| InterBoard Poetry Competition | |
| Second Place Winner, October 2008 | |
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CONVALESCENCE Antonia Clark (The Waters) She lures him back by naming what he loves — constellations, rivers — repeating days and dates, drawing the drapes to make an island. One year, she let him keep her from catching trains. In another, she gave up seasides, long ago stored her silk kimono away on a high shelf. A long whistle wails from the trestle but there is no place here to stop. Comments by judges Hélène Cardona and John Fitzgerald: “We loved the poetry and atmosphere evoked. This poem beautifully tells a story and creates a whole world in few words. The last image of the wailing of the train is a haunting one.”
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