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.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013

A Haiku
By Leslie Trochlil

Music flows in steps.
Petals, leaves rustle through skirts.
The light of ballet.

"I have been dancing ballet for 16 years. With its own rhythms, fluidity, stories, and grace, ballet could easily be described as poetry in motion."

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“Gray Moods (on the side)”
By Shane Teter
 
Gifts from the gift shop (advertising)
Strangers in public places (web browsing)
April 15, 2013 (snowing)
Grand aspirations (quotidian abilities)
 
“A novel for one my classes used parenthesis in a clever way. So I played around with that use for this poem.”

 
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