Mind Magazine is proud to present the

 

Winners of the First Annual Insight Poetry Prize Competition!

 

(Click on name of poem to read)

 

 

First Place:  Echoes From the Waiting Place  by Diana Tharp

 

 

Second Place:  And All Shall Be Well   by Pat Wadsworth

 

 

Third Place:  The Block   by Sherry Ballou Hanson

 

 

Fourth Place:  The Storm   by Louise Kantro

 

 

Fifth Place:  Face Up   by Robert Burton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mention:

 

 

Horse by Roisin Kelly         Your Eyes by T. Allen Culpepper           Why on Earth by Robert Burton

 

 

"The Drowsiness From Distance" By Kotoriko Kusama           My Bird by Claire Summa

 

 

WHY WAS SHE FORCED TO LOSE HER LONG, FLOWING, DARK HAIR?        
    (A YOUNG SOUTH INDIAN BRAHMIN WIDOW) by Satyam S. Moorty

 

 

The Cathedral by Roisin Kelly                                   paintings by Melissa Lettis      

 

 

LOVE SEEKS ITS OWN FACE by Dr. Greg A. Grove

 

 

In Hatred's Womb by Matthew Greenberg          Deep in Thick Forests by Matthew Greenberg

 

 

A Mother's loving touch by Helen Tracy              From Out of the Void   by Claire Knight

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Poetry:

 

 

Turtle by T. Allen Culpepper                               Recycling (A Prose Poem) by Marian K. Shapiro

 

 

Karma by J. L. Schneider