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~ The High Spirits Poetry Contest 2024 Winners ~

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
The High Spirits Poetry Contest
2024 Winners!

First Prize: Above Lake Ontario the Butterflies Appear by Corey Elizabeth Jackson, Aurora, ON
Second Prize: PPaper in a squall by Michael Stacey, Burlington, ON
Third Prize: La vita e bella in Tuscany by Roberta McGill, Orillia, ON

20 Honourable Mention Awards - in alphabetical Order by last name

All the World Loves a Clown by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
Happy Song by Dave Bartlett, Parry Sound, Ontario
Low Calorie Love by I.B. Iskov, Toronto, Ontario
I Go To the Place Where Stillness Waits by Corey Elizabeth Jackson, Aurora, Ontario
Soak My Soul in Babbling Brooks by Corey Elizabeth Jackson, Aurora, Ontario
A Night on the Town by Roberta McGill, Orillia, Ontario
Spring Fever in Provence by Roberta McGill, Orillia, Ontario
The Downhill Plunge by John Morris, Ottawa, Ontario
Snow Angels by John Morris, Ottawa, Ontario
Ode to Electric Jack by John Morris, Ottawa, Ontario
Me and Her by Mary Ruth Reed, Larder Lake, Ontario
And Another Sun by K.V. Skene, Toronto, Ontario
Souvenir by K.V. Skene, Toronto, Ontario
Summer in Vermont by Michael Stacey, Burlington, Ontario
Freddy by N.K. Wilson, Toronto, Ontario
Static by Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan
quintessence by Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan
grandson by Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan
Pet Joy by Ed Woods, Dundas, Ontario
My Mistake by Ed Woods, Dundas, Ontario

Special thanks to our judge, Ronda Wicks Eller, for selecting the winners
from over 100 poems submitted.