Poetic Prisms: Collected Prize-Winning Poems

Poetic Prisms is a select collection of acclaimed poems by the highly accomplished poet Judith Krum. All the poems included are prize winners or have been selected for publication in journals, magazines, or anthologies. Ms. Krum is the author of three previously published poetry collections, a contest judge for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, and a past officer of the Florida State Poets Association.

Judith Krum writes, “When we consider the diverse forms and colors that are possible to see through a prism, it is not difficult to understand the many ways that poems can be interpreted when viewed through the prisms of age, class, race, religion, culture, language, and other conditions.

“As Indian poet and writer Amish Tripathi stated, ‘After all, one’s reality is but perception viewed through various prisms of context.’ And so this collection brings together my prize winning poems that illustrate many contexts of my life’s understandings. American poet Carl Sandburg explained poetry as ‘the capture of a picture, a song, or a flair in a deliberate prism of words.’ This collection endeavors to do just that.”