2005 Porad Award Winners
Christopher Herold, Judge
Unknown, Contest Coordinator
Sponsored by the Washington Poets Association
Judge’s Comments
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First Prize ($100)
precipice
the ascending cry
of an osprey
Ernest J. Berry
Picton, New Zealand
Second Prize ($75)
a banner flaps
in the autumn wind...
Everything Must Go!
Scott Mason
Chappaqua, New York
Third Prize ($50)
winter fog
everything familiar
unfamiliar
an’ya
Crescent, Oregon
Honorable Mentions
the sound of breaking waves
on a moonless night
—distant friend
Tracy Koretsky
Berkeley, California
slow bend in the river
he comes around
to my point of view
Francine Banwarth
Dubuque, Iowa
hot night the length of a siren
Ernest J. Berry
Picton, New Zealand
dislodged
from its tangle of branches
beaver moon
Scott Mason
Chappaqua, New York