Winners of the 2006 Moonviewing Poetry Contest
Sponsored by the Washington Poets Association and the Seattle Japanese Garden
Michael Dylan Welch and Chris Jarmick, Judges
The Washington Poets Association and the
Seattle Japanese Garden
are pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 Moonviewing Poetry Contest. The following 18 poets,
alphabetized by last name, had their work (20 poems) selected for a reading at the annual moonviewing event on
Saturday evening, September 2, at the Japanese Garden in Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum.
The poems were performed with musical accompaniment by master koto player
Elizabeth Falconer.
The event also included dance and other musical performances, and the garden was decorated with hundreds of lanterns, luminaries, and
lighted boats in celebration of the beauty and mystery of the night's honored guest - the moon.
More than 800 people attended the event, including the Consul General of Japan.
Congratulations to all of the selected poets.
Selected Poets & Their Winning Entries
Poems are now online. Click the title to view.
Kelli Russell Agodon - Kingston, Washington
Plagiarizing Moonlight
Sally Albiso - Port Angeles, Washington
If I Were the Sky
Sheila Bender - Port Townsend, Washington
For My Daughter Who Has Gone to Study in Japan
Carolyn Caines - Kelso, Washington
Only the Moon
The Moon Forgot to Go to Bed
Gail Denham - Sunriver, Oregon
Day's End
Pesha Joyce Gertler - Seattle, Washington
Late into the night the city is typing
Mary Bradley Marinkovich - Port Townsend, Washington
Ice Dancer
Rebecca Meredith - Seattle, Washington
A Mostly True Story about the Moon
Kevin Miller - Tacoma, Washington
Walk Me to the Moon
Kevin Mooneyham - Eugene, Oregon
Emerald Moon
Ann Pelo - Seattle, Washington
October Moon
Nu Quang - Seattle, Washington
A Full-Moon Night
Cathy Ross - Seattle, Washington
Luna
The Night of Shooting Stars
Mary Lou Sanelli - Seattle, Washington
The Ferry
Michael Schein - Seattle, Washington
Skylight
Joannie Kervran Stangeland - Seattle, Washington
Sea of Sky
Kristine Walberg - Bainbridge Island, Washington
John Olson
Kathleen Winter - Glen Ellen, California
Late Moon / Luna Tarde (English and Spanish versions)
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