THE MUSIC MAKERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 14

THE MUSIC MAKERS

rDDAY there are more treasures for the gleaners who cull from the AY igwam page the poetic gems Ihat periodically crop up when a competition is announced. Many of the Wigwam readers compile scrap-hook anthologies from the prize-winning poems, thus keeping a permanent record of the rare thoughts that flow from the pens of our youthful music makers. This time the two prize-winning entries have come from the ink-wells of Harvest Moon and Red Star. There is a freshness in Harvest Moon's “Rain,” with its breath of long grass on wet hillsides and the advent of the moon. A golden lantern hanging from the hill—wild, barbaric splash against the blue. It is lines such as these that win poetry competitions. Muted music from Red Star, who has travelled the road of iinderstanding:— Vpon four quivering strings you laid the song Of Kind among a ruffled field of grass. All lovers of poetry will appreciate the theme of ''Compensation.” A song of a mystic piper was forwarded also by Red Star, but this could not be included in the competition on account of its length. Harvest Moon also sent a second entry, and these two poems will appear later. To all competitors my thanks and best wishes. REDFEATHER.