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POETRY IN THE PEWS WINNERS
First Prize:
I
gaze at my new sapphire ring
And see the cornflowers
That you gave me
In the kissing fields of youth.
No: 289 By: Mrs Dorothy V.J. Pope From: Middx
Second Prizes:
I
love the
thoughts that go between words
As in a poem
I love the silences between the words
When we are together
No: 174 By: FW From: Tavistock
Love waits
in the strangest places,
In dusty shadows, around dark corners.
You walk that way, unthinking,
And suddenly, the world lights up.
No: 139 By: Mary Beddall From: Tavistock
POETRY IN THE PEWS - 2008
Address for correspondence:
Tavistock Parish Centre,
5a Plymouth Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AU
We
are delighted to announce that we hope to be publishing an
anthology of all the 1004+ poems that were on display in the
pews of St. Eustachius in February. Any profits from the
publication will be divided equally between St. Eustachius
Church and Riverside Creative Projects (an umbrella organisation
of the writers’ groups of Tavistock).
We
are aiming to publish the anthology in early June if enough
orders are received. The anthology will cost £5.50.
The number of copies of the Poetry in the Pews anthology will be
limited. Therefore if you would like a copy please could you
complete the form below and send it to us by the 25th
of April.
With thanks on behalf of the team,
Vanni Cook
vc@myfanwy.fsbusiness.co.uk
parishoffice@tavychurch.eclipse.co.uk
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POETRY
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With thanks on
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WINNERS CONT.
Runners up (No prizes)
Love is …
A
pewter cat like the brooch she’d loved and lost,
sought long and found at last by him in Halifax;
…A simple line in answer to her hurried note,
which ended “Love, Lorraine”. “Certainly do”, he wrote.
No: 193 By: Lorraine Dawson From: Bury, Lancs
I have
waited for your smile since the spring
When
the blackbird sang in the apple blossom
But now he pecks at the fallen apples
And hunts for insects in the dead leaves
No: 274 By: LW From: Tavistock
Wouldn’t it
be great to hug the world,
To hold every nation, creed and race in a big embrace,
To say out loud ‘I love you’,
Because we are all part of the human race.
No: 70 By:
Rose From: Modbury
Your
exuberant generosity in painting the sky with liquid light;
The unnecessary frivolity of puffins and giraffes; your
microscopic care for detail shown in diatoms; the songs of the
whale
and the ant: Facets of Your love for the world.
No: 704 By:
Mrs Patsy Robinson From: Petersfield, Hants
Let
not your lonely heart dispel the joyful moments past
Or
mists of time cloud tender memories meant to last
Vanities
slowly fade while gentle feelings linger on
Everlasting
treasured thoughts, remembering one who’s gone.
No: 1004 By:
Ian Jenkins From: Tavistock
Poetry in the Pews – Children’s Winners
No: 16 By: Jack Childs-Watson (Aged 11) From: East Haddon
Mum of many talents
Other Mums cannot compare
Things like hugs are simple gifts
Everything you do for me is simply the best
No: 654 David Farmer (Aged 11) From: St. Andrew’s, Buckland
Monachorum
Love is a volcano:
It erupts and spreads its power;
A red hot molten glow,
That melts your heart.
No: 947 Melanie Zelinda Brown (Aged 10) From : Lady Modiford’s
School, Walkhampton
Loving pets or family members, is definitely not the same,
As loving a piece of furniture or latest video game.
Loving someone is easy when they are here today,
But the love for someone who’s gone won’t ever go away.
No: 808
By: Mariah Calvert From St. Peters School
We open the gate to the path of Love,
Soaring magnificently like a dove,
Sharing the Love round and round,
Love is worth more than a million pound.
No: 587 By:
Ella Waddington (Aged 13)
From: Tavistock College
What
is this thing called Love,
Where so many people are left behind?
And why is love so easy to lose,
And yet, so hard to find?
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