Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 9, 12 September 1930, Page 31

Prize Poem Competition

"THE prize of half'a guinea this week ds awarded to:--D.P. for hauntingly lovely lines entitled "Treasure." We feel sure. the work: of this contributor will find many admirers: among: those who respond to poeti¢ ‘outlook coupled with fascinating phraseology. Selected for commendation are.the verses. of A.N.1.0., which, though’ not. so .completely rounded out as the prize-win-ning poem, possess appealing charm, and we hope, if space permits, to publish the wistful lines dedicated to "Youth." rae td "Becky" writes with freshness and verve of the winding: tracks of. the backblocks and her "little punga shack." She has the true’ touch. "Life’s Like That" voices: reflections on. this topsy-turvy world with. some facility, but the repetitive line ending each verse is. ineffective. "Olympus" copes with an {immense theme with reverence and originality, using the difficult form of blank verse with some success. , ties "When the Skies aré Grey". insists on silver lining apt to be forgotten amid "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain," but the lines fail to ir press. mos "Maid of Athens": Your burning and yearning verses do not scan. "Jonathan": "To a Skylark" fails. to recapture the first fine careless rapture of an earlier poem inspired by the same "blithe spirit." "Abe" laments wintry wind that: shatters the "darling buds" of spring This effort shows evidence of the immaturity of youth, but in careful phrasing suggests "the best is yet to be" in the work of our contributor. "Foursquare": Alliterative, statisti cal and portentious. We assume high er mathematics to be more in your line than poetic musings. "Man of Devon": Verbal gymnastics with a revolutionary trend.