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.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

April 1, 2012

"Look and See"
Anonymous

My life is an awkward silence.
It is a blue moon in a sea of mermaids.
It is a lonely forest - mysterious and wanting.
It is the rain that falls from skittles.
It can be moon dust mixed with sun rays.
But most of all
it's a rainbow of emotions, friends, family, love, hurt, evil, and
neverending doors.

I am a Youth Options student and a liberal, free spirit in every sense.

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"April Fool's Day"
By Ocie Kilgus


It’s really such a pity
to awaken not slightly giddy.
For the day is such
to fool so much.
In the spirit of the hour
as the early morning flowers
devise a delicious prank
To those so very frank.
The writing of senseless limericks passes the time in the waiting room, on the plane, and on sleepless nights. This one initiates National Poetry Month and celebrates the innocent nature of April 1st. Of course, my apologies go to Calvin Trillin!
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