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Special Mention
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Several poems received high numbers of points, and a few poets accumulated high overall point scores for their respective bodies of work in Volume Three. We feel that these poets richly deserve to be honored by inclusion in this Valentine Awards issue.
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crochet hook
pulling the yarn through
deep November
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spring thunder
from the center of a pine stump
a pine
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Carolyn Hall
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naia
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lake trout–
a raven’s caw
in with the knife
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carrying moonlight
into the house–
white peony
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Odd G. Aksnes
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Margaret Chula
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just now
as my life turns crazy
forsythia
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back home–
trees I knew
in all their seasons
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Jim Kacian
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Tom Clausen
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a deep bruise
I don’t remember getting
autumn evening
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faint thunder
a snake sloughs its skin
in the creekbed
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John Stevenson
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Anna Tambour
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starlit lake–
a stray bobber
afloat in the galaxy
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i take the strongest
of my walking sticks
first cherry blossoms
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an’ya
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vince tripi
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headstones . . .
butterflies move
through the silence
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sent back out
for something I forgot
winter stars
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Maria Steyn
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Rick Tarquinio
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