Poetry Competition Short List 2021

In alphabetical order

Phil Askham – Watershed

Briege Brannigan – Sonnet (this able hand)

Alan Coombe – Out of Season

Peter Cotton – My Late Husband

Tracy Davidson – A Spoonful of Syrup

Theresa Gooda – About Victory

Patsy Goodsir – Uncle Tony's House

Paul Haynes – Shapeshifter

Cate Holness – The Shell

Anne Lawson – Sunstruck

Rhiannon Lewis – Buried Treasure

John Ling – Human to Human

Sighle Meehan – Two Halves to the Door

John Morris – A Recipe for Disaster

David Peplow – Laws Dear Boy, The Laws

Hazel Reynolds – Our Lives Unlocked

Coralie Ruston – Roast Lamb

Julie Shackman – Holy

Sherri Turner – Lifeguard

Katherine Wolstencroft – Mrs Partington Presents

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