Awards

Livingston Rossmoor

Below is a sampling of Livingston's poems which have won awards or received honorable mentions.

28th Annual Poetry Contest for the Dancing Poetry Festival

The intention of the Dancing Poetry Festival and Artists Embassy International (its parent organization), is to honor the natural ambassadorship of excellent artists and their work that furthers intercultural understanding and peace through the universal language of the arts.

The Blues Guitarist

3rd Place

We call him big Leo, he is not that big,
just solid, moving at all times,
as though he runs on a battery.

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Writer's Digest 90th Annual Writing Competition

Writer’s Digest has been shining a spotlight on up and coming writers

in all genres through its Annual Writing Competition for 90 years.

Epilogue

Honorable Mention

Acapella or a violin’s vibrato,

duet, trio, in parody or rhapsody,

he breathes fast to level the staccato,

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Thoroughbred

Honorable Mention

And now, a meal ticket, and personal trainers,

a concierge doctor, a servant and farrier,

nothing to writhe about. To keep all retainers,

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California State Poetry Society's Annual Contest

The 2021 judge, Georgia Jones Davis, writes, “The winners (and honorably mentioned) of this year’s California State Poetry Society competition displayed a risk-taking agility with language, a willingness to write to the limit, as it were, to musicality and whim, take chances with imagery and sound, to leap. The poems vibrate with life and excitement and mystery. They get better with each reading. “

I Don’t Know Why

Honorable Mention

I don’t know why it came in search of me.

I don’t know when or how it came.

It came in the light or dark, I couldn’t see.

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First Annual Nebraska State Poetry Society Open Poetry Contest

"Do chase the ebbing Neptune"

Honorable Mention

It must be a mistake.

I thought it was a promise,

you would be the last one

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Time of Singing Winter Contest 22/23 Ekphrastic Poetry

Intertwine

Editor's Choice

The nose is exaggerated, the brows
elongated with mouth distorted and face
full of wrinkles. The impression plows

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Ina Coolbrith Circle Poetry Contest (2024)

The Story of My Life

Honorable Mention-Humor Category

When I was little,
I painted paradise all day long;
square houses, flowers, birds…