It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the North Shore Poets Forum’s annual Naomi Cherkofsky Poetry Contest. I hope that they, their friends, family, and other poets will join our celebration of National Poetry Month, to be held this year on Saturday, April 21, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sohier Room, Beverly Public Library. Please come, read your winning poems, sign up for the open mic, and enjoy some light refreshments.
The winners are:
1st: Barn Swallows Celebrating A Perfect Summer Day, by Richard Samuel David, Byfield
2nd: A Momentary Escape, by Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AK
3rd: The Living, by Peter McDade, Ipswich, MA
Honorable Mention: (these are not ranked)
If You Did Not Find in This Life, by Richard Samuel David, Byfield
Falling Leaves, by Jillian String, Lynnfield
Fisherman’s Beach, Night, by Lee E. Freedman, Swampscott
At the end of my dream (Sunday 645 am), by Lee E. Freedman
Lucid Dream, by Gail C. Heney, North Andover
Disconsolation, by Shirley Rodrigues, Swampscott
Conch Shell, by Mary Miceli, Rowley
Blush, by Martha Perry, Rockport
I hope you can join us!
North Shore Poets' Forum 
From the website there was supposed to be a meeting on Feb 16th. I came and was told by library that the North Shore Poetry is not meeting today. I cannot locate an email address to communicate. I am a subscriber and did not get a message that the meeting was cancelled today.
I am so sorry. I am no longer able to go to the meetings because of another commitment. The rest of the group decided not to meet in the winter because of the iffy weather. The next meeting is in March. See under meetings.
Best wishes, and again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.