2005 Reuben Rose Competition

Winners, and texts of prize-winning poems

The judge for the 16th Competition, held in 2005, was Professor Jascha Kessler, USA.

st.  Prize:  Anne Ranasinghe –  Be ahead of all parting
2nd. Prize: Lila Julius –  Seven days in December
3rd. Prize:  Stephen M. Berer –  Tahharrah: Borderz
4th. Prize:  Larry Lefkowitz –  The Wife of Hieronymus Bosch

Honourable Mentions (in random order)

Yakov Azriel – the parable of had gadya
Yakov Azriel – Prophets
Shulamit Bat-Or – Blue Love
David Blumfield – Sylvester Again
Jackie Fishman – The Sweeter It Seems
Helene Hart – Signs: A Poem in Sapphics
Susan Rosenberg – New Immigrant’s Dream
Katherine Shabat – The Refuse Dump
David Silverman – Because We Are in Love
David Silverman – A Simple Prayer

To read and download the texts of the four prize-winning poems, click here (PDF file). Regretfully we do not have e-texts of the poems awarded Honourable Mentions.