Poets & Patrons

Chicagoland Poetry Contest 2009

I.          RELIGIOUS POEM

1^st        Beth Staas, “Jephthah’s Daughter,” Westmont, IL

            2^nd        Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Nacimientos of Mexico,” Evanston, IL

            3^rd        Wilda Morris, “David:  Why I Write,” Bolingbrook, IL

Honorable Mentions (unranked):

                        Patricia Gangas, “Finding God in 2009,” Oak Brook, IL

                        Glenna Holloway, “To Gerard Manley Hopkins,” Naperville, IL

                        Caroline Johnson, ”Spirits of Wonder,” Willow Springs, IL

II.        HUMOROUS POEM                       

1^st        Judy Bond, “Dance Delirium,” Shorewood, IL

            2^nd        Nancy Jean Carrigan, “Crib Sheet for Shakespeare’s King Lear, Warrenville, IL

            3^rd        John Gordon, “Formicidae,” La Grange, IL

            1^st HM   Maureen Tolman Flannery, “The Ladies,” Evanston, IL

            2^nd HM  Glenna Holloway, “My Most Memorable Monday,” Naperville, IL

3^rd HM  Susan Moss, “ I Can Hear You Now,” Evanston, IL

III.       FORMAL VERSE                

            1^st        Nancy Jean Carrigan, “The Eagle’s Child,” Warrenville, IL

            2^nd        Glenna Holloway, “On Making the River an Old Man,” Naperville, IL

            3^rd        Deborah Nodler Rosen, “Tapestry,” Glencoe, IL

            1^st HM  Wilda Morris, “At Norman’s,” Bolingbrook, IL

            2^nd HM  Judy Galati, “He/Me,” Lemont, IL

            3^rd HM  Carol Kanter, “On Your Presence,” Evanston, IL

IV.       FREE VERSE                                   

1^st        Jennifer Dotson, “The Theater,” Highland Park, IL

            2^nd        Nancy Jean Carrigan, “To a Weimaraner on the First Day of Fall,”   Warrenville, IL

            3^rd        Elinor Paumer, “Death of a Spouse,” North Aurora, IL

            1^st HM  Marilyn Gehant, “Conserving Connections,” Chicago, IL

            2^nd HM  Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Love in the State of Puebla,” Evanston, IL

            3^rd HM  Beth Staas, “The American Dream,” Westmont, IL

V.                SOCIAL CONSCIENCE           

            1^st        Ellen Savage, “Out of Nowhere,” Highland Park, IL

            2^nd        David Spencer, “Autobiography,” Lansing, IL

            3^rd        Donna Pucciani, “At the Lake,” Wheaton, IL

            1^st HM  Beth Staas, “Family Album,” Westmont, IL

            2^nd HM  Wilda Morris, “On Lower Wacker Drive, Chicago,” Bolingbrook, IL

            3^rd HM  Marilyn Gehant, “For Your Penance,” Chicago, IL

VI.       MINIATURE POEM            

            1^st        Nancy Jean Carrigan, “White on White,” Warrenville, IL

            2^nd        Marilyn Gehant, “Lacrimosa,” Chicago, IL

            3^rd        Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Moisture of April,” Evanston, IL

            1^st HM  Ellen Savage,” Porte des Mortes,” Highland Park, IL

            2^nd HM  Judy Bond, “Art Deco Dream,” Shorewood, IL

            3^rd HM  Caroline Johnson, “Warmth,” Willow Springs, IL

VII.     THEME:  The City of Chicago          

            1^st        Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Hoping to Meet You at the Art Institute,”

                                                                        Evanston, IL

            2^nd        David Spencer, “In the Shadow of the Skyway,” Lansing, IL

            3^rd        Nancy Jean Carrigan, “The Princess and the Drummer Boy,” Warrenville, IL

            1^st HM  Jane Stuart, “A Sidewalk Sketch,” Greenup, KY

            2^nd HM  Gertrude Rubin, “Grant Park Remembered,” Chicago, IL

            3^rd HM  Judith Zukerman, “The Garfield Park Conservatory,” Madison, WI