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 25, 2017

April 25, 2017

“Amnesia”
By Patricia Brewer

Learn from your mistakes – 
They say it makes you stronger – 
I have amnesia

 “I am attending Nicolet as a nursing student and have a BA in English with a minor in Women’s Studies from UW-Whitewater. The poem is a reflection of myself.”

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 “Phoenix Hotel”
By Cirina Gasparri 

 You caress my curves as though you carved them yourself 
Hot breath 
And sweat
And sheets that scream wealth

 A taste for the finer things
You find in me
The places even I don't see

 [Cirina is a community member.]


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