Poetry Catalog is pleased to announce the winners, honorable mentions, and featured poems for our First Annual Spring Poetry Contest - 2024. Guest judge and poet Hiram Larew had this to say: Give poets the chance to celebrate the wonders of cheese, and just watch what happens. Haikus, prose or list poems. Homages, persona poems and more. Many poets … [Read more...] about Spring 2024 Poetry Contest: Winners
The Underdog, By: Steven Mcdonald
From Rudy to RockyTo Cinderella ManHoosiers, Kurt WarnerWe all were a fan Witness the upsetIt's so very niceA country rejoicedThe Miracle on Ice Everything he hadAll he could musterWe'll never forgetA boxer named Buster The joy of victoryWhen teammates will hug1994 in AtlantaA gymnast named Strug Moments locked in memoryFrozen in timeUnknowns no moreAutographs now … [Read more...] about The Underdog, By: Steven Mcdonald
From The Italian Of Michael Angelo, By: William Wordsworth
Yes! hope may with my strong desire keep pace,And I be undeluded, unbetrayed;For if of our affections none finds graceIn sight of Heaven, then, wherefore hath God madeThe world which we inhabit? Better pleaLove cannot have, than that in loving theeGlory to that eternal Peace is paid,Who such divinity to thee impartsAs hallows and makes pure all gentle hearts.His hope is … [Read more...] about From The Italian Of Michael Angelo, By: William Wordsworth
Say Cheese!, By: Thomas Hemminger
Your fifth birthday partywhen our bonehead neighborblew out your candles andmade you cry…but some cake and ice cream sure helpedto make a great picture, Sweetheart. Eight years after that you opened yourgiant birthday present andsaw Shelby for the first time,bow around her neck,looking up at you for answers.What a great reason to cry again, … [Read more...] about Say Cheese!, By: Thomas Hemminger