Position Poet Age Country Poem Winner Brandon Scott 16 USA GUILTLESS YEARS 2nd Place Heather Montgomery 17 Canada AUTUMN STORMS 3rd Place Myrna Lambert 67 USA SERENADE TO YOUTH 3rd Place Thembinkosi Ngwenya 28 South Africa NEVER GIVE UP Special Recognition Dennis Ambrose 0 N/A LEAVING SOME FRIENDS BEHIND Special Recognition Racho Anna Lynn 21 Philippines INTO HIS EYES Special Recognition Pepper Atkins 20 USA A PERFECT ROSE Special Recognition Annalee Ayer 19 USA UNREQUITTED LOVE Special Recognition Andrew Ball 15 USA A FRIEND'S DEATH Special Recognition Sarah Bates 19 USA MY FAIRY TALE ENDING Special Recognition Francis Bedford 63 UK MORNING Special Recognition Anshu Beeharee 14 N/A COLUMBAI SPACE SHUTTLE- A TRIBUTE Special Recognition Sarah Bernardo 8 USA THE MIRROR OF LIFE Special Recognition Penelope Bieber 20 Australia UNTITLED Special Recognition Whitney Boyle 43 USA BEAUTY SLEEP Special Recognition Sonja Broderick 32 Ireland A POEM OF AUTUMN Special Recognition Angela Brooks 28 USA SHE CRIES Special Recognition Kylie Burdett 23 Australia AN INNOCENT PASSING Special Recognition Ruth Calder murphy 29 UK CONSOLIDATION Special Recognition Maurice Cardwell 41 UK SOMEONE CRYING IN THE DISTANCE Special Recognition Indira Chaudhry 38 India THE SUNSET Special Recognition Jude Chuks 30 Nigeria SOLITUDE Special Recognition Amanda Collins 28 Australia MY OWN HANDS Special Recognition Justin Compton 21 USA MY SWEET VALENTINE Special Recognition Lucinda Cooper 50 UK FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE Special Recognition Dan Craggs 16 UK YOU WIN Special Recognition Terrance Davison 21 USA EPIPHANY Special Recognition Vyonka Denis 16 USA MY DREAM Special Recognition Danny Doran 28 Australia PIG BOYS POEM Special Recognition Jeanne Duvinage 49 USA LILLA Special Recognition Smart Ebelebe 25 Nigeria SEPTEMBER ELEVEN Special Recognition Patricia Eichler 62 USA COME WALK WITH ME Special Recognition Monica Engeler 42 USA JUST ONE MORE TIME Special Recognition Delmare Esterhuyse 23 South Africa HEAD ON A SHOULDER Special Recognition Shaundre Fortuin 23 South Africa THE SUN PEEKS Special Recognition Jenny Gane 23 USA THE WAR OF 1812 Special Recognition Darci Garcia 42 USA IMAGES OF GRANDFATHER, GARDEN OF HIS DREAMS Special Recognition Maria Garcia cuerva 51 Argentina SUNSET IN THE LAGOON Special Recognition Clyde Goel 27 India MARY AND THE SPARROW Special Recognition Abbas Goudarzi 28 Iran THE LEAF AND THE WIND Special Recognition Pournami Gouthaman 18 India MY BEST FRIEND Special Recognition Denise Guin 33 USA DADDY'S SHOULDER Special Recognition Michaela Hajkova 37 Canada FOR:YOU MY LOVE Special Recognition Christopher Hard 13 USA NATURE'S ALARM CLOCK Special Recognition Monica Harhas 19 Romania AM I TO BE Special Recognition Summer Harris 19 USA BROTHER TRUE...WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME Special Recognition Cassandra Henry 9 USA ODE TO MY SON Special Recognition Robert Hinshaw 73 USA AUTUMN STROLL Special Recognition Susan Humphrey 16 Canada BLACK AND WHITE Special Recognition Chizobam Iroemeh 32 Nigeria SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Special Recognition Arslan Jalal 16 Pakistan THE WORLD Special Recognition Monica Jani 25 India "OPEN" Special Recognition Joslyn Johnson 36 USA AS I LOOK AT YOU EVERYDAY Special Recognition Margaret Johnson 29 USA TO MY MOTHER Special Recognition Kehinde Jolaosho 19 Nigeria GENERATION BY GENERATION Special Recognition Peter Jones 23 USA IF I COULD BE A SLAVE TO THY SENSATIONS Special Recognition Sarah Kalny 12 USA WANDERING Special Recognition Hossein Kassaei 24 Iran FROM DUSK TILL DAWN Special Recognition Caitlin Kelley 17 USA MLK Special Recognition Edward Kett 77 USA A BED OF DREAMS Special Recognition William Killian 52 USA LET ME COUNT FOR SOMETHING Special Recognition Amy Kistler 16 USA