{"id":1604,"date":"2014-06-30T18:56:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T01:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2015-05-28T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T23:12:09","slug":"june-poetry-contest-winner-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/30\/june-poetry-contest-winner-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"June Poetry Contest Winner Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">JUNE CONTEST- <strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\">A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">First, I’d like to give a big shout out to everyone who participated in this month’s poetry contest! There were over 40 contest entries and I had fun reading them. Before I announce the winners, let’s recap for those just tuning in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">June’s poetry contest theme was “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Here\u2019s how it worked. I posted a picture (shown below) and the contestants used that picture as their inspiration to write a short poem. The range and interpretation of their poem is only limited by their own imagination.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here’s the picture,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/girl-crawling-out-of-hole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1373\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/girl-crawling-out-of-hole.jpg\" alt=\"girl crawling out of hole\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/girl-crawling-out-of-hole.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/girl-crawling-out-of-hole-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/girl-crawling-out-of-hole-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I had some GREAT entries and I’m impressed with the creative interpretations the contestants shared!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Alright, the moment you’ve been waiting for. . . <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The winners for June’s Poetry Contest are <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Allana Lopez from San Antonio, Texas<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">and<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Katie McGahan from Carlington Heights, Illinois<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their poems are below,<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>UNBOUND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">by Allana Lopez<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh, I have not reached that point,<\/p>\n<p>That bound part of earth.<\/p>\n<p>It has ensnared the radiance of the surface.<\/p>\n<p>And Oh, how bitter a thing,<\/p>\n<p>To be trapped in the dirt,<\/p>\n<p>The mulch of decay and rock,<\/p>\n<p>Everlastingly bound to the ancient<\/p>\n<p>Stagnant bottom beneath me.<\/p>\n<p>My feet scrape the edges,<\/p>\n<p>Billowing dress like the sea<\/p>\n<p>Clinging to the rock holds,<\/p>\n<p>The crevices and crannies.<\/p>\n<p>And oh, my fingers tear at the earth,<\/p>\n<p>Savage impatience and anxiety ensued,<\/p>\n<p>And my limbs tremble from the force,<\/p>\n<p>Oh that force that drives towards freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The light penetrates and at last<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Captivity\r\n<\/strong>by Katie Mcgahan<\/span>\r\n \r\nMy refuge a hole\r\nTo bury my soul\r\nThe wrath of my shame\r\nCalls me by name\r\n \r\nReaching out toward the light\r\nDreading the horrors of the night\r\nGripped by fear\r\nDrowning in despair\r\n \r\nTears cascade down my face\r\nFar beyond the reach of grace\r\nThe irony of wearing white\r\nGrasps me with all its might\r\n \r\nSnared by the tendrils of a tree\r\nA prisoner am I to be?\r\nI lost my voice........\r\nDo I truly have a choice?<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Congrats Katie and Allana! Be sure to watch the mail for your prize package! It will include a custom designed Tiger’s Curse bracelet, a leather journal, ribbon bookmark w\/ charm, FREE book, personalized fan letter and more!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leather-journal-with-blue-ribbon-bookmark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-695\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leather-journal-with-blue-ribbon-bookmark-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"leather journal with blue ribbon bookmark\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leather-journal-with-blue-ribbon-bookmark-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/leather-journal-with-blue-ribbon-bookmark-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/summer-2013-052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1612\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/summer-2013-052-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"summer 2013 052\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/summer-2013-052-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/summer-2013-052-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stay tuned for the next contest announced later this week. 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There were over 40 contest entries and I had fun reading them. Before I announce the winners, let’s recap for those just tuning in. June’s poetry contest theme was “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Here\u2019s how it worked. I posted a picture (shown below) and the contestants used that picture as their inspiration to write a short poem. The range and interpretation of their poem is only limited by their own …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,19],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest","category-contest-winners","category-fans"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6777,"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/6777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}