Option for the Poetry Paper

Good morning :)

While I was walking to campus, I was thinking about a new option for the poetry paper.

My blog-zine is not done with the fall contests, but I thought I would ask you to choose one of the poems eligible for Thelma's Prize (all poems) and argue why it's the one you'd vote for, based on what you've learned about poetry this semester.

Here is a link to the blog:  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/

Here are the poems that are eligible so far for the fall contest.

Regina A. Walker's "Hiraeth":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/hiraeth.html

Felino A. Soriano's "Trio of incorporated interpretations":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/thelonious-monk.html

Martin Willits, Jr.'s "The Elephant on the Keyboards": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-elephant-on-keyboards.html

Joan Dobbie's "Tripping with Ryan..." or Word Art Picture Poem: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post.html

Ethan Goffman's "Song of My Selfie": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/10/song-of-my-selfie.html

Jerry A. Scuderi's "Autumn Glow" or "Treble Goddess": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/avis-d-matthews-images-and-jerry.html

Ed Schelb's "Bird Call Dance Hall" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/bird-call-dance-hallcoming-soon.html

Jerry A. Scuderi's "Emerald Ridge in Spring," "Fertile Ridge in Summer," "Abandoned Ridge in Autumn," or "Barren Ridge in Winter": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/jerry-scuderis-vineyard-poems.html

One of Vasile Moldovan's haiku: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/words-and-images-for-what-would-have.html

Martin Willits, Jr.'s "Ugly Beauty": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-iyer.html

Felino A. Soriano's "Underneath" or "Morning, this" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-iyer.html

Allyson Lima's "After Mario Bencastro's Algo tiene el otono" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/after-mario-bencastros-algo-tiene-el.html

Joan McNerney's "Monk," "Pablo Picasso Night Fishing at Antibes (1939)," "Vincent Van Gogh Stary Night (1889)," or "On Viewing Buddha in the Museum": http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/monk-andpoems-about-painting.html

Jerry A. Scuderi's "Salsa Island" http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/11/san-juan-puerto-rico.html

A.J. Huffman's  "Honey, You've Got to Slow Down" and "Singing Without Words":  http://thesongis.blogspot.com/2014/12/aj-huffmans-honey-you-got-to-slow-down.html?spref=bl