The Ontario Poetry Society

First Prize:

Your Defibrillator by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario
Charity of Choice: Heart and Stroke Foundation

18 Honourable Mention Awards ( in alphabetical order by last name)

Shoulder Check by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

No Cause for Alarm by Ronnie R. Brown, Ottawa, Ontario

A Poem for Rita’s Mom by Linda Crosfield, Castlegar, B.C.

Inert Ring by Fran Figge, Stoney Creek, Ontario

Idolatry by Fran Figge, Stoney Creek, Ontario

That was when they knew by Ellen Fowler, Waterloo, Ontario

The water that is in me by Ellen Fowler, Waterloo, Ontario

Beloved by Esther Griffin, Barrie, Ontario

Grief by Esther Griffin, Barrie, Ontario

You Came to Me by Edythe Anstey Hanen, Bowen Island, B.C.

Seasons of Love by Edythe Anstey Hanen, Bowen Island, B.C.

Vincent comes to the National Gallery by Ruth Latta, Ottawa, Ontario

Balliliesk, Muckhart, by Dollar by K.V. Skene, Toronto, Ontario

Sadder Than Remembered Love by K.V. Skene, Toronto, Ontario

A House is a Tree by Anna Yin, Mississauga, Ontario

The Unquiet Bed by Anna Yin, Mississauga, Ontario

An Impossible Love by Anna Yin, Mississauga, Ontario

Love Lost by Bänoo Zan, Toronto, Ontario
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Special thanks to our judge, Allan Briesmaster, who had to select these poems
from 339 poems submitted to the contest this year. Our Open Heart 9 Contest is
now posted on our website.