The National poetry competition 2010 is open (in the UK) closing date 31st October. 1st prize is £5,000! Anyone tempted to enter?
Roses are red
violets are blue,
I could use 5000,
how about you?
For terms, conditions, rules and entry you can visit, www.poetrysociety.org.uk wishing you all the best of luck.
No probs PD, I'll share what I know. There are some exceptional poetry writing hubbers, who would be in with a chance of winning, I'm sure, and how cool would it be to win!
Well.... they'll just have to compete with a kiwi
This is a very good comp.
See you there.. thanks again.
Shamelessly bumping this up for those who might have missed it. (Forgive me!)
Thanks to your link to the UK National Poetry Society, I am happy to share two gold nuggets found there.
1.October 7th is National Poetry Day in the UK. (I think that we should celebrate on Hubpages)
2. The Poem of the Month is the oddest romantic metaphor which is very effective:
Poem of the month: Edwin Morgan died aged 90 on 19 August 2010. 'One Cigarette' is taken from New Selected Poems (2000), published by Carcanet Press Ltd.
Edwin Morgan
One Cigarette
No smoke without you, my fire.
After you left,
your cigarette glowed on in my ashtray
and sent up a long thread of such quiet grey
I smiled to wonder who would believe its signal
of so much love. One cigarette
in the non-smoker's tray.
As the last spire
trembles up, a sudden draught
blows it winding into my face.
Is it smell, is it taste?
You are here again, and I am drunk on your tobacco lips.
Out with the light.
Let the smoke lie back in the dark.
Till I hear the very ash
sigh down among the flowers of brass
I'll breathe, and long past midnight, your last kiss.
OOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
What a great poem. The missing-you is so there! I love the line "I am drunk on your tobacco lips" What an image.
I had not thought of it as a metaphore, but once I read that, I agree totally.
Just over a week left and I still have not finished my peom yet! Still its not over yet, anyone else got round to entering? Would love to know.
I will ask the question AGAIN: is this competition open to all poets OR just UK submissions are accepted?
@Petra Vlah, it appears to be open to anyone 17 or older , internationally. Cost to enter is 6.00
It looks like you must at least be a member of the poetry society. So my question is what is the currency exchange? I don't know how many American dollars equals 40 UK dollars - are the Euros?
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