Reuben Rose Winning Poems 2019
Reuben Rose Winning Poems 2019
Results of the 2019 Reuben Rose Poetry Competition
Judges: John Gallas, UK (2018 competition first prize winner); Donna Bechar (2018 second prize winner) and Katherine L. Gordon, a distinguished Canadian poet, editor, publisher and literary critic.
Judges: John Gallas, UK (2018 competition first prize winner); Donna Bechar (2018 second prize winner) and Katherine L. Gordon, a distinguished Canadian poet, editor, publisher and literary critic.
First prize - Judy Belsky, Israel: my son - to hear a recording of Judy reading her poem, click here.
Second prize - Rumi Morkin (pen name of Miriam Webber), Israel: Alzheimer's (Villanelle) - to hear Miriam reading her poem, click here.
Third prize - Jane Seitel, USA: The Torah Pointer - to hear a recording of Jane reading her poem, click here.
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order of poem title)
Bug Collection - by
Anne
McCrady, USA
One Final Storm - by Elisa Subin, USA
Parting With My Prayer Shawl, Made By My Daughter, Upon the Zombie Apocalypse - by David Silverman, USA
Prairie Flower - by Elizabeth Claverie, USA
Quietude - Esther
B Lipton, UK
The Night Baker - Ann Bar-Dov, Israel
The
Poetry of Gazelles - by Helen Bar-Lev,Israel
Verses from a Mediterranean Cruise - by Wendy Dickstein, Israel
We
Stumbled to the Singing Sea - by Bernard Mann, Israel
Who’s Going To Play Me in the Movies? - by Reuven Goldfarb, Israel
To read and download he texts of the three winning poems and the ten that gained Honourable Mention click here (PDF file).