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 27, 2011

April 27, 2011

"Colors"
By Alexandra Jaros

The sun rises
The sun sets
No one despises
No one has regrets
You'll never fight
The colors of the sky
Shining so bright
Will make you cry
The bright sun
Sparkling in the sky
Having fun
It doesn't lie
Sit and stare
At this beautiful sight
You can't help but share
This beautiful night
The sun rises
The sun sets
No one despises
No one has regrets

"I write poems when I am not able to sleep about things that are going on in my life or my family's lives. So I don't start out with a certain type of poem; it just ends up being what sounds best."

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"love song"
By Janice Kanyusik

I once met a word
who wore her own tutu
who danced across the page
and leapt into my eye
who left me on the threshold
spinning

"This poem is an attempt to express my love for words and for the process of reading and writing poetry."
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