Our Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 41, 24 April 1930, Page 22

Our Poem Competition

HE prize of Half-a-Guinea this week is awarded to "Becky" for "Two Little Boys," which is lilting and gay and sweet. The average of work was not as high as in previous weeks, and we select no others for special commendation, "T.S."--Your invocation to the blackbird lacks that something which would make it worth while. Study the Victorian poets for this kind of verse, and then have another try. John Storm sends three sweet, small verses. "Sardonyx’s.’-We like your joyous little ode anent love’s young dream, Helen Ross.-A pleasant episodical domestic ditty. Marriage is not always a failure ‘ after all! "South Pole. *__Balderdash, intermixed with Billingsgete. "Chloe."--Read Meredith’s "Tale of Chloe," and mend your literary ways. "Gisborne. "-A garden is a lovesome place, we’ve been told long ago on high authority, but your enumeration of its beauties needs considerable pruning, though the lines hold some degree of beauty. "Ajax," also, sings of the garden, and does it quite well, too, for a sixteen-year-old. "T,.L."-We like your lilting lullaby. "__Very slight, and hardly poetry, but of an admirable brevity. "Cayersham.’-A sentimental plaint, and an unmusical one. "Daughter of Erin."-You say it with Blarney indeed ! "Stardust.’"’-An ower true tale, 1 no doubt, but a dull one.