tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30416503227870205302011-07-30T14:17:37.958-07:00The winning poems from the 2009 Frost Award judged by Jarita Davis.RFrostEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618140116210997033noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041650322787020530.post-80963651592750285932010-01-08T13:27:00.000-08:002010-01-09T03:28:17.582-08:00In a distinctive turn of phrase, Jarita Davis, the judge of this year's Frost Award, described her choices as "the opposite of small talk."<br /><br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mD6PBNmGDQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mD6PBNmGDQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />As if to prove her point, Davis read <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2010/01/as-part-of-her-talk-on-frost-and.html">several poems from her new manuscript</a>, continued evidence of the relationship of comtemporary poets and their poetry to Frost. --ms<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3041650322787020530-8096365159275028593?l=frostawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RFrostEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618140116210997033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041650322787020530.post-4663165229217965922009-10-24T12:56:00.000-07:002009-11-05T12:59:53.864-08:00Lawrence, MA, October 24, 2009. For immediate release,<br /><p><br />The 2009 winning poem, chosen by poet Jarita Davis, is:<br /></p><br /><a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-to-fox-island-by-gregory.html">"Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ob-tmUbq_FY/SuKkkfOEW6I/AAAAAAAABXo/8582vCpivd0/s1600-h/2009RFAwinnerpic.jpg"> <img style="margin: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 58px; height: 79px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ob-tmUbq_FY/SuKkkfOEW6I/AAAAAAAABXo/8582vCpivd0/s200/2009RFAwinnerpic.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396056250306026402" align="left" border="0" /></a>Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-to-fox-island-by-gregory.html">text of the winning poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/heres-background-on-crossing-to-fox.html"> background on the winning poem.</a>Loselle, a high school Language Arts and Art History teacher in southeastern Michigan, plans to use his $1000 cash award to pay a visit to the Vermeer exhibition in New York City.</p> .<p></p> <p></p><p>The finalist poems, in the order provided by Jarita Davis, are:</p><ol><br /><li> "Swan" by Christiane Jacox of Ridgefield, CT.<br /><!--Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-to-fox-island-by-gregory.html">text of the winning poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/heres-background-on-crossing-to-fox.html"> background on the winning poem.</a>--><br /></li><br /><li> "Processional" by Joan Larkin of Brooklyn, NY.<br />Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/11/processional-by-joan-larkin.html">text of Joan Larkin's finalist poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/background-on-processional-by-joan.html"> background on the poem.</a><br /></li><br /><li> "Walking the Dog on the Milky Way" by Gregory Loselle of Southgate, MI.<br /><!--Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-to-fox-island-by-gregory.html">text of the winning poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/heres-background-on-crossing-to-fox.html"> background on the poem.</a>--><br /></li><br /><li> "Journey withMan and Crows" by Raphael Kosek of Hopewell Jct, NY.<br />Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/journey-with-man-and-crows-by-raphael.html">text of on Raphael Kosek's finalist poem</a>,<br />and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/background-on-journey-withman-and-crows.html"> background on the poem.</a><br /></li><br /><li> "Route 1 North, Woolwich, ME" by Tess Taylor of Brooklyn, NY.<br />Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/route-1-north-woolich-maine-by-tess.html">text of Tess Taylor's finalist poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/background-on-route-1-north-woolich.html"> background on the poem.</a><br /></li><br /><li> "Spring Awakening" by Lollie Butler of Tuscon, AZ.<br />Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/spring-awakening-by-lollie-butler.html">text of Lollie Butler's finalist poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/background-on-spring-awakening-by.html"> background on this finalist poem.</a><br /></li><br /><li> "Carved in Stone" by Gayle Reed Carroll of Pittsburgh, PA.<br />Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/carved-in-stone-by-gayle-reed-carroll.html">text of Gayle Reed Carroll's finalist poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/background-on-carved-in-stone-by-gayle.html"> background on the poem.</a><br /></li><br /><li> "Interior with Calder Mobile" by Nadine Sabra Meyer of Gettysburg, PA.<br /><!--Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-to-fox-island-by-gregory.html">text of the winning poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/heres-background-on-crossing-to-fox.html"> background on the winning poem.</a>--><br /></li><br /><li> "What Makes Things Move" by Maureen Morehead of Louisville, KY.<br /><!--Click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/crossing-to-fox-island-by-gregory.html">text of the winning poem</a>, and click here for <a href="http://2008frostawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/heres-background-on-crossing-to-fox.html"> background on the winning poem.</a>--><br /></li><br /></ol><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' 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