Utah State Poetry Society
Winners List 2007 Contest
Category 1. Introduction Contest 11 entries (2 disqualified)
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Madelyn Eastlund (FL)
1st Ellen Nicholson Walker Passing Middle Age Spring City UT
2nd Diane Stefan Meeting With My Father’s Friend Mountain Home AR
3rd Lynne Aaron Rust and Silence Provo UT
Category 3. Dale E. Cutting Social & Political Issues 61 entries (1 disqualified)
Sponsor: Pat Cutting Judge: Budd Powell Mahan (TX)
1st Nad Richard Brown War Springville UT
2nd Patricia A. Kimber Why Don’t We Believe Them? South Jordan UT
3rd Emery L. Campbell Capitalism’s Conscience Compormised Lawrenceville GA
1st HM Nona Horsley The Open Door Ogden UT
2nd HM LaVerna B. Johnson The Battlefield St George UT
3rd HM Endangered Legacy Geraldine Felt Layton UT
SR Theda Bassett Forty Quarters Salt Lake City UT
SR Rynell Lewis In the Name of Progress Provo UT
SR Catherine Moran The most valuable Little Rock AR
Category 5. ABC Verse 42 entries
Sponsor: LaVerna B. Johnson Judge: Melba Dungey (WV)
1st Gail M. Peterson For Life and Home Roy UT
2nd Dawnell H. Griffin Holiday Zoo Cove UT
3rd Vera Bakker Senior’s Shopping List W Bountiful UT
1st HM Kathy Larson Animals Salt Lake City UT
2nd HM Kolette Montague Words on Writer’s Block Centerville UT
3rd HM Kathy Larson A Boy Child Salt Lake City UT
SR Vera Bakker Naming the Baby W Bountiful UT
SR Theda Bassett Gain Winning Poetic Ways Salt Lake City UT
SR Cindy Bechtold Overs Pleasant Grove UT
SR Patricia A. Kimber Basketbrawl South Jordan UT
Category 6. LeRoy Meagher Humorous 83 entries (1 disqualified)
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Doris Stengel (MN)
1st Clarence P. Socwell Emulating David Ogden UT
2nd Theda Bassett Bitten in the Big Apple Salt Lake City UT
3rd Nona Horsley Grimm’s Bar and Grill Ogden UT
1st HM Mary Ann Meiling No Vacancy Midvale UT
2nd HM Kolette Montague It Just So Happens ... Centerville UT
3rd HM Peggy Kadir she calls it velcro Salt Lake City UT
SR Nad Richard Brown Searching for the Niche Springville UT
SR Crystie Cook Bringing Up the Rear on Horseback . . . Sandy UT
SR Karen K. Gibson Amazing Grace ProvoUT
SR Juanita B. Watts On the Edge Layton UT
Category 7. David & Robert Balph Memorial 72 entries (1 disqualified)
Sponsor: Martha Balph Judge: June Gilbaugh (OH)
1st Juanita B. Watts Praying for Love Layton UT
2nd Clarence P. Socwell Joint Tenants of Alcedo Volcano, Galapagos Ogden UT
3rd Juanita B. Watts Turtles Tidal Tiptoe Layton UT
1st HM Marilyn Larrabee Gnats Bountiful UT
2nd HM Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson Spider Notes Bountiful UT
3rd HM Sue Ranglack Jonah in the Belly of Night Murray UT
SR Crystie Cook Gray Wolf Run, Denali National Park Sandy UT
SR Dawnell H. Griffin Lions of the Sea Cove UT
SR Rosalyn Ostler My Neighbor Asks Me to Teach a Bird Salt Lake City UT
SR L. C. Snell Magpies in Spring or Any Other Time Highland UT
Category 10. LeRoy Meagher Sonnet 38 entries
Sponsor: Meagher Memorial Fund Judge: Ann Gasser (PA)
1st Marilyn Larrabee Urban Sprawl Bountiful UT
2nd T. Kevin Clark Centerfold Salt Lake City UT
3rd LaVerna B. Johnson Computer Litter It St George UT
1st HM Catherine Moran Salome Little Rock AR
2nd HM Merrijane Rice Halloween Sonnet Bountiful UT
3rd HM Helen Keith Beaman Through Strands fo Space Provo UT
SR Marillyn B. Johnson Auschwitz After 60 Years Salt Lake City UT
SR Clarence P. Socwell Departure Ogden UT
SR Dalene Stull Home Place Danville OH
SR Ellen Nicholson Walker Flying Changes Spring City UT
Category 13. LeRoy Meagher Free Verse 74 entries (2 disqualified)
Sponsor: Meagher Memorial Fund Judge: Lucille Morgan Wilson (IA)
1st Emery L. Campbell A Day at the Beach Lawrenceville GA
2nd Elaine W. Christensen Her Hair Still Down Sandy UT
3rd Sharon Price Anderson Green Thumb Orem UT
