2015 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Eileen Malone
Jane Stuart
June Gerron
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Wild Lilac
Silver Night
Autumn Hurrah
|
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February
|
Romance, Love, Emotions
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ruth Adams
Von S. Bourland
Jerry Douglas Smith
|
About a Wall
First Steps
Angelique
|
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March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
Barbara Blanks
Stephen Galiani
|
A Brake for Trouble
Grecian Formula
Sentinel
|
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April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ruth Adams
Katharyn Howd Machan
Lillian M. Fisher
|
A Long Farewell
End of Day
Memoire
|
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May
|
Portraits, Persons, Characters
Portraits of animals, objects, places
with character.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Barbara Blanks
Lillian M. Fisher
Nicki Carr
|
Overwhelmed
Portrait of a Desert
Backyard Quarterback
|
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June
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Katharyn Howd Machan
Janice Canerdy
Robert Rizzi |
CARDS
Miss USA
Infatuations
|
|
July
|
Childhood, Memoir, Lessons of the Past
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Nick Sweet
Jerry Douglas Smith
George E. Samerjan
|
Moore, Oklahoma 2013
Father's Only Tears
Somehow
|
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August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Robert T. Lundy
Lillian M. Fisher
Marianne Lyon
|
Driver's Ed
Oh, Ye Modern Poet
Dad, Make Us Laugh |
|
September
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
David Anderson
Kathy Leonard
|
Three Times Make a Wish
The White Piano
Gypsy Woman and Truth Revealed |
|
October
|
War & Peace, Activism & Politics
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
George E. Samerjan
Michelle Shen
Ruth Adams
|
Ambush (1242)
Harriet
When I Remember |
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November
|
Family, Friendship, Human Condition
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
Amie Ilva Tatem
George E. Samerjan
|
Jordynn's Guardian Angel
Thanksgiving Day, New York, USA
When It Rains |
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December
|
Best of Your Best
Winning or published poem only. Indicate
complete name of contest or publication
and the issue/date of the publication/
award.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
David Anderson
Ruth Adams
|
San Onofre
A Madeleine of Peaches
Montserrat of Barcelona
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