POETRY

Adjudicator
Phil Carradice

Sponsor
Southern Daily Echo

Presenter
David Brine

A Note from the Adjudicator
The quality of the entries this year was exceptionally high…higher , perhaps than in any of the four or five years that I have judged the competition. So many entries could have made it into the final shortlist and the top three are almost inter-changeable with any of the 'highly commended poems'. That being said, there have to be winners--a term I dislike… and runners up.

First Prize
Graveyard Shift
Pseudonym: Mud Pilot
Anna Brown

Second Prize
A Pulse of Shadows
Pseudonym: Tiarna Gibson
Heather Newcombe

Third Prize
Perhaps Hitler
Pseudonym: Teaparty
Beatrice Murphy

Highly Commended
The Teacher
Pseudonym: Susan Frost
Susan Masters

Highly Commended
Three Graces
Pseudonym: Serotine
Pauline Morgan

Highly Commended
A Smoker's Epitaph
Pseudonym: Sid Madrid
Phil Hearne

Highly Commended
Old Salt
Pseudonym: Frelon Brun
Peter Jennings

Highly Commended
PH 4 BK 1932
Pseudonym: Bluebell
Caroline Squire

Highly Commended
Catching the Bus
Pseudonym: Lily-Rose Garwood
Gillian Quick