Faulkner Winner in the Poetry Competition

Former TNBW stalwart, Jim Bourey, won 2nd place in this year's poetry competition for his poem  A Charm Against Loneliness, Rashes, Bad Days, Loup Garou and the Early Stages of Despair

Jim entertained us with his poems and helped us with his fine and witty reviews for many years here on TNBW.

Judge Mark Yakich, widely published poet and editor of The New Orleans Review, had this to say about Jim's poem:
One tends to forget that charms and chants were among the first poetic utterances…this one offers an anodyne for modern despair.

Here is a link to all the winners in this year's William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition: https://wordsandmusic.org/2016-william- … mpetition/

Join me in congratulating Jim for his win. He also won in 2014.

Memphis