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February 10, 2010

Factoryville poet receives recognition

Factoryville resident Patrick Walker is the recipient of Highly Commended Honors from the 2009 Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse. The poems chosen were “The Death Room” and “An Old Score Settled.” The international contest had a prize fund of more than $5,000 and attracted thousands of entries.

Walker is the author of “Pegasus at the Plow: A Poetry Collection,” which received honorable mention in the Rebecca’s Reads Fall 2009 Written Art Awards in the Nonfiction: Poetry category.

Born in Scranton, Walker’s earliest perceptions of life were colored by familial devotion to Irish clan and the Catholic Church. He attended Scranton Preparatory School and was later accepted into the The University of Scranton. During a hiatus from formal education, he worked as a staff writer for the Legislature in Saipan. When he returned to the United States, he was awarded a Philosophy Fellowship at Fordham University. Today, he works as an editor and proofreader of educational materials for a local correspondence college. He lives in Factoryville with his wife, Virginia, his stepdaughter, Anna, and the family’s two dogs, Lilly and Rosie.

For details on the 2009 Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse, visit http://margaretreid.exactpages.com.

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