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2-Day Poem Contest 2009

The 10 words were:

1. parlour 2. kumquat 3. noxious 4. quagmire 5. effervescent 6. gradation 7. sink 8. dial 9. freak 10. improvise

Contest winners

• First place Proof of an Afterlife by Rebecca Ellis
• Second place Painting in the Tropics, 2009 by Amy L. White
• Third place Station by Toni Van Deusen
• Honourable mention Writing, after heavy spring rain by Veryan Haysom
• Honourable mention Dinner Theatre by Myna Wallin
• Honourable mention Damage Deposit by Jessica Michalofsky

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