Prize Poem Competition

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 2, 22 July 1932, Unnumbered Page

Prize Poem Competition

(Conducted bv

John

O'Dreams

NO al ee a oe " (THE prize of half a guinea in the current competition is awarded to K.M.N. for the arresting "Quest," which in human quality, technical skill, and sustained imaginative power will command attention from those interested in the more intricate forms of literary expression. W.H.McK. sends two short poems which are commended for poetic quality, "Miracle" being a small and most attractive verselet that calls for musical setting. C.A.L.: We regret we cannot find space for your vignette of wintry midnight landscape, expressed in quaintness of a letter to Dad. ‘ "Merrie" continues excursions into realms of the fantastic and visionary. Always interesting and sometimes delightful, the work of this contributor entirely escapes banality. _"EA.C,’s" "Evening" has an elusive but quite unmistakable charm. K.M.K. (Southland) is ambitious to write, and achieves some success in the lines submitted, a sense of beauty being apparent. ..More care, however, is essential, with other factors. In line two, for instance, the substitution of "off" for "in’? would make all the difference. "Cecil Dene’: The first rendering of "Apathy" ~has the greater merit. "Recreation" exceeds our limit, which is 25 lines. The study of the poets is the best school. Why not begin with-a small anthology? That compiled by W. H. Davies, you will find, contains some very lovely and representative work. . "O.M.S.": Your verses are typical of our country, which lends some interest, and tere is also present a modicum of imagination, but rhythmic sense is faulty. .