Winners announced in the December InterBoard Poetry Competition

The results are in — in their last month as judges of the InterBoard Poetry Competition, Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald have selected these winning poems:

• In first place, “Milk Noodle” by Greta Bolger, a childhood memory captured in “simplicity and intimacy.”
• In second place, “Aftermath” by S. Shademan, a poem that builds to an emotional crescendo, cherishing all the wrinkles of life in the midst of loss.
• In third place, “Memento Mori” by Brenda Levy Tate, another poem of loss with “a wonderful rhythm... a story that is both personal and universal.”
• Honorable mention given to “Evening Prayer” by Emily Brink, without comment.

More on the IBPC:
General information
Requirements for IBPC nominees
Anthology of the monthly IBPC winning poems
Archive of poems entered in the IBPC from our Poetry Forum
Background information, poem links and book-buying links for current IBPC judge Elena Karina Byrne