Charles Jensen Wins Zócalo’s Seventh Annual Poetry Prize
In ‘Tucson’, the Clouds Have Hands, a Snake Writes Cursive, and the Tree Has Arms
Zócalo Public Square’s daily ideas journalism and free public events aim to connect people and ideas, exploring our shared human condition and the world we’ve made. In that spirit, we publish a new poem each Friday. And for the last seven years, we’ve awarded a prize to the poem that best evokes a connection to place.
This year, 441 poets submitted a record total of 1,145 poems, transporting us to physical locations near and fear, as well as to imagined worlds and mental states found on no atlas.
Ultimately, Zócalo poetry editor …
