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Garden Detective: Poetry contest winners

June 1, 2012 11:16 AM By JESSICA DAMIANO jessica.damiano@newsday.com

Sy Roth, of Mount Sinai, took first place

Photo credit: Heather Walsh | Sy Roth, of Mount Sinai, took first place in the 2012 Garden Detective Poetry Contest for his entry, "Lilliputian Paradise." (May 29, 2012)

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Karl Horlitz, outside his home in East Hampton. Karl Horlitz, outside his home in East Hampton. Debra North, of East Meadow took 3rd place Debra North, of East Meadow took 3rd place

Last month I asked readers to celebrate their garden's smallest features with prose. Nearly 75 sent in poems of 10 lines or less expressing their appreciation for dainty plants and tight spaces. Some were funny, some heartfelt, others highbrow, but all were worth a mention. 

Sy Roth of Mount Sinai gets top honors for his intellectual musings in "A Lilliputian Paradise." Karl W. Horlitz of...

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