2016 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Patricia Dreyfus
George E. Samerjan
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
|
Dakota Spring
When She . . . iv
Stonehenge, and the HOA Landscape
|
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February
|
Romance, Love, Emotions
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ed McManis
Barbara Blanks
Jerry Douglas Smith
|
The Affair
Forty Four Years Later
Night Train |
|
March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Katharyn Howd Machan
Georgette Unis
Ed McManis |
Poetry Didn't Save My Brother
The Ever Presence
Lunch Room Monitor |
|
April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ruth Adams
Barbara Blanks
George E. Samerjan |
A Long Farewell
Cyrus Avery, Father of Route 66
Gate A-16 |
|
May
|
Portraits, Persons, Characters
Portraits of animals, objects, places
with character.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Rose Ann Spaith
Von. S. Bourland
Allegra Silberstein
|
Vincent As Roulin Family Artist
Ancient Guardian
Egypt Cat |
|
June
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
George E. Samerjan
Catherine Lucas
|
The Lady in White
That Morning Boy Not Seeing Whales
|
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July
|
Childhood, Memoir, Lessons of the Past
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
David Anderson
Mary Jo LoFiego West
|
Blind-sided
Moonrise, Silence
Simple Pleasures
|
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August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Rose Ann Spaith
Katharyn Howd Machan
George E. Samerjan
|
POEMKIN
Firm
Dr. Monkash's Office
|
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September
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
Katharyn Howd Machan
George E. Samerjan
|
Twins by Date
Autism
Reunion |
|
October
|
War & Peace, Activism & Politics
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Bruce T. Gallie
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
Ellaraine Lockie |
Colors, Iraq
Memorial Day
Silent |
|
November
|
Family, Friendship, Human Condition
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jane Stuart
Von S. Bourland
Nick Sweet |
In Lethe's Shadow
Asthmatic Dreams
Barbara, Marian and the Elder |
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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
Michael Fraley
Barbara Blanks
|
Wordworker
The Bumble Bee
The Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz
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