One Stop Poetry - Announces Fall Poetry Competition Winner

The One Stop Poetry Team wants to thank all of those who submitted poems to the Fall Poetry Competition. Each entry was a delight which made it difficult for the judges. We will be announcing the next competition theme soon.

I (Leslie Moon) would like to introduce our winner, Renee Sigel.  You can read her winning poem in Spark Bright magazine on page 31. Congratulations Renee!

Renée Sigel was born and raised in South Africa. Her life and career portrays a rich, interdisciplinary tapestry of a life spent  between dance studios, rehearsal rooms, recording studios, orchestral tours, theatre performances, curating art exhibitions, editing, publishing, and writing.  Collaborations include innumerable commissions, award winning film documentaries, and  writing for the Zurich Opera House among others.A dancer and theatre director by training, she has worked with an array of notable and famous names. Her work has been noted, lauded as well as banned. She was forced into political exile in the mid 1990's when she relocated to Switzerland.

Since settling in northern Italy, Renée Sigel´s literary voice has flourished. She launched  the original Literati Magazine, in 2004, to international critical acclaim and issues boasted the toast of contemporary  literary giants, such as George Szirtes, oscar winning author Kate Pullinger,  the fabulously successful Tim Parks and  Kate Mosse co-director of the Orange Fiction Prize, among others. Her unrelenting support of new talent continues with her mentoring writers under the auspices of her Literati Fiction and Poetry online Masterclasses.



I am honored that we have poets like Renee as part of One Stop Poetry. For those who are in the earlier stages of writing, there are many whose style can be emulated and appreciated.
Here is just a sample of her work.

Lilith Kaddish (third of the trilogy)

May 31, 2010

between breaths lost and lives taken,

between the hate and the memorabilia,

someone’s heart will be found still beating:

pounded by an invasion, seared by a bullet,

torn to shreds by the malicious intent

of ideological insanity, or shattered in

the silent panic of a trapped bird,

or even thudding lifeless in the dull

echo of sheer loneliness. somewhere

between the ardour and the sky,

we all felt believing, irrespective of what or whom,

was worth something once upon a time.

Who am I… ?

today i feel i am all and noneoftheabove…

I feel like a vacant lot and

like the fertile soil beneath the sadly sodden

grass that folds to itself the bodies of the lives

that never deserved to be shed.

My soul is heavy for the weight

of all that might fall apart.

for all those who never should die in the name of  an ideology

reckless

May 20, 2010

A kiss is every other kiss

Is not: incurable to scarred

The burned, the calmer heart

That of all love’s ways, not ever new

Of this reckless vow,

my soul owns You: unfathomably

Awards and publications:

In acknowledgment of her various online critical commentaries, especially regarding the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, she was nominated for the 2009 Ted Fellowship.

Sexions, Selections from Life & Love, her debut collection, was commissioned and published by Bewrite Books in 2005. Her poetry has appeared in print and online journals as well as several international anthologies.  Her most recent chapbook, Falling Slowly, published by erbacce press was published in August 2010. A Falling Slowly lecture tour at selected American universities, with proceeds dedicated to support families in their loss of a loved to suicide is being planned for Spring 2011.

more of Renee's fine work can be found on her blog