Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 6, 22 August 1930, Page 31

Prize Poem Competition

4 + v , THE ‘prize of half a guinea this week is awarded to AN.LC, for her poem entitled "Wait for Me," which sets forth in artistic fashion the: keen -visualisation and love of ‘this young poet for the glad days that are coming, when "blossom by vlossom .the spring begins." Next in order of ‘merit are "Dldon’s" austerely- beautiful lines of the loveliness of an Auckland seascape, conveying a clearly-etched word-picture envisaging deep shadows splashed: with: glowing colour, somehow. reminiscent .of a vivid Brangwyn sketch. me , J.Y.: We like .your ode. to the Wild Wind, so pertinent to climatic conditions of the Capital City, and are holding it over till next week in the hope that room may be found for it. ms "Iucibel Lee" sends topical but halting lines about wireless. We prefer ‘ her whimsies of flowerets, bird songs, and little dancing zephyrs. Viva: A pretty idyl of Strephon and. Chloe, which lags in the last lines, "Wild Rose’s" contributions have the freshness and ingenuous charm of youth, with something of its immaturity. Perhaps the better of the two poems submitted .is. "Spring or Summer," but they’re both attractive, Well done, Wild Rose! . $.E.F.-J.; Subject-matter apropos, but too tautological. Jacobite: The. sonnet form .is: hardly the vehicle for an ethical argument, * and. anyhow you propound a. fallacy. "Never-Never"’: Meanderings in a meadow, insipid to a degree. "Britomart’": Sentiment of a past decade. Why not call a spade 2 spade? H.M.F.: We commend the brevity of your pessimistic poem.