[Kate Benedict]

1. Birthday Visit
2. The Hunt
3. Oleka

[Brian Watson]

1. "Less love, more heads on pikes!"
2. Oleka
3. "Apache freezing drizzle"

[Siham Karami]

This is one of the hardest sets of sonnets to choose between. Kudos to all the finalists and the Secret D G for a top notch selection! My choices, quickly, before I hem and haw too long...

1. Portrait of Chichikov
2. Birthday Visit
3. "Less Love, More Heads on Pikes!"

I wanted to include "Lines," which is a gorgeous poem, but opted for what got to me a little more.

[Eileen Cleary]

1. Birthday Visit
2. "Less love, more heads on pikes!"
3. Olēka

[Conor Kelly]

1: The Hunt
2: Apache freezing drizzle
3: Portrait of Chicikov

[Tim Murphy]

Oleka
The Hunt

[Maryann Corbett]

1. "Less love, more heads on pikes"
2. Apache freezing drizzle
3. The Hunt

[Nigel Mace]

1. Lines
2. While Listening To Bells
3. Ex-terrestrial

[Mary Meriam]

1. Lines
2. "Less love, more heads on pikes!"
3. Birthday Visit

[Birthe Myers]

1: Birthday Visit
2: From The Top
3: Oleka