O World
David Hedges
O world, you’re such a pretty place!
More people should applaud your form,
More should appreciate your face.
O world, you’re such a pretty place—
Your splendid attributes, your grace,
Your constancy, beyond the norm.
O world, you’re such a pretty place,
More people should applaud your form.
Poet’s Bio
David Hedges has placed poems with Poetry, Measure, Poet Lore, and others. His book, “Prospects of Life After Birth: Memoir in Poetry and Prose,” appeared in 2019. He is past president of the Oregon Poetry Association, and serves on the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. He co-founded the Oregon Poetry Collection at the University of Oregon’s Knight Library, and received the 2003 Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award for his contributions to the state’s literary life.
Judge’s Comments – Marc Janssen
The top poems had a lyric element that effortlessly pulled me into the poem. The word choice, placement of stressed and unstressed syllables, kept a consistent meter and word choices were musical.
Yes! This one could be the words to a fine song. I’m honored to have had my poem in the same league as these two.