2020 Poems

2020 poems were selected by judges, Yvonne Cariveau and Derek Liebertz.

Adult

  • Great Blue – David Solheim (#1 Lions Park South)
  • Winter Mates – Linda White (#3 Erlandson Park)
  • Trail Haiku – Pam Whitefield (#4 Weagel Park)
  • While Walking – Olivia Mettler (#5 West Mankato)
  • Kids Today – Jennifer Geisinger (#6 West Mankato)
  • After Years of Drought, Wildfires Rage – Laura Kozy Lanik (#8 Erlandson)
  • Kettling the Storm – Ed Brekke-Kramer (#13 Fallenstein Park)
  • Love Lesson on Highway 99 – Holly Dodge (#25 Glenwood / Pohl)
  • Night Feast – Heidi Magnuson (#26 YMCA / Mankato West trail)
  • Solo – Deborah Goschy (#30 Minneopa Trail / Hwy 169)
  • sound of a motorboat / robin eggs – Deborah Goschy (#31 Minnesota River Trail Ho-Chunk planter)
  • Night Snow – Jennifer Jesseph (#32 Rex MacBeth River Trail)
  • High Lake Past the Field – Richard Robbins (#35 Benson Park lake)
  • A Little Each Moment – Tony Plocido (#38 Minnesota River Trail planter)
  • She Can Sleep Now – Brandon Clark (#39 Peace Pipe Park ponds)
  • Quilt Lessons – Holly Dodge (#41 Taylor Library)
  • Uff da – Heidi Magnuson (#42 Wheeler Park)

Youth

  • Mysterious Forest – Larkin Geisinger (#21 Sibley Park zoo)