Position Poet Age Country Poem Winner Terry Fitterer 51 USA "...Than You Knew" 2nd Place Marianne Davies 47 Canada Dawson City 3rd Place Victoria Chia Sing 19 USA My Teacher- the Sculptor of human soul Special Recognition Phenomenorm ............ 30 Australia The Green Eyed Monster. Special Recognition Aysha Abiade 14 USA All is Well Special Recognition Syed rafay Ahmed 21 Pakistan An Allusion to Sunsets Special Recognition Estrella Akpa 21 Nigeria The Desperate Man's Prayer Special Recognition Leonardo Alvarez 16 USA The Hiss of the Ancient Trees Special Recognition Seth Anawalt 40 USA The Sacred Flower Special Recognition Kathy Balilo 15 USA Subway Special Recognition Kayleigh Banks 16 USA "Troubled Rainbow" Special Recognition Heather Barrett 14 USA A Heavenly Darkness Special Recognition Kerry Belgrave 25 Barbados The Loneliest Special Recognition Caroline Berg 16 USA Sand beneath my Toes Special Recognition Dr. linda Bielowski 52 USA Inner Child Special Recognition Victoria Borchers 17 USA A Descending Love... Special Recognition Laura Bottomley 18 UK November Sunday Special Recognition Leah Bowman 20 USA The Dress Special Recognition Ashley Brooks 18 USA The flame Special Recognition Bridgett Brunea 10 USA Dreams Special Recognition Laura Bryce 17 USA Signs in Sights of Blue Special Recognition Katie Buchanan 17 USA In Loving Memory of the Good Ole Days Special Recognition Marina Burks 17 USA Fading Special Recognition Emily Burns 20 USA Of the Sea Special Recognition Vicky Callow 19 Australia Faceless Words Special Recognition Tracy Cartwright 38 USA Unfettered Special Recognition Mary "Katie" Cash 14 USA No Longer Broken Special Recognition Tholana Chakravarthy 41 India Quest For A Comeback Special Recognition Patricia Chamberlain 15 USA Salvation Special Recognition Heather Coakley 17 USA Beyond the Horizon Special Recognition Leia Colosi 14 USA Sunrise from Pluto Special Recognition Craig Combs 34 USA Dying Embers Special Recognition Jeff Cooper 10 USA Understanding Special Recognition Michael Cornell 33 USA A Solemn Spire Special Recognition Josh Crane 14 USA The Whisper Special Recognition Raymond Currey 35 USA Words Special Recognition Christina Dahmen 15 USA Little Girl Special Recognition Steve Davidson 39 USA Teenage Storm Special Recognition Astoria Delaney 8 New Zealand The Shed. Special Recognition Nancy DelMastro 37 Canada Return Special Recognition Connie DiAllesandro 44 USA Peaceful and Divine Special Recognition JoCe Dilley 48 USA The Immensity Of You Special Recognition Niki Doherty 28 Australia Just a Casualty of Society Special Recognition Denise Drake 36 USA Written Word Special Recognition Sandra Ellenbrand 48 USA He's More Than A Mother To Me Special Recognition Zenith Elliott 45 USA Golden Butterflies Special Recognition Danielle Falter 16 USA Red Drop Special Recognition Anita Fanselow 20 Australia Present State Special Recognition Amanda Ferguson 13 USA Winter Dispair Special Recognition Marina Fernandes 28 India A Revelation Special Recognition Frances Ann Gadapee 21 USA Song From a Line of Simon and Garfunkle's "Bleecker Street" Special Recognition Lorena Gomez 17 USA Nature's Demise Special Recognition Jordyn Gracey 13 USA The Angel Special Recognition Justin Graham 38 USA Serenity Special Recognition Annie Green 24 USA Ghost Special Recognition Simon Green 17 UK Early Mourning Special Recognition Shannon Gross 26 USA Passion Flower Special Recognition Gloria Halland 47 South Africa Moments in time Special Recognition Sara Hamed 14 Canada Never Seen Him Cry Special Recognition Anahita Hamidi 17 USA Circle Without a Center Special Recognition Melissa Hanson Castro 33 USA Broken Man Special Recognition Kathryn Harlow 14 USA Funny Faces Special Recognition Hermine Harrison 13 USA Reflections Special Recognition Joshua Hawkins 22 USA Dead Wood Special Recognition Hannah Hein 12 USA Suffering Soul Special Recognition James Hilan 9 Australia A Fantasy Poem Special Recognition Brie Anne Hoblin 24 USA The Donut Man Special Recognition Lindsay Hogan 12 USA Water Dance Special Recognition Laura Hogikyan 10 USA Ode to Joy Special Recognition Tiffany Hoke 22 USA Middle School Dance Special Recognition Nicole Hornstein 12 USA A Blooming Friendship Special Recognition Patrick Hurley 27 USA Absolution Special Recognition Mora