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I retired from a nursing career to live a simple life in the country and write. I self
published my first book of poetry, The River of Liquid Dreams. Small presses published two more, In The Presence of Shadows, and Faith Like A Dandelion. I had the honor of having one of my poems recited in a documentary produced by the Canadian Institute on Child Health, The Healing Journey. I give poetry readings and judge performance poetry competitions.

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The Sound of Color Judged

Blog Posted:12/10/2013 8:58:00 AM

I received some absolutely amazing poetry on the sounds of color! All of the entries were stunning and it was hard to narrow it down. Even though it was hard to judge, I received such pleasure from the contest, Thank you to all who entered, (please excuse all the commas, my period doesn't seem to be working), I was hoping to have names for all the poems at the finish to thank everyone personally for their poems, but I guess the way I judged didn't allow it, I will learn as I go on,

I am so glad to be a part of this creative and loving community here at the soup

Hugs and kudos to all

Monterey

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Tim
Ryerson

Date: 12/12/2013 7:04:00 PM

Thank you so very much for my placement in you contest Monterey... To be honest I was a little worried that you might be offended because I didn't take the serious angle but it just popped into my brain (what little is left) so I entered...Once again, thanks and congrats to all the other winners!

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/15/2013 7:50:00 AM

Of course I didn't take offense. I love this poem. I laughed out loud.

Carrie
Richards

Date: 12/11/2013 9:39:00 AM

Thank you very much Monterey! A great contest, and you received some amazing entries! Oh.....I'm hoping to hear you on Drake's next radio blog show.......good luck with being his guest next time!!

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/12/2013 8:01:00 AM

Thank you. I am eager to be on it. I think the show will be such fun. I really enjoyed listening to Richard and Drake last Sunday

Dr.Ram
Mehta

Date: 12/10/2013 11:46:00 PM

Thanks, Monterey. for my placement in your contest,

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/11/2013 7:04:00 AM

You are very welcome

Donna
Jones

Date: 12/10/2013 4:35:00 PM

It was really fun Monterey...thanks!

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/11/2013 7:06:00 AM

I will have to look at your page to see which one was yours. I guess I had an oops moment while judging, and at the end I couldn't get all the names. Glad you enjoyed it. It was all for the fun of creating.

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 12/10/2013 3:10:00 PM

you had a great array of poems that really made this contest a success, monterey... i have to hand it to you; challenguinf theme!.. thank you so much and best wishes to all who joined... huggs!

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/11/2013 7:09:00 AM

Thanks, my brain is churning along trying to think up a new contest. The poets here are so creative and talented. You all took my idea and flew away with it, creating magic I never imagined.

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 12/10/2013 9:51:00 AM

dern I hadn't come up with one yet LOL GOOD concept! Congrad's all!

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/10/2013 10:02:00 AM

Oh, too bad. Maybe the next one? This was such fun I will have to do it again.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 12/10/2013 9:11:00 AM

Monterey, as I was seeing some of the entries to your contest being displayed at Soup, I felt jealous of you having such an awesome contest.It must have been pure pleasure to be seeing those kinds of poems in your judging area! thanks for my placement. I got inspired when I was reading some of the poetry being written for this unique contest of yours. Congrats to them all. I am looking forward to reading the winners' list.

Monterey Sirak
Date: 12/10/2013 10:00:00 AM

Reading the entries was pure joy for me. I may have to listen closer to the grandkids, since my grandson's remark inspired the contest. (out of the mouths of babes!)

