2019 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
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Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
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No Placing Poems
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February
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Romance, Love, Emotions
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
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No Placing Poems
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March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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Greg Gregory
Jane Stuart
Amanullah Khan
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Mojave
|
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April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
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1st
2nd
3rd
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David Anderson
Jerry Douglas Smith
Lillian M. Fisher
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Returning to Ruins
|
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May
|
Portraits, Persons, Characters
Portraits of animals, objects, places
with character.
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jane Stuart
Katharyn Howd Machan
Lillian M. Fisher
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Italian Mysteries
|
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June
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Hanh Chau
Von S. Bourland
Jane Stuart
|
Refugee
Renewal of Hope
A Cold Morning in May
|
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July
|
Childhood, Memoir, Lessons of the Past
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Tanya Russell Whitney
Von S. Bourland
Anselmo Menashe
|
Pages of Life
A Child's Discovery
Senryu
|
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August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jane Stuart
Mary Jo Lofiego West
Von S. Bourland
|
Picturesque Moment
After the Storm
Two-Year-Old Bronco
Buster
|
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September
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Nick Sweet
Mary Jo Lofiego West
Jerry Douglas Smith
|
Victory Dance
Perseverance
Alifar
|
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October
|
War & Peace, Activism & Politics
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Von S. Bourland
Von S. Bourland
Louis Aboulafia
|
War Memorial
Calm after the Storms
The Poet Elopes With
the Philosopher's
Daughter
|
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November
|
Family, Friendship, Human Condition
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jane Stuart
Jane Stuart
David Anderson
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October's Wind Brings
War
When All Was Mystery
The Moving Spray Rig
|
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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
|
Nick Sweet
Mary Jo Lofiego West
Jerry Douglas Smith
|
Windstruck
A Marriage of Poets
When Cezanne Painted
Mont Sainte Victoire
|
2018 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
|
January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jerry Douglas Smith
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
David Anderson
|
Lost Valley
California Blandscape
Plum Tree in Bloom
|
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February
|
Romance, Love, Emotions
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
Danny Bazil Riley
Von S. Bourland
Lillian M. Fisher
|
My Love For You
CA Self-Styled Wall of Grief
A Memory
|
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March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
David Anderson
Jane Stuart
|
Seamstress
The Last Songs of St. Kilda
Summer Ends With Butterflies
|
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April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
Lillian M. Fisher
Josephine Chou
|
Watermelon Mountain
Her House
Imposter
|
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May
|
Portraits, Persons, Characters
Portraits of animals, objects, places
with character.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jane Stuart
Nick Sweet
Mary Jo Lofiego West
|
Green-Gowned Goddess
Places in Five
Passion
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June
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jane Stuart
Casey Derengowski
Ed McManis
|
Time's Sweetest Gift
Dust on the Bugle
Stealing Home
|
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July
|
Childhood, Memoir, Lessons of the Past
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
Barbara Blanks
Von S. Bourland
Rudy Paolino
|
Beyond Book Learning
Gathering of the Clan
The Old Oak Tree
|
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August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Gary Enos
Barbara Blanks
Patricia Hukill
|
A Golfer's Eulogy
Heads Up
At Seventy-Five
|
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September
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
Amanullah Khan
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
|
Measuring Device
Benny Went to Sleep
Any Day Now
|
|
October
|
War & Peace, Activism & Politics
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Gary Enos
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
Barbara Blanks
|
Serf and King
Memorial Day 2018
Battle of Verdun
|
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November
|
Family, Friendship, Human Condition
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Lillian M. Fisher
Jane Stuart
Katharyn Howd Machan
|
Emma's Garden
Return to Country
Eyes Downcast
|
|
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
|
William Hagen
Von S. Bourland
Ron Lauderbach
|
Swing Dance
Cutting Zoo
Mom's Tacos
|
2017 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Meryl Natchez
Von. S. Bourland
David Anderson
|
Apology to Trees
Fed by Folioage
The Coming Snow
|
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February
|
Romance, Love, Emotions
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Barbara Blanks
Mary Jo Lofiego West
Jane Stuart
|
Road Songs
Looking In
Remembering Love |
|
March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Sally Clark
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
Mary Jo Lofiego West |
One Screw Loose
Beginnings
Tule Fog |
|
April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Barbara Blanks
Mary Jo Lofiego West
Jane Stuart
|
The trail where they cried
Monument
Tantalizing Maze
|
|
May
|
Portraits, Persons, Characters
Portraits of animals, objects, places
with character.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jane Gragg Lewis
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
Barbara Blanks
|
Mariner 1
Grown Up
Silence of the Sham |
|
June
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
Mary Jo Lofiego West
David Anderson
|
The Others
Interlude
Another Villanelle |
|
July
|
Childhood, Memoir, Lessons of the Past
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Jane Stuart
Kathy Lundy Derengowski
Katharyn Howd Machan
|
Libellus
Child of Mine
Rats |
|
August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
George E. Samerjan
Rudy Paolino
Barbara Blanks
|
More of Me
Ice Cream Dreams
Ah-So |
|
September
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Janet Lombard
Rudy Paolino
Claire Scott
|
Cold Storage
Stuff and Things
Home Made Gods |
|
October
|
War & Peace, Activism & Politics
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Amie Ilva Tatem
Jane G. Lewis
Nick Sweet
|
GOOD TERMS
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Decent/Descent
|
|
November
|
Family, Friendship, Human Condition
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Lillian M. Fisher
Mary Jo Lofiego West
Barbara Blanks
|
The Call
Best Friend
In the Hamlet of Yuriage |
|
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
|
Von. S. Bourland
Gregor K. Gregory
Michael Fraley
|
A Tree Grew in Managua, Nicaragua
Wetlands
The Spring of My Elation
|
2016 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Rose Ann Spaith
Katharyn Howd Machan
George E. Samerjan
|
POEMKIN
Firm
Dr. Monkash's Office
|
|
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 |
|
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
|
2015 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
|
January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Eileen Malone
Jane Stuart
June Gerron
|
Wild Lilac
Silver Night
Autumn Hurrah
|
|
February
|
Romance, Love, Emotions
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ruth Adams
Von S. Bourland
Jerry Douglas Smith
|
About a Wall
First Steps
Angelique
|
|
March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Von S. Bourland
Barbara Blanks
Stephen Galiani
|
A Brake for Trouble
Grecian Formula
Sentinel
|
|
April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ruth Adams
Katharyn Howd Machan
Lillian M. Fisher
|
A Long Farewell
End of Day
Memoire
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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
|