Ipekon 35 Sweden Lost Special Recognition Taraneh Javanbakht 29 Canada The Leaf That Never Falls Special Recognition Andrea Joseph 18 USA Sand and Water Special Recognition Lila Joseph 56 USA The Gifts of Nature Special Recognition Pancholi nandlal Kanjibhai 50 India Schizophrenia Special Recognition Megan Kellett 16 USA Enemy Glasses Special Recognition Simon Kempes 19 Netherlands To Walk Here Special Recognition Maria Kennedy 13 USA Outside my Window Special Recognition Kayla Kennett 11 USA The Night Special Recognition Calliope Kilpela 17 USA Allow Me To Kneel Special Recognition Jessica Knox 18 USA Were I to Move Special Recognition Christiana Lee 15 USA A Rhyming Poem Special Recognition Cynthia Lee 15 USA Dream Special Recognition Winnie Lin 12 USA Imagination Special Recognition Rachael Marshall 17 UK Silent Soldier Special Recognition Deborah Mathews 38 USA Yule Special Recognition Gerry Mattia 38 Canada Alone Special Recognition Peter May 20 UK Borne Are The Hopes Special Recognition Dr. Dorothy McCoy 40 USA The Game Special Recognition Lucina Mendez II 22 USA Eating Apples Special Recognition David Monteath 56 UK Gentle on your mind! Special Recognition Satyaseelan Moodley 20 South Africa Who You Are Special Recognition Shannon Moore 27 USA Heroes Special Recognition Emma Mott 25 Australia Untitled Special Recognition Sean Neumann 13 USA my love Special Recognition Kaitlin Nichols 17 USA Season's Sonnet Special Recognition Daniel Oliver 22 USA Moonstone's Spite Special Recognition Sanela Osmanovic 12 Australia This always happens Special Recognition Jenna Paoloni 14 USA No Greater Bond Special Recognition Megan Park 14 USA Untouchable Wish Special Recognition Elizabeth Pearson 74 USA Those Intimidating Rejections Special Recognition Amy Peck 12 USA The Lady of the Golden Wood Special Recognition Sunimal Perera 55 Canada Immigrant Realities Special Recognition Tim Pierz 18 USA A Fish that got Schooled Special Recognition Pamela Plant 57 USA Sweet Springwater's Prayer Special Recognition Amanda Pluntze 14 USA Love Special Recognition Jose Ponce 22 USA Celestial Agreement Special Recognition Jeff Poole 47 USA City of Dreams Special Recognition Bekki Price 16 Canada Depression Special Recognition Melissa Randel 16 USA Tiniest Ways Special Recognition Kathleen Riley 31 Australia The Mirror Special Recognition Julianne Roseman 11 USA Visiting the Graveyard Special Recognition Alexandra Rosenblat 16 Canada Holocaust Special Recognition Jacki Rudko 24 Canada Just Like Now Special Recognition Ada Sabatelli 27 Canada Awaiting Special Recognition Chelsea Schinker 14 USA What I Am to You Special Recognition Steven Seager 45 USA The Price of Freedom Special Recognition Tushar Sen 24 India The Creation Of Woman Special Recognition Alexander Severin 12 USA Vivid Special Recognition Yu Shi 26 Singapore Rings in the sands Special Recognition Tonya Shove 15 USA I Am Who I Am, Like It Or Not Special Recognition Lea janice Sicat 20 Philippines Hidden Special Recognition Keith Simmonds 62 Trinidad Mystery of Clementina Special Recognition Priyanka Singh 20 India A Few Private Tears Special Recognition Scott Southall 17 USA The Voice Of Love Special Recognition Wesley Storer 59 USA A Gypsy Love Poem Special Recognition Lori Strunk 20 USA Distant Special Recognition Jelani Thomas 14 USA My Gift of Love to You Special Recognition Candace Thompson 0 N/A Beyond This End Special Recognition Christopher Tollman 17 USA O Breakfast! My Breakfast! Special Recognition Mhathung Tsanglao 28 USA The Web of Lies Special Recognition Olaosebikan Tunde 35 Nigeria Dreaming of Home Special Recognition Mary Vivian 57 USA Flags Blowing in the Wind Special Recognition Vallarie Walker 52 USA Bring The Children Home Special Recognition Tom Walter 21 UK Game of Life Special Recognition Patricia Welland 53 Canada These Hands Special Recognition Samantha Wells 10 USA Our National Symbol Special Recognition Robert Whisner IV 20 USA Reality Special Recognition Cara Wilson 28 USA Touched Special Recognition Cheryl Wright 47 Australia The House That Talks Special Recognition Melinda Wright 17 USA Alcohol Special Recognition Max curtis Yates 47 USA Affected Effervescence Special Recognition Jennifer Yu 13 USA A Single Tear Special Recognition Mohammad Zaheer 15 Saudi Arabia Fleeing from Destiny