Login to The Best Free Poetry Contests Login to Poetry Contest Insider   Contest Database Poetry Contest Insider The Best Free Poetry Contests Contests to Avoid Contests Sponsored by Winning Writers War Poetry Contest Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest Contests Assisted by Winning Writers Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest Guidelines FAQ Submit Online Submit by Mail Past Winners Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Contests : Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2007 : Highly Commended Highly Commended - Jennifer Perry HERE Here air is sweet granite heaves breath is dry and water falls wet. I come here to remember what's forgotten. Lay my body down yield to roundness empty my asphalt heart until she is somehow full. Only me tonight in the company of stars Trees press tall against the sky beat-steady creatures bring the silence back. Here earth-foot-firm crunch of grass pricks skin alive rush of river spreads life out before me. Here great minds big-god cities and blinding wisdom slip out of thought and back to slumber. Here bush draws flesh alive draws dreams from excavated holes draws life back to itself. Here all that remains is Home. This poem won a Highly Commended award in the 2007 Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. Author Jennifer Perry received a $70 award. Winning Writers assists this contest. Copyright is reserved to the author.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Free Newsletter | Customer Service | Contact Us | Privacy | Advertise Copyright 2001-2008, Winning Writers, Inc. Site design by EyeArchitect. Beyond fair use, no part of this website may be reproduced without permission. All rights reserved.