Winning Tidings
Adult Contest | Young People's Contest
Adult grand-prize winner
(prize: Sony Super Audio CD player)
After all, it's enough grace
Just to watch the wild geese
Seize their shadows as they land
At dusk in the blue new fallen snow,
The trees bearing the storm's weight well,
The air a hush on all our hurry -
So simple, such peace.
Stephen Mohring, Minneapolis, MN
Adult runners-up
(prize: $100 Borders Books & Music gift certificate)
This year as they bombard again says:
"BUY!"
Choose a cookie, candle or lavender sky.
Breathe slowly in, then out slowly too
Then choose to do nothing, as something to do.
Stretch wide the cozy comfort - the gift
Of one more day, with minutes and hours
That require no pay.
Mark R. Gehrman, Minneapolis, MN
A Blessing
Listen.
On a hill east of here
A lone evergreen grows
Below snowflakes floating
Out of stars onto stems
Landing softly on boughs
To glisten.
Listen.
Christopher Moore, Belle Plaine,
MN
Snow: early beads
Of soft song
Come
Let what falls
Open
The dream over you.
Rebecca Wearer, St. Paul, MN
I saw an old couple today walking hand in
hand.
Age had marked their faces.
Time made them slow in the gathering snow.
A package was carried.
A ribbon twirled in the breeze.
What a lovely sight,
A love that still grows.
Jodi Boos-Blaszyk, Andover, MN
Let me be
The flicker,
No, flame,
No, fire
Of hope
Another person
Might need.
Elissa Elliott, Rochester, MN
Once more we are together,
But for those what are apart,
May the taste and smell of memories,
Bring comfort to your hearts.
Holly Lindsay, St. Paul, MN
It's a few days till Christmas, and all
through our home
We're much to busy to answer the phone.
So if you'll leave a message right after the beep,
We'll try to return it before you're asleep.
Merry Christmas!
Don Bilyeu, Lenox, MA
May each human heart,
Whose bearer is
Turban'd
Yarmulke'd,
Scarv'd
Helmet'd,
Hatless,
Be filled to the brim
With passion for peace.
Barbara Miller, Eagan, MN
Snow and Yuletide, hot cocoa and snow,
Peace be with you,
Please bring the cranberries.
Katy Gordon, St. Paul, MN
Adult most musical entry
(prize: 2 tickets to Cosi fan Tutte at Theatre de la
Jeune Lune)
Here's to the geese and the girls that dance,
Swans in a lake and some hens from France.
Here's to the bird, aloft in a tree,
Whose calling for love, for doves of the sea.
Here's to the rings, Olympic or not,
And drummers who thump out a good fox trot.
And chicks from the dairy who squeeze and spin,
While guys with flutes pipe out a great din.
Lord a mercy! Watch them soar!
Let these twelve days be your best and more.
Sandra Hitchin, Minneapolis, MN
Young people's grand-prize winner
(prize: 4 season tickets to the Children's Theater in
Minneapolis)
Thank you, God, for bugs this year.
I caught them a lot in the back yard.
Thank you for the butterflies.
I caught them too, but let them go
Thanks for worms in the garden
That we took fishing,
They fell off the hook.
Thanks, anyway
Justin, age 6
Lake Elmo, MN
Children's runners up
(prize: Magnetic Poetry set)
Christmas is coming, presents aren't wrapped,
My mom is in a hurry to take a big nap.
Michael, age 7
St. Paul, MN
Chanukah - everyone melting together into
one loving, caring family like the candles glowing in a Menorah.
Danny, age 9
Mendota Heights, MN
Bless the ones who
Were lost on 9-11.
All of their souls are
Now in heaven.
We must not forget
The ones who are still
Repairing, both the city and their
Souls of
Sadness.
Tad, age 9
Oakdale, MN
As we sit down to pray,
I'd like to pray for my great-grandma today,
Warm hugs to spare,
The smell of cookies in the air,
Oh, how I wish she was here.
A smear of flour on her face,
She gave me courage,
She gave me grace.
To you great-grandma I pray.
Jessica
St. Paul, MN
I want to say a good tiding to the
Children in Afghanistan. They have had
Such a rough time this past year, with
Family and friends being killed in the war.
I want to wish them a wonderful
holiday season and hope that the
future will be brighter for them.
Sammy
St. Paul, MN
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