The Ontario Poetry Society

First Prize:
The Agoraphobia of Van Gogh by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

Second Prize:
Awakening by Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan

Third Prize:
Grim Fairytale by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

15 Honourable Mention Awards
(in no particular order)

Looking down from the canyon's edge by Charlotte Caron, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Love is Blind by Theresa Donnelly, Brooklin, Ontario

Her Giddyup Anger by Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario

Introversion by Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario

Inside the Nursing Home by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

Advice to My Daughter by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

Granville Market by Esther Griffin, Barrie, Ontario

Broken Days by Lynn Tait, Sarnia, Ontario

The Elopement by Gail Peck Miller, Meaford, Ontario

Nesting Perils by Jean Kallmeyer, Toronto, Ontario

The Best Intentions by Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan

Prism by Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan

Over the bridge of morning by Freda Jepson, Whitby, Ontario

Fairies by Wendy Tombs, Kincardine, Ontario

The Marriage by Cindy Kugel, Langley, B.C.

Special thanks to our judge, Ronnie R. Brown, who read and re-read every poem at least three times.
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