Write Us a Poem IX Contest

UPDATE

Winners of the Ninth Write Us a Poem Contest:

First Place: Fervency of Flesh by Elon G. Eidenier ....... Second Place: Selecting a Cancer Surgeon ................. . ........................by Bill Griffin...... ........ ........ ......... ... Third Place: Treasure by Ann Campanella

Honorable Mentions: ...................................................... Deus in Auditorium by Francis A. Neelon ............................ Even a Single Word Continues to Unfold by Sharon A. Sharp Snap Shot by Barbara Crooker ........................................... What Keeps Me Going by William Jackson Blackley

Notable Poems: ........................................................ Gold Light VI by Judy Hogan .............................................. All That I Am by Shannon Franks-Allen ............................... That Moment by Ken Ross ................................................ Transformations by Gina Streaty ........................................ I Love My Job by Terry Upchurch ........................................ Duke University Health System New Fashion Statement ....... ..... by Donna Withrow ...................................................... Grief in the ER by Kellie Johnson

Contest Judge Andrea Selch, poet and president of Carolina Wren Press noted:

"Reading this group of poems, I was struck by the way illness, too, makes strange bedfellows: In the hospital, the mundane and the magical overap, prayer and superstitions mingle, cookies and milk and heart catheters alike provide comfort. ........................................................................... .Of the three poems that took first second and third places in this contest, I appreciated most of all their attention to physical detail, to the concretes: the cancer surgeon's long fingers, the baskets that hold flowers or bouquets of dirt and stones, the "migration fluttering" of Cedar Waxings, and even the cardiologist's turn of the phrase - referring to the procedure as 'plumbing'."

Mark Your Calendars:
Poetry Awards Ceremony
Join us for a reception and reading by the contest winners!
May 29, 2009
12 – 1 pm
Medical Center Boardroom
1170 B Yellow Zone, South.

For more information, contact Grey Brown: .............. 684-6223 or brown097@mc.duke.edu