ARIZONA | Noble F. Collins | Payson | “Cold Judgement" |
ARKANSAS | Charlie Southerland | Viola | “Farm Girl” |
CALIFORNIA | Josephine Carpignano | San Mateo | “Elegy to a Beloved Colleague” |
COLORADO | Ben Humphrey | Fort Garland | “The Tidings of Magpies” |
CONNECTICUT | Sue Scheck | Waterford | “The New Puppy” |
DELAWARE | Joane Faulls | Newark | “Fredelski” |
DISTRICT of COLUMBIA | Vary Coates | Washington |
“Behind the Pearl Earrings…On the Other Hand” |
FLORIDA | Joe Cyr | Sarasota | “Forest Seasons” |
GEORGIA | Sylvia R. Sampson-Haney* |
Stockbridge |
"The Guest" |
ILLINOIS | Glenna Holloway* | Naperville | “Critic’s Review of a Leading Role” |
INDIANA | Gail M. Brant* | Anderson | "Time" |
IOWA | Margo Rupp | Cedar Rapids | "Another Night" |
KANSAS | Marie Asner* | Overland Park | “The Poet” |
KENTUCKY | Christina Lovin | Lancaster | “Two” |
LOUISIANA | Albert L. Baker | New Orleans | “New Clear Fishin’ “ |
MAINE | Dana Robbins | Portland | “At the Beach” |
MASSACHUSETTS | Marian Kaplun Shapiro | Lexington | "Instructions to My Children" |
MICHIGAN | Sallie A. Hinds* |
Au Gres | “Retrospection” |
MINNESOTA | Judy Olson Mosca | North Mankato | “Friendship/Sisterhood of an Only Child” |
MISSISSIPPI | Judy Davies* | Gautier | "Carry Me High" |
MISSOURI | Billy Adams | De Soto | “Above the Clag” |
NEBRASKA | Robert B. Robeson* | Lincoln | “Sometims Time is Something that Runs Out” |
NEVADA | Sperry Hannah | Las Vegas | “Saddle Music” |
NEW JERSEY | Ray Van Lenten | Rochelle Park | “Turtles In the Sun” |
NEW MEXICO | S. A. Young | Santa Fe | “vanescing Salad Days” |
NEW YORK | Kathryn Howd Machan | Ithaca | “At the Veterans Hospital” |
NORTH CAROLINA | Jean Calkins | Waynesville | "That Cat" |
NORTH DAKOTA | Theodore Skaggs* | Fargo | “Squaw On a Rock” |
OHIO | Ella Cather-Davis | New Richmond | "Fire from Paradise" |
OKLAHOMA | Dena R. Gorrell | Edmond | “A Psalm for Poets” |
OREGON | Dewell H. Byrd | Central Point | “Storm Clouds Gathering” |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Verna Puntigan* | Spartanburg |
"Playing Pianissimo" |
TENNESSEE | Caroline Zarlengo Sposto* | Memphis | “Audacious Dandelion” |
TEXAS | Nick Sweet | Shepherd | “While She Slept” |
UTAH | Vera Ogden Bakker* | West Bountiful | "Beyond My Means" |
VIRGINIA | Elaine P. Morgan | Warrenton | “Beaujolais” |
WASHINGTON | Frieda Risvold | Des Moines | “Wish” |
WEST VIRGINIA | Maureen Paccione* | Harpers Ferry | “For the Children (Sandy Hook)” |
WISCONSIN | Peggy Trojan* | Brule | “Everyday Love” |
WYOMING | Renee Meador | Big Horn | “Companion” |