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~ Ultra Short Poem Competition, 2025 Winners List ~

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
The Ultra Short Poem Competition
2025 Winners!

First Prize: Les Tissues by Rebecca Clifford, Caledonia, ON
Second Prize: The Dance by Janet Edwards, Ottawa, ON
Third Prize: Why is it that it's Always Women by Charlotte Blair, Utterson, ON
Fourth Prize: Kiss by Jonathan Sprung, Belleville, ON

40 Judge's Choice Awards (in alphabetical order by last name)

Music puts order in the melee by Dave Bartlett, Parry Sound, ON
I took a walk with sad today by Charlotte Blair, Utterson, ON
Call me the awkward optimist by Charlotte Blair, Utterson, ON
Dreamer in the Subway by Inez Caldwell, Toronto, ON
Waking with Mahler by Inez Caldwell, Toronto, ON
Poem of the Eight Steps by Sima Chen, Waterloo, ON
Black and White Photo by Alison Colvin, Toronto, ON
Spring Brûlée by Angie Conrad, Salt Spring Island, BC
grief by Marie De Roy, Cochrane, AB
remains by Marie De Roy, Cochrane, AB
at times a weed by Neil Desborough, Thamesford, ON
a breath stirs leaves by Neil Desborough, Thamesford, ON
An Asterism I Know by Jacqueline DiRamio, St. Catharines, ON
Paramour by Janet Edwards, Ottawa, ON
Tangled and Untangled by Robert Ezergailis, Toronto, ON
A Wrinkle and a Scar by Louise Fairley, Edmonton, AB
Pocket Treasure by Melanie Flores, Toronto, ON
Urban War Zone, Ukraine by Meg Freer, Kingston, ON
In the Bathroom by Meg Freer, Kingston, ON
Tough Guys by Meg Freer, Kingston, ON
Affair by Mary Anne Griffiths, Ingersoll, ON
Starting Over by Debbie Okun Hill, St. Andrews, MB
Snowy Cemetery by Halyna Koba, Hamilton, ON
This and That by John Krafchek, West Montrose, ON
At Crow Lake by Ruth Latta, Ottawa, ON
Metamorphosis by Sharon D Loduca, Oshawa, ON
At The Window by Kim Mannix, Sherwood Park, AB
haptic by Eamonn Mc Mahon, Vancouver, BC
Imaginary Life - Number 8.66i by Husain Mehdi, Mississauga, ON
Everything Comes In by Nicholas Minh, Oakville, ON
it would be so easy by Sarah Moroz, Waterloo, ON
Trust by Rosemary Nowicki, Richmond, BC
Force by Lori-Anne Noyahr, Toronto, ON
The Talisman by by Lori-Anne Noyahr, Toronto, ON
As a kid who by Sarah Sangster, Regina, SK
Some Poems by K.V. Skene, Toronto, ON
Soap by Jonathan Sprung, Belleville, ON
Zoom Zoom by Keri Switzer, Grimsby, ON
Across from Me by Renee Thompson, Ottawa, ON
Preserved by Dianne Wey, Kitchener, ON

Many thanks to our Judge, David Stones. He read every poem
several times before selecting the winning entries.