- The Arborealis Prize for Poetry -
The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
Arborealis Prize For Poetry
2010 Winners List
First
Prize:
Split the Difference - Brian Braganza, Newcombville, Nova Scotia
Second
Prize:
Recipe for Emergence - Robyn Marie Butt, Woodstock, Ontario
Third
Prize:
Rowboat at Noon - Robyn Marie Butt, Woodstock, Ontario
Fourth
Prize:
Final Exam - Henry Beissel, Ottawa, Ontario
Honourable
Mention Awards:
(in no particular order)
Laundry - Sharon MacFarlane, Beechy, Saskatchewan
A Breathless Flight - Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario
Anonymous - Lynn Tait, Sarnia, Ontario
Runners
Up:
The Truth About Mountains - Linda Lee Crosfield, Castlegar, B.C.
Witch Hazel - Dell Catherall, Vancouver, B.C.
The Angel - Jordanna Bubar, Edmonton, Alberta
Fingertips - Tina Chao, Vancouver, B.C.
Steps unfolding - Gayanne Dewar, London, Ontario
Love at First Flight - Susan L. Helwig, Toronto, Ontario
Shadow Me Shelley - Haggard, Mission. B.C.
Longing for Earl Gray - Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario
There Must Be Stones - Stephen Michael Berzensky
New Year's Eve chez - Karen Susan L. Helwig, Toronto, Ontario
Trinity - Anne Duke Judd, Port Elgin, Ontario
I Didn't Know How - John Corvese, Burlington, Ontario
Through Coloured Glasses - Kimberly Alexander, Windsor, Ontario
Woman of The Cloth - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
A La Carte - Michelle McLean, Lower Brighton, N.B.
The Sun Loves The Moon - Jordanna Bubar, Edmonton, Alberta
Words - Susan L. Helwig, Toronto, Ontario
Raison d'etre - Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, Oakville, Ontario
News Item, 1949 - Anne Duke Judd, Port Elgin, Ontario
Hunter - Mel Sarnese, Unionville, Ontario
Our Story - Penny Walford, Waterloo, Ontario
Fabric of Speech - Freda Jepson, Whitby, Ontario
When the Word Comes - Katherine L. Gordon, Rockwood, Ontario
A Lost Night - Linda-Bea Chambers, Kenabeek, Ontario
Introductions - Sharon MacFarlane, Beechy, Saskatchewan
Hand Gestures - Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario
Memories of Satin - Thomas A. Ryerson, Woodstock, Ontario
Heaven - Gail M. Murray, Toronto, Ontario
The Hypotenuse of Skin - Erin Chapman, London, Ontario
Hand-writing - Brian Braganza, Newcombville, Nova Scotia
History Lesson - Maggie Witzsche, North Vancouver, B.C.
The Rock That Fell in Place - Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ontario
Lizard - Christie Cunningham, Montreal, Q.C.
The Photograph - Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ontario
Sea Clouds and Blooms - Maria Pia Marchelletta, Toronto, Ontario
Attenti ai Gatti - Gail M. Murray, Toronto, Ontario
Gasoline - Sally A. Moore, Whitby, Ontario
For My Daughter - Norma West Linder, Sarnia, Ontario
Mariposa Meeting - Linda-Bea Chambers, Kenabeek, Ontario
Early Snowfall - Janet Hepburn, Port Dover, Ontario
Bedtime Chimera - I.B. Iskov, Thornhill, Ontario
Remembering - Peggy Fletcher, Sarnia, Ontario
Unmasked - Katherine L. Gordon, Rockwood, Ontario
Near Freemantle Station - Patricia Smekal, Nanoose Bay, B.C.
Morning Kitties - Robyn Marie Butt, Woodstock, Ontario
Forbidden Journey - Tony Peter, Outlook Saskatchewan
Bastet - Nan Williamson, Peterborough, Ontario
Memory and Loss - I.B. Iskov, Thornhill, Ontario
The Trees - Frank Beltrano, London, Ontario
Skimming in The Dark - Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, Oakville
Hieronymus Bosch - Gary E. Miller, Richmond, Ontario
Early Childhood Education: 1956 - Patricia Smekal, Nanoose Bay,
B.C.
Hookers - Ed Woods, Dundas, Ontario
The Depths - James Trettwer, Regina, Saskatchewan
Shadowland - J. Robert Schott, Toronto, Ontario
Wisdom of Time - Joseph Longo, Stouffville, Ontario
The Game - Michael Lazure, Kingston, Ontario
On Ice - Harvey Jenkins, Nanaimo, B.C.
Harper Havoc - Kent Bowman, Toronto, Ontario
Galaxical Glass - Joanna Gale, Markham, Ontario
Lost Dream - Alvin G. Ens, Abbotsford, B.C.
The Fabric of Community - Susan Goble, Waterford, Ontario
A Cold - Susan L. Helwig, Toronto, Ontario
The Art of Dying . . . - Peggy Fletcher , Sarnia, Ontario
Stitches - J. Graham Ducker, Oshawa, Ontario
We Trod You Down - Ann Page, Toronto, Ontario
Fallen Idols - Norma West Linder, Sarnia
Serengeti Morning - Janet Hepburn, Port Dover, Ontario
Message for a friend . . . - Catherine McLaughlin, Grande Prairie,
Alberta
A Day in June - Lillian Williams, South Porcupine, Ontario
Swainson's Thrush - Dorothy Stott, Gibson's, B.C.
Springsong - L. June Stevenson, Ajax, Ontario
Spring Storm - B. Salvin, Ottawa, Ontario
Notes to Self (lll) - Michelle McLean, Lower Brighton, N.B.
Roadsides - S.A. McCormick, Minden, Ontario
Baboon - William Loukides, Toronto, Ontario
The Moniker - Andreas Gripp, London, Ontario
Shooting Stars - Frances Figge, Stoney Creek, Ontario
Ever Coy - Alvin G. Ens, Abbotsford, B.C.
Gruuuaaaarrr - John Di Leonardo, Brooklin, Ontario
Ivy - Todd Grant, Sarnia, Ontario
The Victory Garden - Thomas A. Ryerson, Woodstock, Ontario
Song for a mother ii - Maggie Witzsche, North Vancouver, B.C.
Drought - Steven Michael Berzensky, Toronto, Ontario
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Special thanks to contest judge Bernice Lever,
who spent hours reading and re-reading all 226 poems.
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