1st HM LaVerna B. Johnson Fishing with Michael Jordan St George UT
2nd HM Catherine Moran He Said My Poetry is Nice Little Rock AR
3rd HM L. C. Snell Returning to Sand Hill Highland UT
SR M .M Fisher Growing Season Salt Lake City UT
SR Grace Diane Jessen Blue Glenwood UT
SR Kolette Montague They Talk of Baggage Centerville UT
SR Dalene Stull Playing with Mandy Danville OH
Category 15. USPS Free Verse 87 entries (1 disqualified)
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Carlee Swann (SD)
1st Candy L. Fowler Anasazi Voice St George UT
2nd Nad Richard Brown Seeking to Fathom thee Sea Springville UT
3rd Lavon B. Carroll The Convent of Tolon Ogden UT
1st HM N. Colwell Snell Soldier Boy Salt Lake City UT
2nd HM Helen Mar Cook In the Company of Poets Argyle TX
3rd HM Mary Ann Meiling Naturalists at Play Midvale UT
SR Vera Bakker Mightier Than the Pen W Bountiful UT
SR Elaine W. Christensen In the Morning Sandy UT
SR Kathy Larson Strength Salt Lake City UT
SR Rosalyn Ostler In Need of Flying Lessons Salt Lake City UT
Category 18. Granny Love 60 entries (2 disqualified)
Sponsor: McClurg Family Judge: Lois Beebe Hayna (CO)
1st Sue Ranglack Abuela Noche Murray UT
2nd Helen Mar Cook Bells on Her Toes Argyle TX
3rd Mary Ann Meiling Until We Meet Midvale UT
1st HM Judy Johns People in the Bear Lake Family Reunion Picture Pleasant View UT
2nd HM Helen Mar Cook A Place of Old Pictures Argyle TX
3rd HM Emery L. Campbell heartache Lawrenceville GA
SR LaVon B. Carroll A Wreath for My Grandmother Ogden UT
SR Dalene Stull Pone Danville OH
SR Juantia B. Watts Gramma Pearl Layton UT
Category 19. $hoot for the Loot 65 entries (3 disqualified)
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Kaye V. Abikhaled (TX)
1st Candy L. Fowler The Rice Trade St George UT
2nd Eric H. Read Vietnam Memories Brigham City UT
3rd Helen Keith Beaman Enhanced Vision Provo UT
1st HM N. Colwell Snell Adoption 1944 Salt Lake City UT
2nd HM Rynell Lewis Things Broken Provo UT
3rd HM L. C. Snell The Smell of New Hay Highland UT
SR Geraldine Felt Noah Webster Layton UT
SR Marillyn B. Johnson China Cycle Salt Lake City UT
SR N. Colwell Snell Bridging the Gap Salt Lake City UT
SR N. Colwell Snell Vienna 1956 Salt Lake City UT
Category 21. Eric W. Christensen Memorial 57 entries
Sponsor: Elaine Christensen Judge: Alan Birkelbach (TX)
1st Karen K. Gibson From Crib to Bed Provo UT
2nd Crystie Cook At the Muscovado Sugar Mill Ruins, Poerto Rico Sandy UT
3rd Sharon Price Anderson Cherry Tree Son Orem UT
1st HM Sue Ranglack To the End of the World Murray UT
2nd HM Mary Ann Meiling I Thought This Wwas Only a Nine-Month Agreement Midvale UT
3rd HM Lyle E. Wiggins Cross-hairs Salt Lake City UT
SR Markay Brown Mother of Sons Springville UT
SR Helen Mar Cook Paper Route Argyle TX
SR LaVerna B. Johnson Remembering Fremitus While Cleaning the Fridge St George UT
SR Sue Ranglack After the 7th Grade Band Concert Murray UT
Category 22. Reader Award 42 entries
Sponsor: Jean Jenkins Judge: Barbara Brent Brower (MI)
1st Martha P. Morrise Ahtram Enaj Roy UT
2nd Clarence P. Socwell Don’t Cast Pearls Before Swine Ogden UT
3rd Theda Bassett Thomas A. Titamus Salt Lake City UT
1st HM LaVerna B. Johnson Affording Peace St George UT
2nd HM Maurine E. Haltiner A Gathering of Bones and Feathers Salt Lake City UT
3rd HM M. M. Fisher Speaking Not in Tongues Salt Lake City UT
SR Martha P. Morrise Isolation Roy UT
SR Eric H. Read Last of the Summer Wine Brigham City UT
SR N. Colwell Snell The Gambler Salt Lake City UT
SR Dalene Stull Jeweled Apple Danville OH
Category 23. Occasion Poetry 66 entries
Sponsor: Geraldine Felt Judge: Pat King (IA)
1st Elaine W. Christensen The Family Pageant Sandy UT
2nd Martha P. Morrise His Eighteenth Birthday Roy UT
3rd LaVon B. Carroll Wagner Ogden UT
1st HM Martha P. Morrise Christmas in Canada Roy UT
