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    Poetry Diversified 2018: A Human Experience Anthology
    Poetry Diversified 2018: A Human Experience Anthology
    Poetry Diversified 2018: A Human Experience Anthology
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    Poetry Diversified 2018: A Human Experience Anthology

    By Lucinda J. Clark

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    Poetry Diversified 2018 showcases the compiled experiences of the 2016-2017 Poetry Matters Literary Prize winners. The anthology is filled with language that bears the souls of forty poets with 40 different stories to tell. The title says it all; these poets represent diversities in age, gender, religion and every type of social category, which their various experiences represent. Each poet takes their readers through different emotional peaks and valleys, from sorrow and guilt to discovery, hope, and joy. Poetry Diversified will suit the tastes of anyone who is stirred by emerging poetic voices.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 10, 2019
    ISBN9781941416167
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      Poetry Diversified 2018 - Lucinda J. Clark

      Poetry Diversified

      2018

      A Human Experience Anthology

      Editor Lucinda J. Clark

      Copyright 2018 @ PRA Publishing

      All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, television or blog review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the Publisher. Copyright ownership for each poem remains with the poet whose name appears with the title.

      PRA Publishing

      P.O. Box 211701

      Martinez, Georgia 30917

      www.prapublishing.com

      ISBN 978-1941416-16-7 (ePub)

      ISBN 978-1941416-17-4 (Mobi)

      LCCN 2018938055

      Cover design by Rada Kuznetsova

      For

      Spring Robinson- Mahogany Red

      Acknowledgments

      This edition of Poetry Diversified comes as we celebrate our eighteenth year of awarding literary prizes for emerging voices. We have so many people to thank for our continued success. First, there are the volunteers that judge. To my children; Jeska and Xavier Clark who have been judging since its beginning. They are now in their mid-twenties and keep their schedules open when the call to judge comes even now. To Pauline Findlay, Sharon Schroeder, Calvin Pennywell and Leah Smith.

      To Tulane University remote interns Rada Kuznetsova for her thoughtful introduction and painstaking effort to stay true to poet’s intentions while editing. Kayla Davis who worked on review with intent to learn as much about the process of putting an anthology together.

      To the teachers who encourage students to enter year after year like Jen Karetnick of Miami Arts Charter Schools. It has been a pleasure reading the thoughts of the future minds you shape.

      To Laura Macdonald, our newest team member, who came to the party late but asked the one question that kept this project and several others on track. While I could go on I will stop here because you, dear reader, want to get on with it. Enjoy.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction Rada Kuznetsova

      2016 Winners

      Middle School Category

      Suspenseful City (Mateo Strickland)

      Downcast (Isabella Matthei)

      Regrets (Alana Olivero)

      Fake (Maia Tasker)

      High School Category

      The Number Game (Daniela Antelo)

      Dear Abuela (Naomi Jeanpierre)

      Cosmic Soul (Nyaila Newbold)

      The Mask (Allyson Ifergan)

      Adults Category

      You Became My Father (Gina Marie Mammano)

      Hairology (Amanda O’Mara)

      That Brilliant Samba (David Morgan O’Connor)

      Lighthouse (Melanie Lucht)

      Seniors Category

      Never at Rest (Nancy Louise Cook)

      Barefoot in Montgomery (Lee Patton)

      Jack’s Commitments (Robert Ronnow)

      International Poets Category

      Mapendo (Mima Kabwe)

      I Procrastinated (Graca N. Kibio)

      Hope (Siya Ntsumpa)

      The Wayfarer’s Waterloo (Yvonne Wedgewood)

      2017 Winners

      Middle School Dave Drake Award

      To the Willow (Elyse Thomas – 1st Place)

      The Anatomy of Hope (Angelina Minittee – 2nd Place)

      Trumpet of the Herald (Turner Tollusziz – 3rd Place)

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