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Congratulations goes out to Sugarray77. The Contest Committee is pleased to announce that September By the Sea has won the Faith Poetry Contest. In second place finished Some Thoughts On Faith by Reese Turner. In third place finished He Seeks Me In The Mist by Dawn Munro and Wistful dreams by JT traveller
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