{"product_id":"collected-poems-from-the-poetry-poetry-society-of-virginia-9781945990632","title":"Collected Poems from the Poetry Society of Virginia: Poetry Virginia 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eCongratulations to all the winners of the 2021 PSV Annual Poetry Contest! We are thrilled to present our yearly book of winners, including upper school students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, why publish a book of winning entries? Publishing not only validates poets, it gives others a sense of what wins. Having said that, we rarely use the same judges for the same categories. The standard is simple: whether the poem is strong, not whether it is to the judge's taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is also entertaining, elucidating and useful as a work of its own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat sort of work shines? How to choose a theme? The Poe category is wide open. Others, such as the Bess Gresham Memorial, have a theme. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes for future contests: if your poem did not place in any if the categories, you may resubmit it in a different category the following year. We try our best to mix-and-match the judges. We are asking winners of any single contest to skip a year before submitting to that specific category again, to give others a chance to shine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \"Virtual, in this Lonely Space,\" the 2021 1st place winner, Erin Newton Wells writes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flowering branch touches jeweled water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell me how it looks, you prompt, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou never see it as I do until I say it, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe branch painted on silk and its wet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecolors run. We carry on for weeks, months, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoo long. ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe carry on with what we can, patching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etogether the world we used to know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a similar vein of nature, color and connectedness, high-schooler Lacy Powell writes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her skin nurtures and is nurtured-of greens, blues, and yellows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd every life has roots that run deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery event leads back to her...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth poets use specifics, both touch on the universal. Their rhythms and line breaks differ. Yet both deliver a profound message of their own in just a few lines. Good poetry does that--creates and carries a message that crosses boundaries in a few, well-placed words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope that this volume will delight, awaken, and inspire you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerry Cox-Joseph, President, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry Society of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Society of Virginia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945990635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945990632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e High Tide Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Poetry Society of Virginia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990760161535,"sku":"9781945990632","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d78b06ac-4c7f-42d3-a37e-a2a8916d29f3.jpg?v=1683306521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-poems-from-the-poetry-poetry-society-of-virginia-9781945990632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}