2008-2009 CNY READS POETRY PALOOZA CONTEST WINNERS

Winner of the adult category (18 and older)
Jalapeno like the sun
which can always color one
fire plant cool passion
good warm organic monster
--by Doreen Milcarek
Winner of the teen category (12-17)
Languages we climb away from
asked a question to the world
jealous of God’s emerald skinned house
and not waiting overnight
to cool
set about another task
to build
to stem earth’s meadow
with hand and sun
cycling local and global
reaching inevitably to the moon
an alternative
-- by Jacob Davenport
Winner of the children’s category
Sun and moon
Stars and clouds
When God bows out
Come cumulous clouds
When a giant pearl is here
That’s the moon
-- by Lona Cataldo
