Congratulations to all of our 2TheHeart 2007 Poetry Contest finalists!  This year we had over a thousand entries and it was very difficult to narrow our choices down! Special thanks to our Poetry Panel of judges for the time, thought and dedication they gave to this huge project!  And thank you to all who shared your beautiful poetry with us!  Each and every poem was truly a work of art!

Below are the winning poems for First, Second and Third place, and below those are the finishing Finalists, with Honorable Mention poetry following.  All poems will be published on 2TheHeart.com soon! (I will be working on it when I can.)  The top three poets and finalists will receive their prizes within 90 days.

*Feel free to email the poets if their work inspired you in some way! Links to Finalists and Honorable Mention poems will be up soon. All poets published in this contest should feel very proud - to be selected out of over a thousand is a great accomplishment!

 

 

First Prize Winner: Kathe Campbell "Until Someday"

Winner of $50, a 2TheHeart Fun Pack (T-shirt, 2TheHeart book, bumper sticker and candy bar), the 2008 Poet's Market book, 1st Place award certificate and publication on 2TheHeart.com

2nd Place Winner: Linda E. Newman "Mary's Dream"

Winner of a 2TheHeart Fun Pack, an award certificate, and publication on 2TheHeart

3rd Place Winner: Shari Burke "Absence"

Winner of a 2TheHeart t-shirt, award certificate and publication on 2TheHeart.com

Finalists

Winners of 2TheHeartbumper stickers and publication on 2TheHeart.com

Angie Ledbetter: That Time Last Summer My Children Came Home

Jo Skierski: God's Rain

Laura J. Boutwell: This Moment

Roger Allen Cook: Decisions

Susan Bartulevicius: Voice Lessons

Mary-Ellen Grisham: Whisper of Angels

Bonnie S. Church: There in the Hills

Robert J. White - Footsteps

Marie Fessenden-Alfafara - What a Plight

Honorable Mention Poetry:

 All honorable mention poetry will be published on a separate page at 2TheHeart.com

Toby Ramsey - Aberration

Millie MacKenzie - Family Reunion

Linda E. Newman - In the Quiet Morning

Margaret Drysdale - Today I Fed the Furniture

Roger Allen Cook - Unspoken

Rebecca O. Hays - On These Knees

Maria Harden - The Insect Ball

Nancy Julien Kopp - A Journey For Our Friend

Linda E. Newman: Stolen Moments

Norma Lilies - Thanksgiving Remembrance

Douglas Foust - Sandflower

Millie MacKenzie - Angel of Mercy

Evegene Garrison - Rainy Day Reverie

 

 

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