Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 36, 18 March 1932, Unnumbered Page

Prize Poem Competition

HE prize of half a guinea in the current competition is awarded to "The Station-Homestead," by "Beaumont," who also Sends some lines entitled "Green" which are of distinctive poetic quality. The winning poem, essentially of Maoriland, is couched in original and picturesque verse form, conveying chosen theme with felicitous rhythmic charm. "Merrie’: A loving and lovely tribute to the Summer that has passed by. "Paek’’: Delight in the world’s glow and glitter, though a desirable attribute, in itself is not enough to make poetry. Your rhymes are facile, but. not always artistic, and some economy of phrase is suggested, allied with study of rhythm and the work of the best English, and New Zealand poets. S.0.S. (Dunedin): We like your slender, graceful verses, with their sincere and sensitive respouse to mysterious sights and sounds of "Bush Twilight." "Thur". (H.B.): This contributor, without jarring detail, puts into verse admiration of skill and daring displayed by scientists who perform miracles of healing for poor humanity; those--‘users of the knife in mercy, as opposed to those who slay." An unusual topic, adequately treated. "Smilax": The Daisy poem appeals in its apotlieosis of the "Common Flower" with its golden heart. "Storm and Caim," although melodious, is perhaps over-alliterative. "The "Trolley Line" brings back with truth and poignancy the fresh tang of the’ dripping bush, solitude and loveliness of forests of time long past. and fuses: with delight in Nature’s unspoiled beauty a sick disgust. of those "Who seek to destroy,. destroy, destroy, Now. and for evermore." "An Alien": Study the lyries of Burns, and try again, "Klaneur’: Of the earth, earthy!