My thanks to Scott Mason, the judge of this contest!
campfire nights
we ride in on the back
of a song
3rd Place
Judge's Commentary:
This poem also holds a surprise in its third line, yet one that deepens the evocative tone established in its first. The words "campfire nights" conjure feelings of good, old-fashioned fellowship and here, in an almost mystical if secular sort of union, the poem's protagonists join in even before they arrive. A memorable mood piece.
