2007 Poets and Friends Contest Winners
Category 1 - Free Verse Poems
1st PL Faye Williams Jones "Woman Next Door"
2nd PL Jim Barton "Porch Swing"
3rd PL Vera Ogden Bakker "Start Over"
1st HM Michael E Strosahl "And A Caboose"
2nd HM Lee Ann Russell "Hankies"
3rd HM Carl L Farmer "Apartheid"
Category 2 - Formal Structured Poems
1st PL Lee Ann Russell Quatem "Bag Lady"
2nd PL Becky Alexander Pantoum "Sentinel"
3rd PL Joyce Shiver Sonnet "Box of Dreams"
1st HM Carl L Farmer Villanelle "To Live Well..."
2nd HM Marilyn K Smith Sonnet "Our Old Homeplace"
3rd HM Juanita B Watts Etheree "Fishing"
Category 3 - Comtemporv Form Poems
1st PL Faye Williams Jones "again today" (Parallel Poem)
2nd PL Kolette Montague "Sanctum for the Marginalized"
3rd PL Jim Barton "A Question of Flight"
1st HM Nick Sweet "Victory Dance 1945"
2nd HM Michael E Strosahl "Old Widow Haemer"
3rd HM Catherine Moran "Just another night"
Category 4 - Humorous Poems
1st PL Lee Ann Russell "Stuffed Stuffing Stuff"
2nd PL Jim Barton "Blow"
3rd PL Sue Klingner "Skinky Politicians"
1st HM Michael E Strosahl "The Snitch's Dozen"
2nd HM Joyce Shiver "Grandma's Dinners"
3rd HM Vera Ogden Bakker "Party Crashers"
Category 5 - Haiku/Senryu Poems
1M PL Lori Shannon "Haiku"
2nd PL Becky Alexander "Haiku"
3rd PL Faye Williams Jones "Senryu"
1st HM Tim Russell "Haiku"
2nd HM Jim Barton "Haiku"
3rd HM Olga Warner Penzin "Senryu"
Category 6 - P & F Members Only!
1st PL Lee Ann Russell "Reading Between the Lines"
2nd PL Marilyn K Smith "A Fact of Life"
3rd PL Sue Klingner "Grandmother's Rose"
1st HM Don DePriest "It Was My Job"
2nd HM Wanda Sue Parrott "Welcome To This World"
3rd HM Bob Franklin "Who Will Weep?"
Category 7 - Student Poems Division I Grades 6-8
1st PL Rachel Dotson Reed Middle School, Springfield, MO "Yesterday's Poem"
2nd PL Bryson McGuire Ash Grove Middle School "Peaceful Woods"
3rd PL Natalie DeLone Little Rock, AR "Warm Blanket"
1st HM Christina Story Reed Middle School, Springfield, MO "Best Friends Till the End"
2nd HM Natalie DeLone Ash Grove Middle School "Stayin" Alive"
3rd HM Anthony Hemsworth Reed Middle School "Journey"
Our thanks to the teachers of Reed Middle School and Ash Grove Middle School for their encouragement of
their students.
Category 7 - Student Poems Division II Grade 9-12
1st PL Jennifer Klauninger Canadian High School "Your Bones"
2nd PL Alexandra Lin California "A Flower Life"
3rd PL Jennifer Klauninger Canadian High School "Sweet"
1st HM Jennifer Klauninger Canadian High School "Latte"
2nd HM Alexandra Lin California "Reflections of Reflections"
3rd HM Samantha Reinke Springfiled, MO "A Lovers Lullaby"
Our thanks to the teachers of these students for their encouragement.
Category 1 - Free Verse Poems
1st PL Faye Williams Jones "Woman Next Door"
2nd PL Jim Barton "Porch Swing"
3rd PL Vera Ogden Bakker "Start Over"
1st HM Michael E Strosahl "And A Caboose"
2nd HM Lee Ann Russell "Hankies"
3rd HM Carl L Farmer "Apartheid"
Category 2 - Formal Structured Poems
1st PL Lee Ann Russell Quatem "Bag Lady"
2nd PL Becky Alexander Pantoum "Sentinel"
3rd PL Joyce Shiver Sonnet "Box of Dreams"
1st HM Carl L Farmer Villanelle "To Live Well..."
2nd HM Marilyn K Smith Sonnet "Our Old Homeplace"
3rd HM Juanita B Watts Etheree "Fishing"
Category 3 - Comtemporv Form Poems
1st PL Faye Williams Jones "again today" (Parallel Poem)
2nd PL Kolette Montague "Sanctum for the Marginalized"
3rd PL Jim Barton "A Question of Flight"
1st HM Nick Sweet "Victory Dance 1945"
2nd HM Michael E Strosahl "Old Widow Haemer"
3rd HM Catherine Moran "Just another night"
Category 4 - Humorous Poems
1st PL Lee Ann Russell "Stuffed Stuffing Stuff"
2nd PL Jim Barton "Blow"
3rd PL Sue Klingner "Skinky Politicians"
1st HM Michael E Strosahl "The Snitch's Dozen"
2nd HM Joyce Shiver "Grandma's Dinners"
3rd HM Vera Ogden Bakker "Party Crashers"
Category 5 - Haiku/Senryu Poems
1M PL Lori Shannon "Haiku"
2nd PL Becky Alexander "Haiku"
3rd PL Faye Williams Jones "Senryu"
1st HM Tim Russell "Haiku"
2nd HM Jim Barton "Haiku"
3rd HM Olga Warner Penzin "Senryu"
Category 6 - P & F Members Only!
1st PL Lee Ann Russell "Reading Between the Lines"
2nd PL Marilyn K Smith "A Fact of Life"
3rd PL Sue Klingner "Grandmother's Rose"
1st HM Don DePriest "It Was My Job"
2nd HM Wanda Sue Parrott "Welcome To This World"
3rd HM Bob Franklin "Who Will Weep?"
Category 7 - Student Poems Division I Grades 6-8
1st PL Rachel Dotson Reed Middle School, Springfield, MO "Yesterday's Poem"
2nd PL Bryson McGuire Ash Grove Middle School "Peaceful Woods"
3rd PL Natalie DeLone Little Rock, AR "Warm Blanket"
1st HM Christina Story Reed Middle School, Springfield, MO "Best Friends Till the End"
2nd HM Natalie DeLone Ash Grove Middle School "Stayin" Alive"
3rd HM Anthony Hemsworth Reed Middle School "Journey"
Our thanks to the teachers of Reed Middle School and Ash Grove Middle School for their encouragement of
their students.
Category 7 - Student Poems Division II Grade 9-12
1st PL Jennifer Klauninger Canadian High School "Your Bones"
2nd PL Alexandra Lin California "A Flower Life"
3rd PL Jennifer Klauninger Canadian High School "Sweet"
1st HM Jennifer Klauninger Canadian High School "Latte"
2nd HM Alexandra Lin California "Reflections of Reflections"
3rd HM Samantha Reinke Springfiled, MO "A Lovers Lullaby"
Our thanks to the teachers of these students for their encouragement.
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