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~ To Rhyme Or Not To Rhyme, That Is Your Choice Poetry Contest ~

The Contest Winners

Free Verse:
1st Prize: Grenade on East Avenue - Jan Wood, Big River Saskatchewan
2nd Prize: Bryn: Snake Skin - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
3rd Prize: Olive - Trevor Abes, Toronto, Ontario

Rhyme:
1st Prize: Our Father, who art . . . - Graham Clews, Westlock, Alberta
2nd Prize: Newsworthy - Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan
3rd Prize: Vancouver Bound - Dorothy Stott, Gibsons, B.C.
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Honourable Mentions (in no particular order):

Free Verse:
Callista: Scar Tissue - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
Gertrude: Something Blue - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
Fay: Brantford Jail - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
Amy: Hail Mary - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
Amaryllis - Norma West Linder, Sarnia, Ontario
Summer's End - Norma West Linder, Sarnia, Ontario
Imprisoned - Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan

Rhyme:
Life Code - Alex Hamilton-Brown, Bancroft, Ontario
When I Was A Boy - Alex Hamilton-Brown, Bancroft, Ontario
Meat or Veggies? - Graham Clews, Westlock, Alberta
Star-Crossed Love - Pantoum - Jay Charles Hershberg, Toronto, Ontario
Breakfast at Granny's - Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario
Andres Segovia - Gary E. Miller, Richmond, Ontario
To Rhyme Or Not To Rhyme - I.B. Iskov, Toronto, Ontario