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.

Friday, April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013

“Silence”
By Tatum Swenson

A whisper that did sound so clear
placed gentle lies into your ear.
The risk you wish you didn’t take;
the pain will never go away.
The past that scar reminds you of,
never again dare fall in love.
Like a Lamb you’ll never tell,
the secret that you kept so well.
 
"Lessons learned! Sometimes, relationships don't go so well, but you'll learn from your mistakes instead of regretting the past."
 
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"Around the Table"
A Tanka By Chef Kevin Brown
 
Restaurants serve food
made of picture perfect art.
Making memories,
of good times celebrated
around a table with friends.
 
"Restaurants help a lot of people celebrate good times and remember times from long ago . . . come celebrate and make memories with us at the Top of the Hill."

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