AMAZING!!! What a generous contest! I'm honoured and grateful to be chosen as one of the winners. It couldn't have been an easy contest to judge, with all the talent represented here.

Thank you sincerely for the support you're showing my creative efforts by awarding this prize. Blogging on Steemit has not only fed my creativity and gotten me writing more poetry and original music than ever before, but it has grown my network of support in ways I never imagined. The encouragement feeds the creative spirit, and to be rewarded for it brings a certain freedom. A joy.

Congratulations to everyone brave enough to enter, and to all the fine poets featured in this post! Big thank you to everyone sponsoring the contest, to my fellow islanders at the Isle, and to the Whaleshares crew! I guess I better get posting. ;-)