| ALABAMA | JOSEPH L. WHITTEN, SPL, Odenville, "Morning Skirmish"
(for Lorene Armstrong) HELEN NORRIS, RU, Montgomery, "Window" |
| ARKANSAS | VERNA LEE HINEGARDNER SPL Hot Springs, "Anniversary
Alone" JOHN W. CRAWFORD, RU, Arkadelphia, "Spring Green Boy" |
| CALIFORNIA | DEWELL H. BYRD, SPL, Eureka, "Winter into Spring" HARVEY THOMAS SAMPSON, RU, Santee, "The Old Man's Face" GEORGE STURMAN, RU, San Diego, "A Sonnet to Pavarotti" |
| COLORADO | IDA FASEL, SPL, Denver, "Of Angels" |
| CONNECTICUT | BILLIE MORRILL, SPL, Niantic, "Back Porch Blues" |
| FLORIDA | VIRGINIA ARTRIP SNYDER, SPL, Delray Beach,"Gypsy Blood" BETTY PRISENDORF, RU, Merritt Island,"At My Poetry Club" |
| GEORGIA | BARBARA RUTH SAMPSON, SPL, Stockbridge, "Return in the
Spring" EMERY L. CAMPBELL, RU, Lawrenceville, "Liebestod" |
| ILLINOIS | HELEN E. RILLING, SPL, Auburn, "Throwaway Baby" DOROTHY H. BIZER, RU, Quincy, "Library Fare" |
| INDIANA | ALVADEANE EVANS, SPL, Auburn, "Jigsaw Puzzles" DIANNA WILDER, RU, Winamac, "America Under Attack" |
| IOWA | LILA BORG ROHRER, SPL, Victor, "Lessons Mama Never
Taught" GRACE RASMUSSEN, RU, Manilla, "Terms of Endearment" |
| KENTUCKY | MARCUS E. OMER, SPL, Sturgis, "Lily's Love" JAMES L. TURPIN, RU, Richmond, "Door to Her Heart" |
| MARYLAND | IKE MORAH, SPL, Baltimore, "Under the Influence" VERNA PUNTIGAN, RU, Pasadena, "Cats" |
| MASSACHUSETTS | P.J. ROBERTS, SPL, Rockport, "Seasons of Love" PATRICIA BRODIE, RU, Concord, "Power Shift" |
| MICHIGAN | SALLIE A. HINDS, SPL, East Tawas, "The Faded
Photograph" JOHN SCHWALBACH, RU, Bark River, "Melancholia" |
| MISSOURI | ROBERT E. BROWNE, SPL, Winfield, "Earthly Bounds" NANCY A. RICHARDS, RU, St. Louis, "Once Upon A Love" |
| NEBRASKA | THOMAS PHILLIPS, SPL, Lincoln, "Do You Suppose" |
| NEVADA | JANE E. LOGAN, SPL, Sparks, "The Trumpet's Mission" |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | P. M. UNDERHILL, SPL, Concord, "D.J.U" IAN VEITENHEIMER, RU, Manchester, "Steel Pier Jump" |
| NEW JERSEY | CLAIRE LEVITT, SPL, Trenton, "Women's Lib Oration" MAUREEN CANNON, RU, Ridgewood, "Love Story" |
| NEW MEXICO | CAROL DEE MEEKS, SPL, Artesia, "Life As Jelly Beans" |
| NEW YORK | VINCENT J. TOMEO, SPL, Flushing, "Mama's Slippers" JEAN POWIS, RU, Troy, "Getting Older" |
| NORTH CAROLINA | LYNN VEACH SADLER, SPL, Sanford, "In Homage to
Annie" (Ballad) JANE DAVIS WALL, RU, Washington, "Lizard After Bird" |
| OHIO | HELEN WEBB, SPL, South Point, "She Puts It On" |
| OKLAHOMA | DENA R. GORRELL, SPL, Edmond, "Keepsake Quilt--A Legacy of Love" |
| PENNSYLVANIA | AGNES CHISMAR PUSI, SPL, McKeesport, "The Haunted
House" JEFF JUBELIRER, RU, Philadelphia, "Holding Tight My Connection" |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | DONNA PARKS, SPL, Rapid City, "child of two..." |
| TENNESSEE | CLAUDE BLACKWOOD, SPL, Memphis, "The Calling" |
| TEXAS | MARY CIMAROLLI, SPL, Richardson, "A Seasoned Love" SHEILA TINGLEY MOORE, RU, San Antonio, "A Condition for Being Alive" |
| UTAH | VERA OGDEN BAKKER, SPL, West Bountiful, "Ripples On The
Pond" STEWART C. HARVEY, RU, Salt Lake City, "Cowpoke" |
| VIRGINIA | B. R. CULBERTSON, SPL, Blacksburg, "Arithmetic" PATRICIA FAIN HUTSON, RU, Newport, "The Sketch" |
| WASHINGTON | FRIEDA RISVOLD, SPL, Seattle, "ears sprout wispy
tufts..." MARJORIE MILLISON, RU, LaConner, "Pages of Ages" |
| WEST VIRGINIA | LINDA POE, SPL, Gay, "Spring" |
| WISCONSIN | JUNETTE FABIAN, SPL, Two Rivers, "Luella Cuthbert" (Spoon River Poem) |
| WYOMING | EUGENE V. SHEA, SPL, Hanna, "When Time Runs Out" |
| CANADA | Mary Rudbeck Stanko, SPL, London, Ontario, "Advice for Everyday Saints" |
| THAILAND | Dean Barrett, RU, Bangkok, "The Weeping Walrus" |