For the Honorable Mention awards, after all the poems are judged I ask the judges if they would like to pick one or two poems that, although they didn’t necessarily score high when judged by the criteria that they chose to judge all of the poems, touched or moved them on an emotional level.  Following are the poems the judges chose:  

• “Whole in Theory” by Cheryl Sommese

• “How I Fell” by Lisa Cappiello

• “The Season of the Switch” by H.E. Mantel

• “Pedro, Pablo and Little Jose” (two Honorable Mentions) and
  “What Purpose Does a Rabbit Have” by Donal Mahoney

• “Facades” by Carol Hamilton