The Los Angeles Poet Society is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2013 Summer Poetry Contest! While it was tough to pick one winner, the images of "Sister Sun" were strong enough, not only to invoke the beauty of a summer morning and the summer state of mind, but it beat all the other great poems submitted by everyone! Thank you to all participants! We appreciate your support of the literary arts in Los Angeles, and hope to read more of your poetry again! ~ LAPS Team Mary Torregrossa pictured above -- Moonday Reading Sister Sun There are three of us, our bony selves stand out like colts, especially in summer. Knocking ankle bones like dice we kick the covers from the bed each morning. This day , one sister says, Will be a scorcher! She rises, like a white birch, limbs askew, until with grace she stretches all the kinks of sleep into one, long, slender reach and greets the sun. ~ Mary Torregrossa (c)2013...
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