1st Place Prize Winner: Will St. Pierre

Luminescent fire,
Rain towards divested earth.
Leave the trees vacant.

2nd Place: Jeremy Huggins

Empty nest, bald tree,
thrift store answering machine–
always one missing.

The day has arrived
Lone petal deserts its bud
Dancing in the wind

russet robin, gone –
a sweeping change blusters in
to redden the ground

The earth bears fruit as
the shrinking sun slides south and
our hearts swell with thanks