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Raymond Wilson Poetry Competition 2012

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Children reading

Raymond Wilson Poetry Competition 2012

'I am pleased to announce that Tasha Easton has won for her poem ÔÇÿThe FarmÔÇÖ, as I remember her poems being highly commended in a number of previous competitions' Competition Organiser, Dr Michael Lockwood, IoE

The results of the Annual Raymond Wilson Competition are now in!

The Raymond Wilson competition gives all university staff and students the opportunity each year to write a poem for children and submit it for a prize of £200. The competition is in memory of Raymond Wilson (1925-1995), formerly Emeritus Professor of Education at the University and a well-known children's poet and anthologist himself.

The competition was won this year by Tasha Easton, Deputy Faculty Manager in the Joint Faculties Office. Her winning poem, The Farm, is published below:

 

The Farm

Cocks crow

Cows low

Birds tweet

Sheep bleat

Ducks quack

Chickens flap

Pigs snuffle

Mice scuffle

Donkeys bray

Horses neigh

Geese squabble

Turkeys gobble

Cats meow

Dogs growl

Farmer yawns

Day dawns.

 

Highly commended poems were My Best Friend, also by Tasha Easton, Mayfly by Esme Locke, and Flash Frog by Helen Newdick.

Competition Organiser, Dr Michael Lockwood of the Institute of Education, said: "A distinctive feature of the competition is that it is judged by children in a local school on National Poetry Day, and their vote carries equal weighting with that of a  published children's poet, and with mine as an academic. This brings the perspectives of teacher/researcher, writer and young reader to bear on the judging."

The judges, who included 90 children from a local primary school, would like to thank everyone who entered this year. Next year's competition will be advertised at the start of the summer term.

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