Poetry Contests

NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Network Mental Health Poetry Contest 2024

Sponsor: NAMI NJ, an organization helping families affected by mental illness.

Prompt: “What Will You Be Doing While The World is Screaming?”

Poem: I’d Search For Peace won 4th Place in this competition.

I'd Search For Peace is an allegorical free verse poem exploring themes of self-sacrifice and boundaries.