Glimmer Train's
Poetry Open
Top 25 Winners And Finalists

1st-place winner:
Michelle Bitting for "Trees"

2nd-place winner:
Pamela Porter for "Benediction"

3rd-place winner:
Helen Ross for "The Chicken"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:
Marilyn Abildskov for "In the Language of Animal Behaviorists"
Tia Ballantine for "A Comprehensive Map of Paradise"
Curtis Bauer for "Becoming A Crow"
Emily DePrang for "Wreck"
Jeff Fearnside for "Lake"
Matthew Gallant for "The Dying Song"
Carmen Gimenez-Rosello for "On Voice"
Iris Gomez for "History Lesson & Jump/Cuts"
Kevin King for "The Journey"
Richard King for "Nihilism Means Nothing to Me Anymore"
Kate Ledger for "Incarnation"
Erica Litz for "The Queen of Colombia"
Brandon Nolta for "Terraqueous"
Michelle (M.B.) Penn for "Last Night of Ramadan"
Frank Polite for "The Darkening Wood"
Pamela Porter for "To Open the Sky"
Margaret Rabb for "Boxes"
P.B. Rippey for "Promoting Self-Esteem"
Judy Rowley for "Poetry Open"
J.L. Teagle for "The Yellow Moon"
Emily Wall for "Love Letter to the Japanese Maple"
Beth Wallo for "Earthwards"