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Preface...
"Formed after the closure of the BBCi site 'Get Writing' in 2005, Writers' Dock goes from strength to strength and has become the fastest growing, most vibrant site of its kind on the net! You would have to go far and wide to find a writers' site that even comes close! So why bother?" (S. M.)
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WRITERSDOCK POETRY COMPETITION 2008 WINNERS!
1ST PLACE: Sabita Banerji with, "More Gardened Against Than Gardening"
2ND PLACE: Grace Galton with, "Awakening:
3RD PLACE: Geoff Lowe with, "Death Comes in Two Parts"
You can read the winning entries here!
p. s. Please forgive the lateness of this result. We have teachers on our judging panel and the SATS debacle, put us behind. Hopefully no harm done, as the winners will receive their cheques next week!
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| WRITERSDOCK POETRY COMPETITION 2008 - Winning Entries! |
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 Anonymous writes "WRITERSDOCK POETRY COMPETITION 2008 - Winning Entries!
1ST PLACE: "More Gardened Against Than Gardening" by Sabita Banerji
You were so straight-laced when I first saw you,
Stapled with steel washing-line poles,
Concrete runway rammed up your middle,
Yellow flower, blue flower,
Yellow flower, blue flower,
All the way up the edges.
He’d made your beds with set square and rulers
And finally blotted you from sight
With a shed.
Once you were mine,
I extracted the steel poles from your frozen gums
Healed the crusty cold-frame on your lip.
Had the shed removed.
Let your lean lines grow loose and lazy,
Let daisies blossom on your cheeks,
Saw things peering from your fringes
And lured them in, let them rip –
And now they lean along my window ledge
And lick the panes.
They rest their elbows on your chest,
Brush your sides with their fingertips
And wink pink eyes from your shadows.
And when you wept,
Fat golden pears rained down,
Splatting on the concrete place where the shed had been.
Wasps gorged themselves on your sweet sorrow
(or was it joy?)
And died in bloated bliss.
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2ND PLACE: "Awakening" by:Grace Galton
Do you remember
the day our friendship caught fire?
Your hand on the nape of my neck
electrifying my spine?
Your kiss a lovely jest to silence words?
You moved my soul to dance,
Planted your footprints in my heart.
The sound of the ocean
waltzed in my blissful mind;
the sea soft and warm
rolled and glittered, golden-hued.
Far on the horizon
bending rays fell into night
as I fell in love with you.
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3RD PLACE: "Death Comes in Two Parts" by Geoff Lowe
Each night I sigh as you lie at my side;
you were my lover, delicious red rose.
I reach for your mind and find it has died.
We rode on life's paths with courage and pride,
never expecting such rude, cruel blows.
Each night I sigh as you lie at my side.
The signs could be read when your poor heart cried;
opening windows were starting to close.
I reach for your mind and find it has died.
'Hold on - it will pass,' I whispered and sighed,
trying to sound like a doctor who knows.
Each night I sigh as you lie at my side.
My heart bucked and pulled as I saw you slide
down into damp traps of worries and woes.
I reach for your mind and find it has died.
There is nowhere now to cower and hide,
only in hell as our shared torment grows.
Each night I sigh as you lie at my side.
I reach for your mind and find it has died.
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Posted by Sonny on Friday, July 11 @ 17:25:48 CEST (235 reads)
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