MUSIC OF THE SOUL Special Recognition Irina Kovalenko 30 Canada FALL Special Recognition Joan Kukosky 43 USA ONCE UPON A TIME Special Recognition Bernard Kyle 79 New Zealand THE HAND Special Recognition Joshua Lee 19 USA AWAY IN YOUR HEART Special Recognition Christine Leech 37 USA THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME Special Recognition Sandra Legg 22 South Africa IN THE END Special Recognition Stephanie Lin 13 USA DAYDREAMING Special Recognition Vera Long 79 USA IT'S SPRING Special Recognition Yuwei Lu 12 Canada I AM FROM...? Special Recognition Racheal Lynn 17 USA THIS THING Special Recognition Anthony Mabuza 23 South Africa 'I HAD A FUNNY DREAM LAST NIGHT' Special Recognition Tracey Machher 24 UK THAT UNFRIENDLY KIND Special Recognition Bhagwati Prasad Maheshwari 23 India IS THIS LIFE ? Special Recognition Arjun Malik 26 India TOMORROW'S MORNING Special Recognition Tamara Malkki 16 Australia SEEING IS BELIEVING Special Recognition Jennifer Mangon 17 USA THROUGH EYES Special Recognition Stella Mann 92 UK THOUGHTS OF A VERY OLD LADY Special Recognition Selina McCale 14 USA MY EUPHORIA Special Recognition Caitlyn Mccarthy 16 USA AN OLD MAN'S TALES Special Recognition Ramon Claro Mendez 48 Philippines PICTURES Special Recognition Christopher Meyer 11 USA WALKING IN A GRAVEYARD Special Recognition Scott Miller 30 USA THE REASON Special Recognition Sudip Mitra 37 India INTRODUCTION Special Recognition Sheila Moore 62 USA FLAKES OF FLINT ABOVE THE STREAM Special Recognition Victoria Myrand 15 USA A CHANGING SHORE Special Recognition Afsheen Najwani 17 Pakistan O TEACHERS... Special Recognition Mohamed Nazim 62 N/A CHILD Special Recognition Suzy Nelson 48 USA HE LOVES ME NOT Special Recognition Rioilinia Nongrum 38 India FRIENDSHIP LOST, FRIENDSHIP REGAINED Special Recognition Barbara O'Neal 56 USA DOES ANYBODY CARE? Special Recognition Aiko Ogaya 18 Philippines THE GHOST Special Recognition Maela Ohana 15 India VASE Special Recognition Andrew Pell 47 Australia THE GARDEN OF PEACE Special Recognition Lucy Perea 12 USA OOPS Special Recognition Dorothy Perkins 63 USA THANKSGIVING PAST Special Recognition Frederick Perkins 49 Canada LOVED AND LEARNED Special Recognition Rameesha Perry 27 USA I WAS BORN Special Recognition Rachelle Piggott 55 Australia A NEW HEART Special Recognition Joseph Prussing 50 USA THE ACHING TOOTH Special Recognition Apoorva Rao 11 Malaysia THE RED BEAUTY Special Recognition David Reid 80 Australia ODE TO A WEARY HEART Special Recognition Aludu Richard 29 Nigeria MY AFRICAN QUEEN Special Recognition Cheryl Ring 31 Canada GOD'S PRECIOUS GIFT Special Recognition Terry Ross 48 Canada FREEDOM Special Recognition Jeanette Sharp 32 USA LOST CONVERSATIONS Special Recognition Julie Sharp 39 USA CANVAS OF TIME Special Recognition Dorothy Shaw 45 USA A SISTER'S LOVE Special Recognition Peter Shaw 23 UK THE FARMYARD Special Recognition Justin Stark 30 USA BALANCE Special Recognition Sasha Stewart 22 USA MY LOVE STORY Special Recognition Charles Stone 46 USA WHAT IS LOVE Special Recognition Jordan Takes 13 USA IOWA Special Recognition Anisa Tariq 9 UK BULLY- AS YOU SOW SO YOU SHALL REAP! Special Recognition Darlene Tiffany 34 USA DREAM BEYOND A RAINBOW Special Recognition Tawnya Tolton 0 N/A MANIFEST Special Recognition Elizabeth Tsung 13 USA AGAINST ALL REASONS Special Recognition Emmanuel Ugwu 19 Nigeria 9\11 Special Recognition Chukwujekwu Umeanyaegbuna 27 Nigeria PROFESSOR OF PROFESSORS Special Recognition Manjula Vinjamuri 40 India A PALETTE OF COLOURS (A PANTOUM) Special Recognition Michaela Von seydlitz 15 Namibia LET ME BE Special Recognition Peter Wilkins 58 Canada ZIMBABWE Special Recognition Katherine Wishart 57 Canada LETTER TO MY HUSBAND Special Recognition Rachael Wolf 12 USA MORNING Special Recognition Lauren Wulf 16 USA POLISHED PLASTIC PEARLS