2022 Dancing Poetry Festival Contest Winners List
This year we had 328 poems from 97 poets living in 20 states and 5 countries
Grand Prizes (3)
Peace is..., Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
Inside Your Body, Lisa Rafel, Oakland, CA
Something Blue for My Daughter-in-Law: A Blessing, Ellen Sazzman, Rockville, MD
First Prizes (6)
El Verbo entregarse…, Jabez Churchill, Ukiah, CA
Hearkening Back, Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Dance of the Mantas, Arlene Downing-Yaconelli, Citrus Heights, CA
The Language of Butterflies, Patricia Doyne, Hayward, CA
Advice from the Continued Songs of Milarepa,Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA
Solvitur Ambulando, Ellarine Lockie,Sunnyvale, CA
Second Prizes (12)
Along the Silk Road, Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
My Story as Told by Dirt, Rosalind Braga, Castro Valley, CA
Libmanan (Town of the plains in Southern Luzon, Philippines), Romeo Alcala Cruz, Hayward, CA
Chromatic Harmonies, Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
Radar at Work, Evie Groch, El Cerrito, CA
The Poem of Dance, Mary K. Lindberg, Bronx, NY
An American Haibun, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
Dancing for a Dime, Marianne Lyon, Yountville, CA
Tree Dancing, Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
A Neighborhood Walk, Elizabeth Palaez Norris, Oakland, CA
Woman At Jerusalem's Western Wall, Ellen Sazzman, Rockville, MD
Emily Bronte, Ruth Wildes Schuler, Novato, CA
Third Prizes (30)
Doors of Experience, Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA
Life is Good, Anne Bonner, Melbourne, FL
Blue Earth, Minnesota Elk Herd at Sunset, Rosalind L. Braga, Castro Valley, CA
Shall We Dance? Constantina Clark, Palatka, FL
Hurray For The Elephants, Carmine Dandrea, Pine City, NY
Psyche and Soma, Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA
Ruined Plans of 2020, Gail Denham, Sunriver, OR
Little League, Patricka Ann Donovan, Novato, CA
The Great Wave Off Kanegawa, Patricia Doyne, Hayward, CA
Discovering, Bridget Eu Yoke Lin, Ipoh, Parak, Malaysia
The Balloon Man, Zee Mink Fuller, Crowley, TX
Living Begins With Breathe, Susan Justiniano, Jersey City, NJ
Naked Ladies, Jennifer Lagier, Monterey, CA
Circle Dance in Bulgaria, Mary Lindberg, Bronx, NY
Before I Became a Willow, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale,
White Canes, Louise Moises, Richmond, CA
Flights into the real world, Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
Riding on the Shing-A-Ling Stroll, Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA
Renewal, Elizabeth Palaez Norris, Oakland, CA
From the Gift Shop in Pompeii, Ellen Peckham, Spuyten Duyvil, NY
A Self Portrait, Van Gogh, Kenneth Peterson, Alameda, CA
There Am I, Deborah Bachels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA
Book Ballet, Ruth Wildes Schuler, Novato, CA
The Gardener, Eliza Shefler, Albany, CA
10 Minutes Till Showtime!!, Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
Tango, James A. Tweedie, Long Beach, WA
Dad, Fats, and Me, Abbie Johnson Taylor, Sheridan, WY
Party Invitation, Lilija Valia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lookout!, Kari Wergeland, Davis, CA
Nearly Seventy Now, Still Listening, Diane Woodcock, Qatar,