Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 18, 14 November 1930, Page 34

Prize Poem Competition

[HH prize of half a guinea for the current competition is awarded to "Nova" for an attractively-phrased poem anent the lure of the beauty of trees, which will appeal by its intuition, sincerity and adequate versification, We select for commendation three brief verses by a new contributor, entitled "Alone,’’? which though not up to prize-winning standard are arresting and attractive by reason of original theme and musical expression. "Wild. Rose’s" work has the merit of untiring observation of Nature’s. loveliness, but "An Etching’ is marred by weakness of concluding line. "The Mechanic" defies the God of the Machine in daring verse form. Stark realism and acute consciousness of beauty are cheek by jowl in this interesting contribution, which is couched in ultra-modern phraseology. "Nada": Your quaint little conceit is too slight in verbal texture. "John o’ Dreams" is yet another of those innumerable songsters who carol at break o’ day. But his is a watery dawn. "Moon of My Desire": Trumped-up sentimentality. "Naomi": Neither rhyme nor reason. "Florentine": Life is real, life is earnest, ’tis true; but why rub it in?