Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 14, 16 October 1931, Unnumbered Page

Prize Poem Competition

CONDITIONS :-Any reader of the "Radio Record" is eligible to send entries for the fortnightly Poem Competition as frequently as desired, but the prize of half a guinea will not be awarded to the same contributor twice in succession. The poems sent may be of any length not exceeding 25 lines, and must be the original work of the competitor. Name and address must accompany nom de plume, and if return of MSS. is requested, stamps must be enclosed. All care taken but no responsibility. The decision of the judge is final. HE prize of half a guinea in the current competition is awarded to D.P. for the delightful poem, entitled "Fairy Tales," in which are apparent finished craftsmanship and lambent imagination, which will appeal to all those responsive to beauty of fancy and phraseology. ‘Some entries of singular attractiveness have come in during the past fortnight, rendering the task of selection difficult, and encouraging the conviction that literary standards are being well upheld in this young country. Specially com-. mended, though not equal in rounded completeness to the prize-winning poem, is the delightful. "Gladness" by O.E.H., a valued contributor to this page. "Lyttelton," by A.N.I.C., is reserved for further consideration. "Daffodils" exceeds the 25-line limit. "Singing Bird" conveys musical impression of divine notes of a bird singing out its heart in a distant haunt. . wo "The Riro Riro"’: Another bird song, tiny and: lovely... ‘We regret that, for spacé reasons, we cannot accept for publication ‘oth these melodious snatthes, Paes "In a Tram" tells, in easily flowing lines, of that nostalgia for glimpse, even in imagination, of earth’s green valleys and hills, which comes in the springtime and renders the poet-heart a-weary of this silly world. "rin" sends:a plaintive poem which has a touch of the tragedy which follows in the wake of poor humanity. fey RLS "New Zealand Mountains" pays tribute to.our lovély,jand, its author being | insistent on appreciation of "God’s Own’ Country," and inclining heavily. to the platitudinous. , 6s "Pathfinder"; Your poem of Nature’s contrasts is-of considerable appeal.