Monday, January 20, 2020

Announcing 2020 Spirit First Meditation Poetry Contest

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11 th Annual Spirit First Poetry Contest Deadline: March 31, 2020 First Prize: $200   Second Prize: $150   Third Prize: $100 Compl...

2019 First-Place Winner Diana Poulos-Lutz

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SEA GLASS by Diana Poulos-Lutz I found sea glass at the shore, washed up on the sand with broken shells, still wet, sparkl...
Monday, July 01, 2019

2019 Second-Place Winner James Crews

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WINTER MORNING by James Crews When I can no longer say thank you for this new day and the waking into it, for the cold scrape of ...

2019 Third-Place Winner Joanne Esser

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PRAYER TO BECOME SOIL by Joanne Esser Even after the storm that rips leaves From the trees, even as branches crack And fall, thr...

2019 Editor's Choice Award Winner Ann Glumac

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MATINS by Ann Glumac I worship in the early dawn, an ecumenical affair. The muezzin is a warbler of some kind, his call a wh...

2019 Editor's Choice Award Winner Derek Hanebury

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BANGKOK JEWEL by Derek Hanebury Taking a break from the sun and the great souvenir search, I unzip and stand facing the urinal lea...

2019 Micro Poetry Award Winner Charles Rossiter

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THAT PLACE by Charles Rossiter Doing perfectly nothing, doing nothing perfectly. Either way is a good way to be. -----------...

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We are pleased to  announce the winning entries for our tenth annual Spirit First Meditation Poetry Contest. This year we received 1,347 poe...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Announcing 10th Annual Spirit First Poetry Contest

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10 th Annual Spirit First Poetry Contest Deadline: February 28, 2019 (midnight) First Prize: $200 Second Prize: $150 Third Prize: $100...
Monday, July 02, 2018

2018 1st-Place Winner G.G. Silverman

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Meditation at the Waterfall of the Gods by G.G. Silverman We wondered how it would change us,     the roar of an ancient river as...

2018 2nd-Place Winner Levi Andrew Noe

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A Long Journey By Sea by Levi Noe From the helm        of this pitching ship    I cry to Poseidon and  Yahweh, Jesus,       ...