The Wood County Committee on Aging has announced the winners for the 18th Annual Poetry Contest. Submissions were accepted from Wood County residents 50 years of age and over, with a theme of “A Moment in Time.”
A total of 28 poems from 22 authors were submitted, and a BGSU writing professor reviewed the submissions and selected a winner and an honorable mention.
Pam Day of Bowling Green is the first place winner with her poem entitled, “A Moment to Dream,” winning a $100 gift card sponsored by the Manor of Perrysburg.
Day enjoys writing, and has entered the WCCOA poetry contest in years past. Day stated that she wrote this poem because when she was younger she had a tree that wasn’t big enough for a treehouse, so her dad built a little seat under it for her to sit in. She felt special knowing he put the time into it to make something special for her, especially with him having four children. “My father passed away in 2022 at the age of 101, so it was nice to write this poem and reminisce about our time together,” she said.
Bowling Green State University Associate Writing Professor Chad Van Buskirk stated that the poem “A Moment to Dream” reminds that life is the stuff of moments.
Karen Wood of Bowling Green is the runner up with her poem entitled “Eulogy,” winning a $50 gift card sponsored by Wood Haven Health Care.
Honorable Mention was awarded to Mary McGowan with the poem “I Only Did it for the Kids.”
All of the submitted poems can be read on the WCCOA blog at: https://woodcountycommitteeonaging.blogspot.com/
