Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest 2007: Winning Entries.

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And the winners are...

Putting Our Heads Together

Poetry Contest 2007

Contest Winners

Congratulations to all of our 2007 poets!

The entries were exquisite, making the judges' decisions quite difficult. In addition to the winning entries, all of the poems entered will be published on our site. You'll find a listing of the poems with links to each of them below.

Placing

1st Place: My Private Museum by Debora Courson Smith
2nd Place: Days by Tracie Killar
3rd Place: I Deserve a Better Doctor (You're Fired!) by Jamie Sohn
4th Place: Redefining Heroes by Daisy French

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order, by title)

Delicate Petals by Daisy French
Helicopter Head by Sarah S. Shay
Mr. Migraine by Monique Cayer
Nothing Will Ruin This Day by Jori
remember that day by SJS
Soaring by Lynne
Whip of Color by Abbie Groves

You can read the Honorable Mention entries HERE.

More Entries... (in alphabetical order, by title)

Again by Jim Pasquarello
Amusement by R. Blue
Another Day by M. Rene Riel
The Beast by Marylin Forren
Blinding Thunder by Angela Fristoe
A Day in the Life of a Headache by Sabrina Wirey
A day in the life of a migraineur by Bimini
Day to Night by Kendra Nafziger
God Complex by Christopher M. Dempsey
Enough! by Mike Day
Happy Birthday by Sherry Ledford
I Wish by Marylin Forren
Just Wait by Jennifer Erwin
Migraine and life by Teresa Ramos
Migraine Haiku by Jerry O'Brien
Migraine Monster by Catherine Webb
Migraine Panoum
Migraine Woman by Teresa Ramos
The Monster Within by Kennedy Brazier
Mr. Cluster's Movin' In! by Nickey Woods
My Head My Ache by Katherine Tincher
My Lone Prison Cell by Sheenamai Leano
The Migraine by Bill Kuntzman
My Migraine Dance Partner by Teresa Ramos
My Pain by Francesca Lynn Raynor
My Pain by Katherine Tincher
My Pain by Rachel Kingsland
Sea of Pain by Robin Hudspeth
Stay Away Cloudy Day! by Karen Mierta
Storm by Vaedra Jones
Today by Sally Aspden
Unbelievable by Jennifer
Uninvited Guest by Kendra Nafziger
Untitled by Jennifer Pauksta
A Waltz for Head and Nose by Jamie S.
The Week it all changed -- a Poem in two Emotions by Jamie Sohn
When the Ride Is over the Music Stops by Pat Frisella
...and yet, I go on... by Casey Jagiello

You can read these entries HERE.

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Remember:

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physicians work together as
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atmosphere of mutual respect.

Must-Reads:

I love to write poetry, but of course, it would be inappropriate for me to enter this contest. Still, I wrote a new poem to share with you...

phantom tango
by Teri Robert

the beat is faint, the dance slow
     so slow I’m not sure we’re dancing
my partner is but a shadow
     waiting to become more than a phantom

the disco ball that so blithely
     cast shards of light upon my eyes
forecast my partner’s arrival
     yet I had dared hope he would not follow

but the beat strengthens
     and the dance intensifies
the steps we’ve danced before
     are too familiar and unmitigatedly unwelcome

we turn and dip, this direction then that
     an intimate tango
with each dip, my stomach rebels
     the dips so deep my head ricochets off the floor

he shows no pity
     but dances the dance his sadistic way
and when I am beyond spent, he departs
     without so much as a bow at the end

Migraine is a merciless partner
     a relentless partner
a murderess I would gladly become
     if only I could slay him

Published April 30, 2007