The William Blake Poetry Prize
We are pleased to announce that The William Blake Poetry Prize is now an annual event!
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The Winner! - The William Blake Poetry Prize 2015
We are pleased to share the 2015 Winning entry, the Runners up and the Commended entries!
Unholy by Sarah Doyle ~ Winner of the William Blake Poetry Prize 2015
Winner - 2015 Performing at Give Us Some Blake in Worthing 2016
Runners-up:
- The Cheater - Sarah Doyle
- Money - by Luke Welch
- Be My Wife - Keiran Goddard
- Poppy - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Commended:
- My Brave Marriage - Uģis Bunga ~ Commended
- Fearfully Asymmetrical - Peter Grant ~ Commended
- All There Is - Benjamin T. Searle ~ Commended
- By hand- David Pollard ~ Commended
- Nereid - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir ~ Commended
- Glad Day- Ross Mackay ~ Commended
- Upanishadic Poem - Maria Lancaster ~ Commended
- Rewad Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen ~ Commended
- William Blake - David Pollard ~ Commended
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Rewad Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen ~ Commended 2015
Read Rewad Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen, Commended. Rewad Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen NB: Please note that all but this poems can only be read as a pdf file which will open as a separate document. Please use your back button on your browser to return to this website.read more »
Poppy - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir ~ Runner Up 2015
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The Cheater - Sarah Doyle ~Runner Up 2015
The Cheater - Sarah Doyle Read the William Blake Poetry 2015 Runner Up entry;- The Cheater by Sarah Doyle N.B. Due to circumstances beyond our control we do not have access to poems in digital text form. We are in the process of transcribing these which we will then make available here. We apologise for any inconvenience... read more »
Nereid - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir ~ Commended 2015
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Upanishadic Poem - Maria Lancaster ~ Commended 2015
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By Hand- David Pollard ~ Commended 2015
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By Hand- David Pollard - Commended 2015
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Read William Blake by David Pollard ~ Commended 2015
Read William Blake by David Pollard My life was etched in water’s brilliance washed by Catherine’s brush as it caressed My limpid borders, left me the time to hatch a plague of new divinity That heard angelic voices cauterised by the annealing acids’ bite into my needles’ hollows Came to me among the city, weeping the measure of its broken days And the priests’ curse on all our fairest... read more »