The Ontario Poetry Society

The Ultra Short Poem Competition Winners List

First Prize - November by Lenny Everson, Kitchener, Ontario

Second Prize - Adolescent Arias by Sarah McComb, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Third Prize - Cancer by Norah Eastern, Innisfil, Ontario

Fourth Prize - These Kids Only Look Dangerous by K.V. Skene, Toronto, Ontario

36 Honourable Mention
(in alphabetical order by author's last name)

We Listened to Many Poets, Some of Them Dead by Sylvia Adams, Ottawa, Ontario
On Blowing Out a Single Candle by Sylvia Adams, Ottawa, Ontario
Last Sunday by Sylvia Adams, Ottawa, Ontario
Last Christmas by Sylvia Adams, Ottawa, Ontario
Love Dreams by Merle Amodeo, Toronto, Ontario
Lullaby by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario
He Notes Her Absence by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario
Oma by Robert Julien Broerse, Kingsville, Ontario
Post Mortem by Ronnie R. Brown, Ottawa, Ontario
On My Neighbour's Removal Of A Beautiful Tree by Lynne Burnett, West Vancouver, B.C.
Aeternus by Lynne Burnett, West Vancouver, B.C.
Godot by Robyn Marie Butt, Woodstock, Ontario
The Real You by Dustin Cormier, Whitby, Ontario
Woman in apt. 732 by Dustin Cormier, Whitby, Ontario
Season of the Witch by Leanne Dunic, Vancouver, B.C.
Poetry by Norah Eastern, Innisfil, Ontario
Summary by Norah Eastern, Innisfil, Ontario
Copeland's Music by John Ide, Toronto, Ontario
The Encounter by Holly Kritsch, Nepean, Ontario
Night Shine by Carl A. Lapp, London, Ontario
Paper White Sijo by John B. Lee, Port Dover, Ontario
Mayday by Norma West Linder, Sarnia, Ontario
Solitary Checkers by Sarah McComb, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Interesting to Note by Anuj Rastogi, Markham, Ontario
Old Wives by Michelle Retterath, Toronto, Ontario
The bicycle's gone by Michelle Retterath, Toronto, Ontario
Snails by Cristina Rizzuto, Woodbridge, Ontario
A busy life by Cristina Rizzuto, Woodbridge, Ontario
Two wine glasses by Cristina Rizzuto, Woodbridge, Ontario
veiled secrets by Silvana Sangiuliano, Belwood, Ontario
Goddess of Space and Time Negotiations by Linda K. Thompson, Port Alberni, B.C.
Letting Go by Linda K. Thompson, Port Alberni, B.C.
Still You by Linda K. Thompson, Port Alberni, B.C.
concerning reckoning by Richard Toth, Bathurst, N.B.
July poem by Richard Toth, Bathurst, N.B.
Single Traveler by Anna Yin, Mississauga, Ontario

Special thanks to our judge, George Swede.
He selected the above winning entries from 673 poems entered into the contest.