[Michael Juster]

Midge Goldberg for "Tennis Practice Against the Garage Door." Rachel Hadas was the judge.

Finalists included:

Catherine Chandler "Family at Sunset Beach, California"
Robert Daseler "Deprived of Weather"
Anna Evans "A Tune to Remember"
Carol Frith "Rumor of a Route"
Len Krisak "Zeitgebers"
Robert Mezey "Insomnia"
John Ridland "6. Pete Irvine Ph.D. (1931-1976)
David Stephenson "Knife Grinder"
Katherine Barrett Swett "Yet another view"
Marilyn L. Taylor "Scaffolding"
AntonYakolev "Peter's Denial"

This list is full of outstanding people & poets--congratulations to them all.

Final judge for the next competition: Dana Gioia

Mike Juster (on behalf of Bill Baer)