Thursday, March 01, 2007

Winner 2007



The universe has delivered a delightful twist to the conclusion of the Silvery Tay Poetry Competition 2007. In place of Ms Patricia Lewis, we have as our Celebrity Judge this year, one bona-fide Mr James Clarke. Despite his hectic schedule - writing Stoep Talk, fielding masses of fan mail and training for the Tour De Farce, he has pored over the submissions and made his decision. For this we shower him with thanks, rose petals, and blessings for his fields - long may they be fertile.

The winner is: Melodi Bloggs, for the pome ‘A Quick Word’. Jolly well done old girl!

Mr Clarke said: “I am sorry you have not told me of your competition before. I could have publicised it in my column. It's a lovely idea. Next year I will get readers to enter.
I detected the same hand in two or three of the poems. One or two were worth publishing in Carapace. They all tried hard [but] none came anywhere near being bloody awful. [William McGonagall] remains absolutely unchallenged.”

Long live deplorable verse, and long live the spirit of the great McGonagall!

Thank you all for helping me to amuse myself.

Entries for next year’s competition will open on the 1st of November 2007.