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My Grandmother in the Bath / Fran Schumer

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Fran Schumer’s poem is one of three winning poems from 3rd Wednesday’s annual poetry contest. Contest judge, Ronnie Hess, said, “My Grandmother in the Bath does what only good poems can — draw portraits of people, their hardscrabble lives, their place in our own family history. Poems to break your heart. Of course we make our own mistakes, realizing our errors too late. The descriptions here are often breathtaking — “apples she baked until they were soggy, sweet, defeated” — yet anchored in the everyday places, like a hot bath, where you can be lonely “and have time to think about the pain.”

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Interruptions / Stefan Balan

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Stefan Balan submitted one of the three winning poems in 3rd Wednesday’s annual poetry contest. Contest judge, Ronnie Hess, said “Interruptions is a location poem that in its tightness and painterliness sets the scene with humor, tenderness, and compassion. Can we catch the moments of our lives, remember them, celebrate them, let them go? Please, yes, yes, yes. Well done!”

3rd Wednesday’s Annual Poetry Contest

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THE 2022-23 POETRY CONTEST OPENS FOR ENTRIES ON NOVEMBER 1, 2022 AND CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 15, 2023. EACH YEAR THIRD WEDNESDAY AWARDS 3 $100 PRIZES IN ITS ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST.

Introducing this year’s contest judge: David James.

DavidJamesAfter writing poetry for over forty years, I’ve recently tried my hand at playwriting with some success. I’ve had seven one-acts produced off-off-Broadway in New York, and twenty other one-act plays produced across the country.

As a lifelong poet, it’s been a rush to have other people “say” my words in these plays. And there is the real possibility of having an audience!

David James currently serves as the president of The Poetry Society of Michigan. He will soon retire from teaching at Oakland Community College where his popular courses have included Composition I and II, Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing, Introduction to Playwriting and Screenwriting, Advanced Screenwriting, and Introduction to Literature: Poetry and Drama. In 2006, David was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award for teaching excellence.

Poems by David James:
Like a Brick to the Head – Rattle
High Marks in My Book and Interview with Buddha – Peacock Journal
A Case for Reincarnation and Somedays the Bear – Third Wednesday

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