THE FIFTH DAILY POEM PROJECT, WEEK NINE RESULTS

The winner of the ninth week of my fifth Daily Poem Project is Louis  Simpson, Ishi, which received 6 votes out of 21 cast.

Two poems tied for second with 4 votes each: R. T.  Smith, Storm Warning, and Rita  Dove, Prologue of the Rambling Sort.

My thanks to everyone who voted. The call for votes for week ten is already up (with results due tomorrow), and I'll be posting the call for votes for week eleven tomorrow as well.

The winner of week one was Sherod  Santos, Film Noir.
The winner of week two was Edward Field, Cataract op.
The winner of week three was David  Bottoms, A Chat with My Father.
The winner of week four was David  Schloss, The Myth.
The co-winners of week five were Jason  Gray, Letter to the Unconverted, and David  Huerta, Before Saying Any of the Great Words (tr. Mark Schafer).
The winner of week six was Stacey Lynn  Brown, Cradle Song II.
The winner of week seven was Jack  Gilbert, Not Easily.
The winner of week eight was Hester   Knibbe, Lava and Sand (tr. Jacquelyn Pope).