Title: “NEEDING TO SEE”
Second Poetry Prize: Pamela Odunaiya of Sunbury on Thames, England
Poem Title: “Senorita where your dreams right now I ask myself”
Third Poetry Prize: Claire Trainor of Denver, Colorado, USA
Poem Title: “CAMERA”
SUMMER 2009 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Dietra Reid of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Poem Title: “The Strength of Character”
Second Poetry Prize: Laura Ficco of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Poem Title: “The Phantom of the Dark”
Third Poetry Prize: Ryan Shepler of Sebastopol, California, USA
Poem Title: “A Better Life”
WINTER 2008 – 2009 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Alyssandra Nighswonger of Long Beach, California, USA
Poem Title: “Beautiful People”
Second Poetry Prize: Barbara Peabody of Tucson, Arizona, USA
Poem Title: “Just in Case”
Third Poetry Prize: Liam Yates of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Poem Title: “Cold Emotion”
SUMMER 2008 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Amanda B. Mason of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
Poem Title: “Day Dreams at Night-Time”
Second Poetry Prize: Randall “Randy” Terrell of Long Beach, California, USA
Poem Title: “The Aging Process”
Third Poetry Prize: Aubrey Lovejoy of Holden, Massachusetts, USA
Poem Title: “Finding the Key to Autism”
WINTER 2007 – 2008 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Imad El-Khoury of Rabieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Poem Title: “Fellow Men”
Second Poetry Prize: Jazipoet of Park Forest, Illinois, USA
Poem Title: “Last Night I Dreamed of You”
Third Poetry Prize: Mike Aklin of Hale, Missouri, USA
Poem Title: “Need”
SUMMER 2007 P0ETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Jesus “JB” Martinez Jr. of Del Rio, Texas -USA
Poem Title: “Get Lost”
Second Poetry Prize: Sean Ludwig of Atlanta, Georgia -USA
Poem Title: “Perfect”
Third Poetry Prize: Karen M. Wood of Amissville, Virginia, USA
Poem Title: “The Moon”
WINTER 2006 – 2007 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Frank Ray Davis of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Poem Title: “Dream – Weaver”
Second Poetry Prize: Kiarra Lynn Smith of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Poem Title: “The Bluest Eye: Pecola’s Prayer – A series of Lunes”
Third Poetry Prize: Caroline Cecil of Timonium, Maryland, USA
Poem Title: “Our House”
SUMMER 2006 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: James Wesley Ford of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Poem Title: “The Journeyman”
Second Poetry Prize: Cheol Su Yeom of Bundang –gu Seongnam, South Korea
Poem Title: “Root”
Third Poetry Prize: Meskerem Kinfe of Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Poem Title: “You Are”
WINTER 2005 – 2006 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
First Poetry Prize: Andrea M. Gratton of Essex Junction, Vermont, USA
Poem Title: “A Single Rose”
Second Poetry Prize: Latrina S. Buchanan of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Poem Title: “Shame Was My Sin”
Third Poetry Prize: Edward Rosenthal of Cochabamba, Bolivia (South America)
Poem Title: “Grand Lake of the Cherokees”
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