Guidelines

Guidelines: (1) Include your name, the title of your original poem, and a brief comment about yourself; (2) Poems may be in any language (please include an English translation); (3) Poems may not violate Nicolet's Social Media Guidelines; (4) Original poems may be submitted anonymously; (5) Submit poems to Ocie Kilgus (okilgus@nicoletcollege.edu). Students who submit original poems are eligible for the Best Original Poem contest. The student with the best poem will be awarded the Ron Parkinson Poetry Matters Student Scholarship Award in the amount of $300. The community member with the best poem will receive dinner for two at Church Street Inn, Hazelhurst. Upon the closing of the Poetry Project, a faculty committee will select the winning poems. The winners of the contest will be recognized at Nicolet College's Award Ceremonies on May 10.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

April 8, 2015

No new poetry submission by students for today’s posting.

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“A Moment Please”
By j.anderson

For a moment
just the briefest of a segment
in the unraveling of a life
I heard gravel tossed up
under the floorboards of the 62 Chevy
dad bought as new
wrapped up with his pride
and driven as proof of success

My mind slipped out of automatic

I was back in the cabin
it was at least 50 years later
Dad had passed away years ago
before this present day
when hail hit the windows
bending time and place and memory
resurrecting the dead for just a moment
by tossing up gravel under the floorboards
like so very long ago.

“I am a recently retired High School Science Teacher newly relocated to the Harrison Hills area of Wisconsin directly south of Rhinelander.  Poetry is an outlet that I hope will keep my mind active for years to come now that the discussions of the classroom have been left behind.  When science teachers retire, suddenly Bees are enough.”
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