Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 5, 15 August 1930, Page 31

Prize Poem Competition

[THE average merit of contributions sent in this week was high, aithnougn . no poem quite reached winning standard. We are unable, to make an award, but would commend to the attention of- readers, for? variety of subject and skill in verbal construction, the several poems pub- | lished in the current issue.’ It is gratifying to note, as the weeks go by; that this page is attraeting increasing attention from several young men and maidens, some of ‘whom ‘send:charming work. Sweetly expressed, and. showing distinct flair for verse form, is "A Lullaby" by: 15-year-old" "d ewel"; 3 the rippling ‘line. of J.Y. also showing a degree: of; promise. carers : X.0.: We are at one with your paean.of admiration for that memorable yclept. the. Oamaru Gardens. ; John Storm’s stanzas anent Lone Hindu in Wellington Street, as by the imaginative mind, give an effect of rounded completeness as they move to their close. "Sadie": Your Song of the High Hills is fresh and breezy, and ‘room may be found for it. : B.A.K. shows herself sensitive to the ecstasy of spring-time, the lure of New Zealand bush track and silvery song of the tui. Booklover: Your lines are vague and involved, and who can wonder, modelled as they are on the Sitwellesque manner, which is brimful of Pitta for the unwary amateur. ; Rose Marie: Blameless in intention, ‘but faulty in execution. Stargazer: You hitch your wagon to too remote a constellation. Try soniething more mundane. Covenanter: The moral you point does not adorn the tale you tell.