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WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: LYN THORNTON
Heatwave
Is this the hottest summer on record?
It seems so, day after day we are ironed
out under a steamy sky.
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WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: KERRY DARBISHIRE
Planting Parsley with my Father
Resting on the bench broken by winters
I see not my mother’s cool pale
Rivers-...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: RACHAEL MATTHEWS
do not be lulled by the dainty starlike blossoms
at the radiance tea house on 55th
we watch jasmine pearls unfold...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: KATIE WILSON
Toast
I burnt toast the day I came out to my mother.
It leapt out the same moment I did.
The bread turned bl...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER UP: AILEEN LA TOURETTE
Porches
If a house has a lap, it’s the porch
that hauls you up to sit, sit, quick,
in woven furniture that creaks...
BOXING DAY SALE
Didn't get enough poetry in your Christmas stocking? Check out the PBS Sonnet Sale and treat yourself to 30% off the...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: A P HILL
Labour
My mother turns up on the labour ward laden
carrying bags full of baby clothes in all shapes and sizes.
My...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: JEANETTE BURTON
I write Christmas cards whilst listening to a report on Swiss guinea pigs
The guy on the radio says that it is il...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas from everyone at the Poetry Book Society! We hope your day is filled with poetry! Here's a specially...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: NICOLA GARRARD
Birch Syrup
I dreamed of you last night;
you came into my dream, sorry-feeling and quiet
and watched me tap my bi...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: GERALDINE CLARKSON
Out-of-Hours
The waiting room ceiling was hung with twisted
paper chains and frowning angels on gold twine.
I too...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION RUNNER-UP: BROOKE BELK
For Chase, Leaving for China
Right now on Wen Hua Lu the chuar vendors
are looking at a small white sun, the firs...