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Congratulations goes out to Kara Brodsky. The Contest Committee is pleased to announce that A Tapestry of Us has won the contest What Is Love Poetry. In second place finished Eternal Song of Love by Patty Mazzurco. In third place finished Where the Sun Falls by Jessica Wheeler and Bellamoure by Patrick Bernardy. Honorable mention goes out to The meaning of love by patcelaw and Seasons of Love by Ginda Simpson
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