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 12, 2016
“Winter”
A haiku
By Megan Dootson, Danielle Lucas, Yin Xiao, and Rachel Butler
You sadden my soul
Snow falling and ice freezing
Winter disappear
* * * * * * * * * *
“Blown Away Hungry”
By Jane Banning
A hummingbird hovers
near the bobbing red feeder
its wings emerald blurs
feet tucked up tight
like frightened gray knobs
a quick sip
and it blows
into leaves showing
the silver backs of their hands
