poetry

The Winning Poem for The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition, 2010

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This Poem is the winning entry for The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition, 2010
An initiative between Beat Magazine and The Royal Borough Library Services
Supported by The Firestation Centre For Arts and Culture

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Unter den Linden – Poem

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And the sky over Berlin,
The same sky for Westerners and Easterners alike,
Was of course Cerulean Blue.
It was a Cerulean Blue day.

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Falling in love with dead men

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It’s the huge, intelligent heart beating through his politics. He always found the time to tell his son Fermin – who grew up to be an accomplished artist – a bedtime story. His feminism. His firm principled life-long stand against all forms of oppression.

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The Ginkgo and the Sycamore

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The autumn leaf that’s falling through your mind
Has fallen through a million minds before,
And will fall on through countless millions more,
Like countless million others of its kind –

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Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition Rules and Guidelines

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Every poet is invited to submit one entry, it can use any poetic form, but must be previously unpublished, the poet’s own work and less than 40 lines.
The judges are looking for distinct poetic voices that display originality, craftsmanship and memorability

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Hubble Bubble Toil and… Hitchin!

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With a pinch of creativity here and a dash of experimentation there Hitchin’s Lab produces a very entertaining open mic.

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Cinderella Story?

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As you shake yourself sober in the small hours
Does your life make more sense, is your head clear?

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Under London – Poem

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every one is the same
every one is going somewhere
most not too sure where

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Great GazetteBye

Yet another shock horror report about young people leaving school unable to read. But literacy is not a total blessing. The compulsive reader reads everything! Adverts, bus stops, everything! Words assault you. You are reading this! It was brought home to me during the night. Answering the call of nature, I started involuntarily reading the [...]

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The Car In The Scrap Heap

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The father is so proud to show his new joy
A car shining so bright it glows
Everyone wants to see it go for a while
After a while the excitement seems to go

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