Tom Stanton, chairman of the Benicia Love Poetry Contest (Right), presents a first-place trophy to Alameda poet Cathy Dana (Left), who won for her poem “When She Comes to Me” Sunday at the Benicia Historical Museum. Second and third place went respectively to Vallejo’s Carol Pearlman and Crockett’s Deborah Silverman for their poems “The Revolution in Cuba” and “Love and Climate Change.” The winning entries, as well as the honorable mentions, will be published in the Herald’s Friday Poetry Corner in the coming weeks. (Photo courtesy of Johanna Ely)