Adults and 50-Plus

Winners of the Poetic Musings 2024 Poetry Contest

Teen Rhymes

• Nature's Embrace - James Cribb
• Time Piece - Miriam Jesse

Teen Free Verse

• Sheltering Hope - Maya Tanner
• Golden Dreams - Bev Ta

Teen Haiku

• Late Night Walks - Hanan Ismail
• The Spider - Estrella Funes Gomez

Adult Rhymes

• Summer's Edge: a Monotetra - Marcie Flinchum Atkins
• Ode to a Single Cup of Tea - Shaymaa Seliaman

Adult Free Verse

• Let Us Marry Again - Vanessa Stirling
• In the Path of Totality - Wes Carrington
• My Dad's Heaven - Rachel Ann Russell

Adult Haiku

• Two Hot Takes - Rhea Malaluan

Each winner received a $50 Amazon e-gift card, a certificate signed by the Library Director and an invitation to read their poem at the library's Poetic Musings Poetry Celebration.

This contest was cosponsored by the Fairfax Library Foundation.