To commemorate National Library Week, the MATC Library hosted a poetry contest open to all students. Marijo Giblin was the grand prize winner for her entry, “Meal for One.” Marijo’s poem was published in The Phoenix, MATC’s student literary magazine, and she won a $50 MATC Bookstore gift certificate to be used for textbooks, a lunch ticket, a parking pass, an MATC Library flash drive, and a journal.

Javier Matias was the runner-up and received a $50 MATC Bookstore gift certificate to be used for textbooks, an MATC Library flash drive, and a journal.

All other entrants won an MATC Library flash drive.

Meal for One
by Marijo Giblin

Scrambling
in the back of the freezer
for the ice cream
she knocks down
one of those tv dinners
with the calories listed on the front
and the corn rattles against its plastic compartment
like a maraca
reminder her of the
Latin Dance class finale
and how he snuck off
with the instructor
even though she was wearing
her favorite red dress.

Marijo Giblin was the grand prize winner of the 2009 MATC Library Poetry Contest.