2008 “Discovery” Contest Winners
Boston Review is honored to be the co-sponsor and publishing partner of the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center's annual “Discovery“ poetry contest. True to its name, this contest has discovered such poets as Marilyn Hacker, Michael Collier, Mary Jo Salter, Nick Flynn and Greg Orr, and is among the most prestigious in the nation.
May/June 2008
Torso of an Unknown Soldier
“Those in their headless, historical poses, some without sex or dedications, stood white, /
eclipsed from flash photography. . .”
Bridgette Bates
When the Moon Comes Up
“Dear Sufficiency, perhaps you’ll lose your best friend, partner, apartment /
Maybe the power grid fails—plant, quadruped, bird, sea, earth, air, sound. . . ”
Barbara Claire Freeman
Principles of Uncertainty
“As a boy I wanted to be good, loved /
cotton candy and mother more than anyone, /
wanted to please and now may I say. . .”
Cynthia Lowen
Hover, Coo
“This dream of a bird strange, tangled up. A hybrid: a bunting /
and an owl with those sad wet eyes. . . ”
Frances Justine Post
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