Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 7, 29 August 1930, Page 31

Prize Poem Competition

[HE ‘prize: "of. hate a guinea this week is awarded to "John Storm" for dignified, ‘musically flowing lines on a loss still fresh: in "our : minds. Ships that pass in the night, going backward and ferward on the shining waters as we wave our Hail and Farewell, ever prove inspiration to dreamer and. poet, and even to the least imaginative among us appear "imbued with’ the -spirit of the humanity that has trodden; their planks;. so we feel sure "Requiescat" will appeal to many of those who felt a pang of regret when they realised that the Tahiti had gone on her ldst voyage. It is reproduced with a story of the last tours of the "Tahiti" on page 25. Also. selected for commendation is "Qh Mack’s" love poem, and some arresting work by F.J., who woos the Comic Spirit in unusual, but too lengthy, metrical form. "Adrienne" knocks the jingle of "Sing a song of sixpence" into the metaphorical cocked hat. "Bushey": The Peticeful Pastoral is rather sweet, but standard not to our requirements. A.W.A.: Your poem is by no means "a poor thing," both subject and treatment appealing to us. We hope to see more of your work. "Olaf’: We expect. thrill in a Viking Saga, but yours might be a Berhampore Ballad! "Dorothy" ‘and "Wild Rose" both send small sweet songlets.. Their .youthful pluck in going.on trying is admirable. "Philomel" ranges the world from China to Peru in search of the divine _ fire, but fails to find it. "Lorenzo" assuredly might echo Browwting’s del Sarto: "But all the power, the insight and the stretch, ‘Out of me, out of mé!’. "Orpheus" : It wotld seem as though literary expression weré not your metier. "Tatarepo" is a drowsy musing with a certain grate of diction, in fact a little too drowsy. "Admirals All’: A Cautionary Tale from which we judge the writer to be. See si eLsmninineniiiinsiimim simi imsmmmienm ini el tins