Migraine Award Winning Poems End National Poetry Month
MAGNUM Announces Winner's of HealthCentral Network's 2008 Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest
WASHINGTON, DC—April 30th, 2008; T. S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month" and the W.H.O.* calls Migraine one of the cruelest diseases. Considering this, MAGNUM thinks it is only fitting to end the month with our announcement of this year's winners of the HealthCentral Network sponsored 2008 Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest. After all, would not T.S. Eliot himself, though not a Migraineur, appreciate our effort? He deeply loved his wife Vivien Haigh, an adventurous and vivacious British subject, who sadly suffered horribly from intractable Migraines.
So now, with T.S. & Vivien watching over us, MAGNUM would like to get right to announcing this years winners. We are thrilled to advise readers that this year, even though we gave very short notice, we were honored with many excellent entries that poetically speak to the Migraine experience. We selected four placing awards, First, Second, Third, & Forth Place. In addition we issued six honorable mentions of merit. Please take time to read ALL of the winning entries, and when you have time, visit and peruse the other entries, as so many are well written and deserve your attention.
AND THE WINNERS ARE!
Massive Migraine
By mopar496
Wins First Place
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/18447/24754/massive-migraine
Car-jacked
By Roey
Wins Second Place
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/88073/23918/carjacked
Perpetually Now
By MaxJerz
Wins Third Place
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/46824/25055/perpetually
You're Not My Friend, You Know
By Sandi Suddady
Wins Fourth Place
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/68226/25642/friend
AND THE HONORABLE MENTIONS ARE!
The Keeper
By desrivgirl
Wins Honorable Mention
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/5137/25567/keeper
My Ghostly Shadow
By SEG
Wins Honorable Mention
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/95623/25565/ghostly-shadow
A Rare Day
By cdelavarre
Wins Honorable Mention
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/15655/25234/rare-day
Pain Inside My Head (version 2)
By thedoglady
Wins Honorable Mention
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/81338/25768/inside-version2
The Thorn
By Brynnwriter
Wins Honorable Mention
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/80108/25240/thorn
The Stranger's Eyes
By Roey
Wins Honorable Mention
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/88073/24326/strangers-eyes
MigraineBlog wants to thank this year's guest judges for their assistance with selections with one of the most interesting years submission-wise. MAGNUM wants to thank judge and MigraineBlog guest writer Marie Kaddell who has an M.L.S., M.S., and M.B.A.. She is MAGNUM's blogmistress. She blogs personally and professionally. In addition she enjoys poetry and has been known to write it as well. We also want to thank judge Susan Moeller Denny, who is also MAGNUM's Information Services Officer and has served as an advisor to MAGNUM for over a decade. Susan has been on MAGNUM's overseas missions to World Headache Alliance and World Health Organization meetings from London, to Rome to Istanbul helping advance MAGNUM's agenda to help lessen the burden of Migraine sufferers worldwide. Thank you Susan & Marie for making the 2008 Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest a wonderful explanation point in observance of the end of National Poetry Month.
National Poetry Month was established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets as a month-long, national celebration of poetry. According to the NGO the concept was to increase the attention paid-by individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our poetic heritage, and to poetry books and magazines. They hope to increase in the visibility, presence, and accessibility of poetry in our culture. MAGNUM hopes we were able to cross support National Poetry Month and make it more even more successful through our efforts. We are sure the National Poetry Month will grown over the years and MAGNUM hope other health NGO's realize the potential of what the Academy of American Poets calls the largest literary celebration of poems in the world.
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