Winners and Special Recognition Awards for VoicesNet Anthology 6

We thought that you would enjoy the top 3 poems from our most recent VoicesNet Anthology International Poetry Competition.

Each winning poet will receive a monetary reward ($100, $50, $25) and a complimentary copy of the Contest Anthology book they are featured in.
We also have 93 Special Recognition Poems. These poems will be denoted in the published books with a special designation.

All poets who will be published in the Sixth Edition of the VoicesNet Anthology should be very proud because their poems were selected from a total of 7486 poems submitted.

Submissions were received from June 1, 2003 to August 31, 2003. 1102 poems were selected for publication in the 6th VoicesNet Anthology series.

1st Place Memories of Last Night by Rohan C. Facey, Age 30, Jamaica

Last night...the night wind joined with my emotions
and sang far lovelier than earthly choirs.
Richer than the music of the sea waves and
composers of Music City.
My hand was taken,
I discovered the realms of love...
The charms of passion.
And the mystical feel of transport.
Last night...I wrote poetry with my tongue,
for the first time...
More exquisite than that of the trees,
the rivers and streams.
I sang with my soul for the first time...
Rhapsodies as excellent as new and vintage wine.
The minutes were perfected.
The hours solidify.

© 2003

2nd Place Lovers by Sharon L. Slayton, Age 64, Texas, USA

There is a spell when lovers meet,
Two people touch, a rising heat,
A gentle kiss, a soft caress,
A pleasure felt, a tenderness.
Desire grows, there's warmth inside,
Two lovers put the world aside,
They feel the need to be as one,
They feel that magic has begun.
As passion comes, the flames ignite,
The fire burns throughout the night,
A raging fire, an inner heat,
When people touch and lovers meet.
The fire cools, the embers glow,
Reluctant now to let it go,
Yet if in time, the embers die,
Two lovers part, two lovers sigh.
Their arms reach out, to hold it tight,
The bliss they shared one magic night.

© 2003

3rd Place Daydreaming by Brittney L. Morton, Age 17, New York, USA

Thinking of beautiful pictures...
The images life compiles
Into one constant slide show
Running through the projector
Of my ever changing mind
The careless words
The smiling eyes
That knowingly remain dormant in my memory
Until a chord is struck deep within...
Bringing them to the surface
To be pondered and warmly recalled
What permits such jovial remembrance?
Such intricate artwork
Etched in the framework
Of my sensitive being...?
Nothing will be lost...
But what of tomorrow's discovery?
Can introduction lead to replacement
Of pictures so vivid and true...?
A passionate nature should yield
A full diary written by each contoured line
Of the author's countenance...

© 2003

In This Issue:

1. Intro Page
   
   
2. Russian Poet Victor Sklyarov
   
   
3. VoicesNet Anthology 6 Winners
   

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