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 Walt Whitman. 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. The Honorable Mention will be posted at the end of March.

Place	Poet	Poem	Location
First	Kirby Wright	Sound Effects In Vista	California
Second	Taunja Thompson	Buddha	Kentucky
Third	Virgil R. Hall II	Passionate Crosshairs	California
Fourth	Julie Heckman	Oil Disaster 2010	California
Fifth	Alice Connally Fisk	STARS AND STRIPES (and kindlier gripes)	New York
Honorable Mention	Stephen Bell	DON’T JUST SIT ON THE FENCE.CUT IT!	England

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