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As promised, bonus graphic art by JS & Megan Graustein of Judy Bertelsen’s Honorable Mention poem, Interval.
Many thanks to our Poetry Editor, Rose Auslander for running the contest. Heaps of additional thanks go to our judge, Gian Lombardo.
We are thrilled to announce that the winning poem from our FIVE (5) Contest is “Signs of Reincarnation at Le Parker Meridien Hotel NY, NY (a found poem)” by
Brad Rose.
In addition, an honorable mention poem was named: “Interval” by Judy Bertelsen. A bonus piece of digital art will be unveiled next week to celebrate Judy’s poem.
Many thanks to our Poetry Editor, Rose Auslander for running the contest. Heaps of additional thanks go to our judge, Gian Lombardo.
We hope you have enjoyed this poetic event. We certainly have:-)
Production Notes:
Videography by J.S. Graustein (grayestone.wordpress.com)
Music used by permission under Creative Commons license
“Avant Jazz” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Move that finger up
just a hair on the A string
second finger on the D
700 cents of equal temper
tame the wolf
Perfect
© 2014, Judy Bertelsen
Also visit Judy Bertelsen’s work at Decomp http://www.decompmagazine.com/norcororschach.htm
We’ll run all shortlist poems–then announce the contest winner . . . Stay tuned!
UPDATE (3 July 2014)
The shortlisted works, in the order they appeared:
Thanks to all who participated! You made this decision difficult—our inbox overflowed with fives. Too, too many superlative fives. We’re now thinking in fives.
Here, at last, our decisions. We are proud to announce: 10 poets of Five (5). In alphabetical order . . . the shortlist.
Emily Abedon,“Mixed Couple”
Judy Bertelsen, “Interval”
Peg Duthie, “Five-Finger Frustration”
J.C. Elkin, Untitled
Stephanie King, “Tattoo”
Meg Eden Kuyatt, Untitled
Barbara LaMorticella, Untitled
Corey Mesler, “5 a.m.”
Ashley Odom, “Not-So-Lucky Bird”
Brad Rose, “Signs of Reincarnation at Le Parker Meridien Hotel, NY, NY (a Found Poem)”
