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2020 Contest Poems

Jennifer Edwards, “I’m Trying”

October 17, 2023October 31, 2020 by New England Poetry Club

Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Dzvinia Orlowsky I’m Trying not to weaponize bitterness.Not to poison or overwhelm whenknocking down doors barely creakingopen or remaining locked. I’m enabling my … Read more

Categories 2020 Contest Poems Tags Amy Lowell Prize

Barbara Boches, “To ESOL Instructors: For Their Safety — You Will Refer to Domestic Abuse Survivors By Flower Names”

October 17, 2023October 31, 2020 by New England Poetry Club

Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Dzvinia Orlowsky To ESOL Instructors: For Their Safety — You Will Refer to Domestic Abuse Survivors By Flower Names         … Read more

Categories 2020 Contest Poems, Contests Tags Amy Lowell Prize

Stephan Delbos, “Poem for Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg and the Sea Serpent of Plymouth Bay” 


October 17, 2023October 31, 2020 by New England Poetry Club

Amy Lowell Prize Co-Winner, selected by Dzvinia Orlowsky Poem for Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg and the Sea Serpent of Plymouth BayJune 14, 1857. Henry David Thoreau’s Journal“Watson tells me that … Read more

Categories 2020 Contest Poems Tags Amy Lowell Prize

Moira Linehan,”Accounting”

October 17, 2023October 31, 2020 by New England Poetry Club

Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Accounting             Beyond the Border Wall:             The Migrant Quilt Project, Tucson Sector             New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA Moira Linehan is … Read more

Categories 2020 Contest Poems Tags Samuel Washington Allen Prize

Jennifer L Freed, “Cerebral Hemorrhage”

October 17, 2023October 31, 2020 by New England Poetry Club

Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Cerebral Hemorrhage 1.In the room with the drawn curtains, my mother wakesenough to ask what’s happened to her,but You hurt your headis … Read more

Categories 2020 Contest Poems Tags Samuel Washington Allen Prize
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