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.
April 6, 2013
No poetry by students for today's posting.
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“Passing of a Pin-Oak Leaf”
By Ocie Kilgus
Hanging on by a thread,
you can barely sway, shimmy, and shake,
but still . . . you flaunt and dangle the remnants of winter.
When fresh winds come to town,
you spend the
night whispering and plotting.
When the sky rains, you weep in solidarity.
When I plead for a new spring,
you turn your back with resolute disdain.
"It is supposed to snow again tonight . . . "
