Winners announced in the June InterBoard Poetry Competition

Patricia Smith has chosen a very interesting set of five poems as winners in her last month as IBPC judge (none of them from our Poetry Forum, but all worth your attention):

• In first place, “The Length of Never,” by dublinsteve, which Smith found “a dark and engaging mystery... mesmerizing and crammed with color and heat.”
• In second place, “A Fall from Grace,” by S. Thomas Summers, “a gift on the open air” that repays multiple rereadings.
• In third place, “Outwitting Your Angels,” by Dave Mehler, a tumble of words whose “relentless meter... urgency... unyielding pulse... was immediately addictive.”

She also offered brief comments on the two poems selected for honorable mention: “Spirit Catcher,” by Catherine Rogers, and “Flood,” by Richard Evans.

Related resources:
About the IBPC
Just-past IBPC judge Patricia Smith
Current IBPC judge Tony Barnstone
Requirements for IBPC nominees
Anthology of winning poems
Archive of poems entered from our Poetry Forum