2023 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Gurupreet K. Khalsa
Joseph Savashinsky
Sami Helgeson
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Slip Your Mind Into the Water
Orchard in Autumn
november (it's only just begun)
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February
|
Love
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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Jean Varda
Erin Garstka
No Placing Poem
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Lover
In the Twilight
No Placing Poem
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March
|
Open, Free Subject
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Ross Canton
Ed McManis
No Placing Poem
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The Art of Poetry
Thirtieth Anniversary
No Placing Poem
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April
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Mythology, Dreams, Other Universes
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Lucia Kiersch Haase
Gurupreet K. Khalsa
No Placing Poem
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I Have Dreams
Provisional Identity
No Placing Poem
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May
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Personification, Characters, Portraits
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Allison Burris
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Two Good Witches
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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June
|
The Supernatural
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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July
|
Childhood, Memoirs
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jane Stuart
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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When Memories Fade
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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August
|
Places, Poems of Location |
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jiang Pu
Michael Shoemaker
No Placing Poem
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Hakone Garden
Stargazing at Capitol Reef
No Placing Poem
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September
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Colors, Music, Dance
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Joan Gerstein
Stewart Breier
Kevin Madrigal Galindo
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Grayscale of Truth
Hellstorm, Stars & Angels
the rhythm of the wind
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October
|
Humor, Satire
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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November
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Family, Friendship, Relationships
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Mia Kernaghan
Jeff Graham
Carla Schick
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A Strange Chance
Though
Today I Could Be Something
I've Never Been
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December
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Back Down to Earth (Time, Seasons)
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Thomas Feeny
Jane Stuart
No Placing Poem
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Fall Afternoon
December Melody
No Placing Poem
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