1st Prize from Poetry Society of Virginia

My poem, "Shelter" won first place in the Poetry Society of Virginia's Annual Contest in the category in honor of Anne Spencer, "Overcoming Adversity." It will be published soon in a book with the first and second-place winning poems from 2024 by High Tide Publications, Deltaville, Virginia.

Here are the first few lines...

SHELTER

Ukraine

by Kathleen P. Decker

below-ground

in the bomb shelter

gentle strains

and quick arpeggios

rise to the street...

Buy the book and read it along with the other prize-winning poems!