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This year's winners showcase the wonder of wildlife through stunning photography

Worm lovers

Cravings

I’ve had my period 114 times, and what do I have to show for it?

A Bald Eagle encounter became a lasting symbol of love, loss, and connection

Anamnesis

Before radiance learned to gather itself into stars,

Heidi

A chance meeting on a mountain trail blurs the line between memory and magic

Discover the remarkable wildlife moments captured in the photographs submitted by our contestants

Pip

Pip - Thanks for all you do and have done raising us for the past 30 years

Happy Father's Day Ironman

Happy Father’s Day to the Ironman

Gratitude

Gratitude for time Quiet enjoyment of a moment

Zing!

Zing! You are lovingly literal.

For Mom

I wrote you this poem for Mother’s Day

Not a Poem

Many poetic thoughts will never become poems,

The Flea

Sometimes you graze me, like a flea does a bull

Tears in her eyes

I watch the tears gather in my best friend’s eyes. I feel the longing resting in her soul, the pain settling heavy in her mind.

Homesick

What is this feeling in my stomach? Queasiness?

Despite

You know, Despite the signs to the contrary:

Wanderers

Spider, your house got caught in my hair. I’m sorry  I stole your dinner.

The Reporter Skips Town: Finished

The reporter probably has a meeting right now, but instead she’s resting on a lake dock, drinking coffee at pace with the sunrise, swishing her feet through the water. No news here.

That which I am

Breath enters and escapes  Moment by moment Blood circulates 

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