~ POETRY ~
GRAHAM BURCHELL – Men, This Morris Dance
THRYN H. – Night Battles
W.F. LANTRY – Mousetrap
VALENTINE WILLIAMS – Cuernca, Spain
TED WALTER – Wasps
~ REPORTS ~
Mandy Pannett reports on the Swale Life International Poetry Competition (January 2012)
A varied and interesting selection as always, with many poems on the themes of relationships, the natural world, journeys and quests of all kinds.
I had no problem selecting the winning three poems or the Highly Commended (although both the latter were nudging hard to be included as main prize winners.) My problems were with several of the Commended poems, which could have been Highly Commended, and with a cluster of a dozen poems that, had space permitted, could easily have been chosen for the anthology. Among them are ‘Thistles’ ‘The Horse’ ‘Skull as Object’ and ‘Away in August’.
This was a most enjoyable task and I’m glad to have had the pleasure of reading so many fine poems. Full Report here >
~ FICTION ~
NOREEN MASAMBA – Letters to My Husband