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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Peace Sign	Free verse	memory,peace,
On the Outside, Looking In	Free verse	friendship,life,people,sa
Language Barrier	Prose Poetry	emotions,immigration,insp
My Day As a Woman	Rhyme	encouraging,feelings,jour
All About Curiosity	Light Verse	identity,
How To Die	Free verse	age,death,dream,
Teach Them Young	I do not know?	africa,children,culture,e
Dear Robert Frost	Free verse	poetry,poets,
Along Youth's Lane	Rhyme	childhood,places,
Finesse	Sonnet	character,
Questions To Ponder	Verse	appreciation,beauty,thank
The Gift	Verse	encouraging,prayer,spirit
Flickering Shadows	Free verse	adventure,
I Am the Mighty Mountain	Personification	earth,mountains,
Temple of Life	Sijo	god,nature,
My Poetry Garden	Narrative	garden,
Holy Is the Lamb	Free verse	devotion,god,
Stormy	Free verse	longing,sad,
Blessings	Couplet	appreciation,
How Poetry Began	Quatrain	nature,poetry,
Hey Hank, Did You Just -	Senryu	funny,writing,
Beg To Have	Blitz	betrayal,
God's Kind of Poetry	Terza Rima	beauty,devotion,poetry,
I Need To Feel	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Fall In Love	Acrostic	autumn,love,nature,
A Rare Place	Blank verse	nature,
- Angels and Snow -	Verse	moon,snow,winter,
The Art of Understanding	Free verse	prayer,
I Am Or Maybe I Am Not	Free verse	how i feel,introspection,
The Hush of Christmas Past	Sonnet	child,christmas,
Beneath the Shattered	Verse	birth,courage,
Tree	Free verse	child,god,tree,
Joy and Pain of Memories	Free verse	change,father daughter,in
Burden of Guilt	Free verse	emotions,poetry,sorrow,
Wind	Personification	nature,wind,
Yesterday's Joys	Rhyme	childhood,image,magic,uni
On New Year's Eve	Verse	new year,
A Single Soul Cries Out	Rhyme	blessing,conflict,courage
Broken People	Free verse	people,
Poetry For Poets: I Own This- Edition	Free verse	creation,metaphor,poems,p
One Christmas Morn	Verse	christmas,
Love Gift	I do not know?	dream,love,
The Fool	Verse	crazy,journey,
Fireflies	Tanka	childhood,
Embrace the Day	Rhyme	life,
Shades of Grey	Prose	introspection,mystery,
Transformation	Rhyme	beauty,
The Jeweler's Lathe	Free verse	beauty,
Hidden Beauty	Rondeau	hero,
Workshop Poem - Winds Forgive	Free verse	change,faith,forgiveness,
All I Have In Life	Free verse	absence,best friend,betra
My Lacking	Quatrain	emotions,river,
Under the Willow Trees	Free verse	childhood,death of a frie
The Gift of Poetry	Free verse	art,poetry,uplifting,inte
The Peephole That Is the Moon	Rhyme	faith,god,heaven,hope,
Time Alone	Couplet	faith,introspection,spiri
Nature Talk	Free verse	nature,
Finding Myself Again	Dramatic Verse	courage,love hurts,self,
Stand Still	Verse	life,
Brittle Wool	Verse	clothes,longing,winter,
Memories Leave Silently	Free verse	age,loneliness,
When the Wanderer Returns	Free verse	absence,adventure,childho
Once Again	Epigram	hope,loneliness,love,
You Are God and I Have To Believe	Free verse	christian,conflict,confus
Missing Person	Free verse	irony,
Autumn's Daughter	Haiku	autumn,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Poet Tacito	United States	Read
Anne-Lise Andresen	Norway	Read
Suzanne Delaney	United States	Read
Donna Jones	United States	Read
Mark Peterson	United States	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Harry Horsman	Australia	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
Arlene Smith	United States	Read
Tim Ryerson	United States	Read
Daver Austin	United States	Read
Sara Kendrick	United States	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Martin Lochner	South Africa	Read
David Meade	United States	Read
Rhonda Johnson-Saunders	United States	Read
Nandita Das	India	Read
Darlene Gifford	United States	Read
Demetrios Trifiatis	Greece	Read
John Lawless	United States	Read
Mama Bear	Canada	Read