I'd guessed (or remembered) all but Ralph's, Julie's and Susan's. Dang them and their mysteriousness !
For sheer poetic brilliance and ambition, I choose Easter Morning and Pu-Abi.
For sheer delight and fearless acceptance of Joy: Rays at Cape Hatteras and Serenading.
For gentle or surprising insights and emotion: The Quick and the Dead, Lord Newborough, Riderless Horses
For understated and moving poignancy: Homeless in Harvard Square, All I Need to Know
Best poem to curl up with: For Claire. (What a crooner !)
For compassion and keen observation: The Surgical Ward, The Limits of Art, Newborough, Smoke Signals, After Christmas, Homeless
Best poem to seduce a teacher with: Dialectic Dance (!)
Most emotionally wrenching: Visiting the Surgical Ward, The Quick and the Dead, Pu-Abi, Easter Morning
Most memorable and apt phrase: The Limits of Art (legless with relief)
For imaginative and vivid imagery: Stuck Life
Most musically delicious: To the Dead of Winter, For Claire, Easter Morning.
Best closing lines: (wowza) Smoke Signals, Stuck Life, Hatteras.
Best Hallmark Verse: The Nature of This. ; )
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And I'm not even a Libra...
I've enjoyed all the poems for different reasons, obviously. My thanks to all for the time, generosity and goodwill which makes these kinds of events possible to take part in or simply watch and learn from: Timothy, Carol, Rhina, Sharon, and our indispensable members !!
wendy
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