- Open Heart 4 Poetry Competition -
The Open Heart 4 Poetry Contest Winners List
First Prize:
Bred-in-the-Bone by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.
Charity of
Choice: Doctors Without Borders
Honourable Mention
Awards
(in no particular order):
Phoenix by Jeevan Bhagwat, Toronto, Ont.
Psalm 85 by April Bulmer,Cambridge, Ont.
Clothes Pins and Wood Chips by Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ont.
Visiting My Brother, Lucan and His Dog by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.
What Do You Do When Your Brother Says He Loves You? by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.
In a Time of Movie Reruns by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.
My Sister’s View of Motherhood Was Found at the Movies by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.
I Thought of You by Bianca Lakoseljac, Toronto, Ont.
Vivian by Ruth Latta, Ottawa, Ont.
Modeling Borrowed Swimsuits at Christine Shinohara’s House by John B. Lee, Port Dover, Ont.
Inspired by Neruda by Leonard M. Legault, Windsor, Ont.
And Then I Knew by Norma West Linder, Sarnia, Ont.
As A Baker by D.S. Martin, Brampton, Ont.
The Undertaker’s Wife by Sonia Saikaley, Ottawa, Ont.
Dressing and Undressing the Dream Poet by J.J. Steinfeld, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Elegy by Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ont.
Nothing Without Pain by Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ont.
Caught off Balance by Patricia Smekal, Nanoose Bay, B.C.
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There were 278 poems
entered into the contest. Sincerest thanks to the judge,
Jeff Seffinga,
for carefully reading and selecting the prize winning poems.