Visit the Poetry Page for details on the 2008 Contest!
Following is the complete list of the 2006 Winning Poems.
Click on a poet's name for the text of their poem, and biographical information.
A printed booklet of the 2006 winning poems is in the Reference Collection at each of the Springfield Library branches.
English Language Poems
Adult Division:
1st place: Eileen Doherty (Westfield)
“Diagramming Sentences”
2nd place: Patricia Lee Lewis (Westhampton)
“A Kind of Yellow”
3rd place: Claire Dacey (Easthampton)
“The Blossoming”
Jillian Brady (Amherst) “Acquaintance”
Michael P. Doran (Springfield) “Equinox”
Jennifer Faulkner (Belchertown) “Old Man Ambling”
Richard Jordan (Hadley) “Summer, 1972”
Hsiao-Shih (Raechel) Lee (Northampton) “Letters From Home”
Carl Russo (Florence) “Pithy Sayings as Suggested by a Poetry Calendar OR They dreamed of collecting a dance from the Costume...”
Tania Steed (Springfield) “Abortion”
Susan Superson (East Longmeadow) “Stone Walls”
Teen Division:
1st place: Christel Warren (Chicopee)
“Hell Only Has One Window”
2nd placee: LaQuita Moultrie (Springfield)
“Suicide Dream”
3rd prize: Katie Pelletier (Springfield)
"Questioning Myself"
Emiko Ardolino (Springfield) "Bounds"
Amanda Bennett (Sunderland) "Neurotic Dog Theorem"
Carolyn Como (Gill) "Beggars Know What They Have"
Katherine Davis (Longmeadow) "The Bus Driver"
Crystal Estervina Delgado (Springfield) "If You Look at Me"
Grace Delmolino (Hadley) "Essence of Winter"
Julie Lonergan (Springfield) "Chinese Chopsticks"
Robin Palmer (Leverett) "An Ode to Stairs"
Spanish Language Poems
Adult Division:
1st place: María Luisa Arroyo (Springfield)
"ganas de bailar"
2nd place: Rubén González (Springfield)
“La Herencia de mi Abuelo”
3rd place: Hector Montes (Agawam)
“Mientras Tu Dormias”
Sidney Colon (Springfield) “Futuro y Libertad”
Daniel Morrissey (Springfield) “El Mar”
Teen Division:
Nate Ledoux (Springfield) “Los hojas”
Joseline Vasquez (Holyoke) “Un Amigo”
For poetry-related resources, links, and events, please visit the library's Poetry Page.
Contact Information
Please e-mail general questions about the poetry contest to: abrandenburg@springfieldlibrary.org or contact Anna Brandenburg at 263-6828 x426.
Past contests were held in 2001, 2002, and 2004. The next contest is being planned for Winter 2007-08.
Questions about the Teen Division, please contact Martha Coons at 263-6828 x425 or mcoons@springfieldlibrary.org.
Questions about the Spanish Division, please contact Haydee Hodis at 263-6805 or hhodis@springfieldlibrary.org.
Funding for this project has been provided in part by the
Friends of the Library...
and has also been supported by a grant from the Springfield Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Film series made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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