2nd HM Nona Horsley I Paint You Warm Ogden UT
3rd HM Dawnell H. Griffin Baptism Cove UT
SR Grace Diane Jessen Scents of the Season Glenwood UT
SR Kolette Montague All Hallow’s Eve Centerville UT
SR Geraldine R. Pratt Through a New Year’s Day Murray UT
SR L. C. Snell Ides of October Highland UT
Category 24. Zara Sabin Memorial 74 entries (4 disqualified)
Sponsor: Rhyme & Reason Chapter Judge: Joy M. Campbell (PA)
1st Robert V. Davis Windows of My Mind Ogden UT
2nd Kolette Montague The Trickster’s Shadow Centerville UT
3rd Karen K. Gibson Surprise Attack Provo UT
1st HM Rosalyn Ostler Cleaning the Garage Salt Lake City UT
2nd HM Kathy Larson Never Give In Salt Lake City UT
3rd HM Lyel E. Wiggins Piecing the Puzzle Together Salt Lake City UT
SR Vera Bakker Windy Night W Bountiful UT
SR Nad Richard Brown The Day I Disapppeared Springville UT
SR Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson Reincarnation Bountiful UT
SR Eric H. Read The Dying Day Brigham City UT
Category 31. Rex Campbell Memorial 45 entries 1 disqualified)
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Herbert W. Denmark (GA)
1st Star Gazing on Playa La Puente Rincon, Puerto Rico Sandy UT
2nd Theda Bassett Patience of Hibiscus Salt Lake City UT
3rd Patricia A. Kimber An Echo of You South Jordan UT
1st HM Clarence P. Socwell Celestial Flower Ogden UT
2nd HM Elaine W. Christensen Ave Pacem Sandy UT
3rd HM Emery L. Campbell Meager Legacy Lawrenceville GA
SR Vera Bakker Bliss of Solitude W Bountiful UT
SR Geraldine Felt Wildflower Layton UT
SR LaVerna B. Johnson Magical Inch, Ireland St George UT
SR Kolette Montague Entanglements Centerville UT
Category 34. Up and Coming 21 entries
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Tom Padgett (MO)
1st Kathleen M. Campbell Orange West Valley City UT
2nd Roger Baker Generations Erda UT
3rd Roger Baker Acorn Erda UT
1st HM Katheryn Newman Jasperson Illumination North Salt Lake UT
2nd HM Holly Harmon Alignment Centerville UT
3rd HM Gail M. Peterson Yesterdays Attic Roy UT
SR Stacy W. Julin Spider Memories Provo UT
SR Gail M. Peterson A Woman’s Journey Roy UT
Category 37. Kathryn Kay Poetry 69 entries (1 disqualified)
Sponsor: Valley Winds Chapter Judge: Maxine K. Russell (MN)
1st Nad Richard Brown Doing Time Inside a Poem Springville UT
2nd LaVerna B. Johnson Literary Judgment in Ireland St George UT
3rd N. Colwell Snell Things To Do With Bottles Salt Lake City UT
1st HM Martha P. Morrise Night Writing Exercise Roy UT
2nd HM Mary Ann Meiling Conception Midvale UT
3rd HM Theda Bassett At the Barricades Salt Lake City UT
SR Helen Keith Beaman ON the Horizon Provo UT
SR Emery L. Campbell Sonnets >From the Duc de Guise Lawrenceville GA
SR Nona Horsley Trouble With Retirement Ogden UT
SR Judy Johns Poetry Restaurant Pleasant View UT
Category 39. Ken Brewer Memorial 83 entries (1 disqualified)
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Cy Swann (TX & SD)
1st Sharon Price Anderson Before Elijah Orem UT
2nd M. M. Fisher Leaves Salt Lake City UT
3rd Sharon Price Anderson From Wooded Lands Orem UT
1st HM Rosalyn Ostler Following a Truck Loaded With Pipe Salt Lake City UT
2nd HM Markay Brown Renewal Springville UT
3rd HM Helen Mar Cook Last Night Argyle TX
SR Karen K. Gibson Reconciliation Provo UT
SR Maurine E. Haltiner The Glove Salt Lake City UT
SR Kolette Montague Cotton Stockings and Silk Scarves Centerville UT
SR Joel Passey Daughters Layton UT
Category 40. Lloyd Murray Light Verse 23 entries
Sponsor: USPS Judge: Beverly Taylor (WV)
1st Gail G. Schimmelpfennig Limbo Snowman Sandy UT
2nd Masrtha P. Morrise Charley Horse Roy UT
3rd Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson Promises . . . Promises Bountiful UT
1st HM Theda Bassett This Happens Every Year Salt Lake City UT
2nd HM Janet J. Williams Bitten and Hidden Bountiful UT
3rd HM Dalene Stull Rest-Room Danville OH