A Poem Honored by Saturday Writers

I belong to a very active, very supportive writers’ group called Saturday Writers. They just awarded a poem of mine first place in their spring contest. I am most pleased and honored!

February, March and April Poetry Contest ​
Themes: Mountains, Bodies of Water & Prairies 

First Place: Robert Walton for Caesura
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Kansas Snapshots
Third Place: Billie Holladay Skelley for Mountain Lovers
Honorable Mention:Cathleen Callahan for Letter from the Frontier Prairie
Honorable Mention:Carol Roberson for The Church on the Hill 
Honorable Mention:Donna Mork Reed for Solitary Bird​

Here’s the poem:

Caesura

Burgundy leaves,

Swaying in October breezes

Escaped from coming winter,

Dip toward a brook

Soon to be ice,

Its chimes and murmurs

Not yet muted —

A conversation 

To be resumed

When bursting buds

Open emerald eyes

In May.

Caesura

Huelga

Fields near King City

The Pandemic is awful, but avoiding it affords time to revisit older writings. I went back thirty years and worked on a couple of rough drafts. Spillwords kindly published the poem that resulted. Here’s the link:

Huelga

Saunter on by!

I thank editor Jayne Jaudon for including my “Another Dance Tonight” in Your Daily Poem. We could all use some music and some golden lanterns about now.

http://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=3376

Song for all Seasons

Artist – Andrea Clarkson

 I’ve played in orchestras for more than sixty years now and I remain in awe of string players, especially cellists. I wrote a small poem recently inspired by my decades of admiration for the instrument and the wonderful people who play it. I thank editor Jayne Jaudon for including it in Your Daily Poem.

http://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=3327

A Poem in Praxis

Photo by Mohamed Hassan

Praxis Magazine is an elegant journal of contemporary thought and literature. I thank Praxis editors for including a recent poem of mine in their publication. Here’s a link:

http://www.praxismagonline.com/two-degrees-centigrade-by-robert-walton/