Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 38

Prize Poem Competition

puis week the selection of the prize poem proved somewhat arduous, as a considerable amount of meritorious work was received. Our final choice rested on "A Tribute to Mount.Cook" by J.R., and we think our readers will appreciate these dignified stanzas which reflect something of the aloof loveliness of the greatest peik of the Southern Alps. 8.E.F.-J. commendably breaks new ground, and we reserve her rollicking lines for further consideration next week. "Oh Mack" in her truant verses tells of a ramble in a_ roadster, the driver of which is a dreamer of dreams, possessed of a roving eye which misses nothing of the lovely detail of the open road. "The World: Around Us": Too long, too diffuse for our pages. "Doreen": We hope to print your topical lines. "Sonnett’: A creditable effort, not quite up to standard. "Margaret B.": We admire the idea in your small poem, expressed ‘with an admirable economy of words. "Lewisham": Your lay of a Lost Town, quaint, wistful and imaginative, is too lengthy and descriptive for our purpoxes. "John Storm’s" verses .invariably appeal, and "Spring Song" is no exception. We hope space for it will be found some time. "Tucrece": No, thank you. Your style emphaticaly is not ours. ¥.J.L.: Too scattered in thought and expression. Try to condense, Take Barrie’s advice to a would-be litterateur: "Concentrate, corcentrate, though your coat-tails are on fire!"