Raise your glasses high and toast our own John Pieret, who won The Coffee-Stained Writer's National Poetry Month competition. And he deserved to - "Winding Sheet" is a beautiful, haunting poem.
Twasn't an easy decision for my heart sister, I'm sure - he was up against quite a few talented poets, including our own Chris Rhetts.
To extraordinary wordsmiths and the power of poetry, let us raise our glasses and shout, "Salud!"
As I said over there, I'm stunned.
ReplyDeleteIt just goes to show that everyone has one good poem in them.
This is the second piece of yours that's left me breathless. If I had a quarter of your gift with words, I'd count myself talented. As it is, all I can do is bow to a master wordsmith, and echo Neil Gaiman: I wish I could have written this, but I'm even more pleased I got to read it.
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