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poetinahat
03-02-2009, 02:32 PM
Congratulations to all of you who entered. And thank you to everyone who read and voted; I'm grateful for your support of the contest.

Two poems were clear and deserving favorites. Accordingly, let's congratulate the

WINNER: rachelsnyder, for "Prayer for Inclusion"
and

SECOND PLACE: William Haskins, for "The Measure of America"

Full results below (eta: First-place votes counted 3, second-place 2, third-place 1). I'll contact the winners to arrange delivery of their prizes.

Thank you.

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.#.....Title...................................... .Poet............TOTAL
.8.....Prayer for Inclusion........................rachelsnyder..... .31
14.....The Measure of America......................William Haskins...29
15.....Look up. Raise your head....................poetinahat........17
.1.....There will come a day.......................dclary............12
12.....For a more perfect union....................Feiss.............11
11.....America United . . .........................Don Allen..........7
10.....Bring This Day..............................KTC.............. ..5
13.....A New Civil War.............................Molfitz........... .4
.2.....here is where we BE.........................kdnxdr.............3
.3.....Like the wind...............................caseyquinn..... ....3
.6.....What Happens to a Dream?....................Dichroic...........3
.9.....Red canaries, blue jays and White flowers...Vampirate..........3
.7.....So Much Hate................................Nubianpoet.... .....2

Dichroic
03-02-2009, 02:48 PM
Congratulations to both winners. Those were two of my favorites: excellent poems by themselves, and excellently well-suited to this purpose.

Don Allen
03-02-2009, 05:48 PM
Nicely done, Excellent!!!!

rhymegirl
03-02-2009, 09:22 PM
Congratulations to the winners. Great job, great poems.

Perks
03-02-2009, 09:23 PM
Really neat contest. Congratulations!

KTC
03-03-2009, 12:55 AM
Congrats to all the winners. Looks like I know how to vote. (-;

P.H.Delarran
03-03-2009, 01:55 AM
very well done.

dclary
03-03-2009, 02:27 AM
I think mine was the one everybody said sounded too much like an inauguration speech to be a poem. :(

jst5150
03-03-2009, 02:31 AM
Congrats, all!

kdnxdr
03-03-2009, 03:03 AM
Congratulations to the winners!!

A very fun challenge. Can't wait till the next one.

Thank you to everyone that makes these things happen.

kid

Dichroic
03-03-2009, 04:24 AM
I think mine was the one everybody said sounded too much like an inauguration speech to be a poem. :(

Was it #1? If so, then that's the one I meant - but the thing is, it was an awesome speech, moving and powerful. It made me think about what MLK Jr. might have said, had he been around for this election. I really don't think it was a poem. I really do think it was excellent, excellent writing.

rachelsnyder
03-03-2009, 04:55 AM
Thanks to all who voted for my poem, "Prayer for Inclusion." I have lurked around AW on and off for years, and registered so that I could enter the contest (turns out not to have been a bad idea, eh?)

Please note that poetinahat misspelled my last name, but I presume that will be corrected on the engraved marble slab that President Obama will soon have installed in a prominent spot in Washington, DC (which, by the way, is my birthplace). :)

You can read more of my poetry and other work at my blog, be whole now: www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com (http://www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com)

It's always heartening to know that one's work has resonated deeply with others. Congrats also to William Haskins, whose poem was one of my top choices. A great effort all-around!

I'll be sure to add this honor to my resume -- presuming I ever get around to actually creating one...

Feiss
03-03-2009, 05:00 AM
Thanks to all who voted for my poem, "Prayer for Inclusion." I have lurked around AW on and off for years, and registered so that I could enter the contest (turns out not to have been a bad idea, eh?)

Please note that poetinahat misspelled my last name, but I presume that will be corrected on the engraved marble slab that President Obama will soon have installed in a prominent spot in Washington, DC (which, by the way, is my birthplace). :)

You can read more of my poetry and other work at my blog, be whole now: www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com (http://www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com)

It's always heartening to know that one's work has resonated deeply with others. Congrats also to William Haskins, whose poem was one of my top choices. A great effort all-around!

I'll be sure to add this honor to my resume -- presuming I ever get around to actually creating one...

Woo, welcome and congratulations. Very happy to see you here.

Magdalen
03-03-2009, 08:22 AM
Congrats and welcome to rachelsnyder! Also to William & poet who were my favs. I'd like to re-read the entries but I don't see that thread anymore/ If maybe a MOD could repost it?

poetinahat
03-03-2009, 08:24 AM
It's still there (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131800), Mag - I just unstuck it. It's slipped off the front page.

Molfitz
03-04-2009, 02:56 AM
Hats off to Rachel. This was an interesting contest. I enjoyed all the poems.

I'll visit the poetry forum more often.

Applause for all who entered!

MsK
03-04-2009, 04:54 AM
Congratulations to the winners and to all who particpated. Everyone did a nice job!

Susie
04-05-2009, 12:55 AM
Congrats to the two winners and to all those who entered! Call's for :Cake:! :)

poetinahat
04-06-2009, 06:14 AM
I realise that I never told you what the prize was -- my apologies.

I've sent Rachel a copy of Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395500761). I'm a little envious, meself.

Until the next contest!