The Winners of Week Forty of the Poetry Please...

Welcome all Poetry Please members!

"I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence."

Walter Annenberg

The Winners of Week Forty of the Poetry Please Single Word Challenge, "Independence", Are...

Our Poets in order of appearance:

•· Amy S. with "Happy Birthday, America",

•· Michelle W. with INDEPENDENCE haibun,

•· Amy S. with "Indepence in an Unknown World",

•· Manonmano with "Independence" - Reach for the sky !!! ,

•· Kathy W. with INDEPENDENCE, a Poem,

•· Poddar K. with His independence-dreams,

•· Anita H. with Birth,

This week we had an incredible response to the prompt and all of the poetry was stunning. You literally blew me away with your poems. It was so difficult to pick just three.

We still seem to be having some problems with poems not getting posted to the home page and thus not getting to participate in the challenge. If you are having any problems getting your poetry to post to the home page, please let me know right away so that we can try to figure out what the problem is. I would like everyone who wants to be, to be included not only in the challenge, but in the group.

And, without further ado, the winners are:

In Third Place, Poddar K. with His independence-dreams

In Second Place, Anita H. with Birthand

In First Place, Kathy W. with INDEPENDENCE, a Poem

Please join me in congratulating the winners by leaving them a nice comment on their poems! They will be featured on the group page for the week.