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2017 KAC  POETRY Contest Winners

JAPANESE FORMS -Judge, Dr. Elaine Gerbert
 
1st Appaloosas graze            Jeffrey Phillip Green, NM
2nd high tide rushes out        Diane Palka, D2
3rd great blue heron              Jean Jackson, D2
HM sun’s last winter rays       Jeffrey Phillip Green, NM
HM forest fallen log                Yvonne Evie Green, D1
HM weeping-cherry blooms    Yvonne Evie Green, D1
HM across back yard              Diane Palka, D2

THEME: FOLLOW THE MYSTERIES OF KANSAS-Judge, Diana Staresinic-Deane

1st Uncovering Prairie Mysteries   Rachelle Meinecke, NM
2nd Prairie Ripples and Waves      Kelly W. Johnston, D5
3rd Settled                                      Jamie Lynn Heller, NM

SONG LYRICS – Judge, Ann Zimmerman

1st Her City                                     Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
2nd Changin’ the World                  James F. Stover, NM
3rd You’d Know                               Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
HM Dog House                               Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
HM Small Man Under the Sun        Roy Stucky, D6

NARRATIVE VERSE – Judge, Denise Low

1st Missing                                      Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
2nd Apostle                                     Barton Wilcox, D5
3rd The Game                                 Kelly W. Johnston, D5
HM Signs                                         Sheree L. Downs, D7
HM Arkansas Cat                            Marilyn Hope Lake, Ph.D., D6
HM The Seed: Cuba, Kansas          Kristine A. Polansky, D4
HM First Loss                                   Jennifer L. Coss, NM

WHIMSY – Judge, Melissa Fite Johnson

1st Poetic Separation                      Ronda Miller, D2
2nd Nature Edited                           Kristine A. Polansky, D4
3rd Delis                                          Dan Close, D5
HM Amphigory                                Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
HM Early                                         Roy Stucky, D6
HM A No-Snow Day                        Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
 
FREE VERSE – Judge, Tim Lantz

1st Boats on a River                        Cheryl Unruh, D2
2nd Baseball                                    Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
3rd With Certainty                            Ronda Miller, D2
HM Cutting the Fudge                      Pat Anthony, D2
HM Wearing Alice                            Gretchen Cassel Eick, D5

CLASSIC FORMS – Judge, Kenzie Templeton
 
1st Lady Mary Wortley Montagu/1689-1762  Susan Fleming Holm, NM
2nd Late Freeze                                             Roy J. Beckemeyer, D5
3rd But They Will                                            Marilyn B. Page, D1
HM A Tree                                                      Carole Katsantoness, D2
HM Enough                                                    Maril Crabtree, D2
HM Numbered Dreams                                  Roy Stucky, D6
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