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MN poetry: St. Paul sidewalk winners

Posted at 9:21 AM on May 23, 2011 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
Filed under: Minnesota Poets, Poetry, Public Art

The winners of this year's Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk have been announced. Five winners were selected from 584 submissions. I could just choose one to share this week, but they're short, so why not share all five? Enjoy! Soon these poems will be coming to a sidewalk near you...


*****


I can't remember
all the flowers she taught me.
Her pansies worry.

by Michael Murphy


*****

Four feet tall and poised,
glove on, front row, third base line,
yearning for the foul.

by Michael Russelle


*****


Evening Chores

When the door claps its frame
the goat runs as if I were
bringing the world instead
Of rotting squash. His
strong teeth search
for me more-­‐ gently
As if he couldn't bear to know-­‐
that one world is all I have
to feed him
and one is not enough.

by Sara Clark


*****


He's fat
My fault
No walks

by Lillian Rupp
(youth submission)


*****


Love of Hockey

Life magazines for shin guards.
Skates too big, stick cracked and old,
jacket patched and tattered.
I ignored the smirks and winter's cold,
love of hockey was all that mattered.

by Louis DiSanto


Congratulations to all the winners! You can read the five poems that won honorable mentions here.

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