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Whoever thinks that poets are somber or humorless should make an effort to be present at the next reading given by Jack Ridl and Linda Nemec Foster.

 
 
First Division (Grades K-8)
 

First Place: Karina Bursch
 
 
"Water's Myriad of Forms Present Themselves to the World"

A small, cool auditorium erupted with applause. At times, one could hear murmuring “wows.” At other times, there was but the silence of people thinking as the poet walked off the stage.

1. What first drew you to poetry? Did the beautiful and complex variety of Michigan’s natural landscape play a role?

Robert Haight is a Michigan poet in the truest sense.

William Heyen is a writer of no small proportions. With upwards of 15 poetry collections, as well as several more prosaic offerings, William Heyen is undoubtedly prolific.

You published your first book of poetry in 1970. In the past 40 years, how has your approach to writing poetry changed? How about how you read it?
 

There are many approaches a writer can take when tightening a poem. Making it the best it can be before sending it to a contest or for peer critique is important.