The Political Poet Poetry Competition Awards Winners Announced

The Political Poet would like to thank everyone who submitted poems for the Poetry Month Competition in Honor of Emily Dickinson. Once again, poets brought the heat making judging fierce. Many poems were entered, but only a few could be chosen as finalists. We would like to remind poets having the courage to submit poems makes you winners regardless of placing as finalists or not. Finalists’ poems and bios will be posted throughout the month of April along with Honorable Mentions.  

Place	Poet	Poem	Location
First	Melissa Fry Beasley	A Poem Of My Grandmother	Oklahoma
Second	Taunja Thompson	The Altar	Kentucky
Third	Cronin Detzz	The Green Line	Nevada
Fourth	David S. Pointer	Fast Riding Emily	Tennessee
Fifth	Chad McKenzie	No Answer from the Hill	Virginia
First Amateur	Robert A. Wohl	Bubbles	Arizona
Honorable Mention	Prince Kanokanga	Harambee	Zimbabwe
Honorable Mention	Fabiyas MV	The Anxieties of a Widow	India

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