George is the happy winner of the princely sum of £5!
Here is the poem, 

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Life force

 

If I say you burst into day

it would be an exaggeration

for a slim stem thrusting

two small leaves above ground

to shake in the morning breeze

 

It must have taken all your seed-held strength

to rise from your Blackbird’s grave to the Sun

I guess the bird’s final meal was Rowan berries

perhaps you were the fruit that choked him

hidden within the sorry corpse I buried

 

Now you are three times my height

leaves which dapple my skin clothe

branches red- berry luscious

A Blackbird sings to the night

macho male and hearty

 

as I no longer so – smile

and watch you grow

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City of Poets offers the monthly TINY PRIZE to any poet registered on our website. Entry is free.

The prize is worth £5, and one could be forgiven for thinking it's not worth it. It is...

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• a poet is recognised • winning can go on a CV • £5 still just about buys a drink •

• it adds to a local buzz about poetry 12 times a year•

• your work is shared across our social media platforms and City of Poets community •

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Themes for 2024 are:

January - Transformation • February - Redemption • March - Beginnings • April - Thrust

May - Colour • June - Midpoints • July - Nurture • August - Pride

September - Earth • October - Justice • November - tbc • December - tbc

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Submissions must be by email only, and only from poets registered with City of Poets. Please put in the subject line: "TINY PRIZE - xyz month - xyz theme"

Submit 18 lines or fewer within the body of the email - no attachments. Closing date for submissions is the 15th of each preceding month -

for example, to submit for May - Spring,• please ensure that we receive it by 15 April.

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Submission, results will be notified on the last day of the month preceding publication. Publication will be on or before the 1st of the following

month to which the submission's theme refers. £5 prize will be credited to the PayPal account of your choosing by the 15th of the month of publication..

the City of Poets judges, 2023/2024, areTINY PRIZE winners Adam Burnel and Nicola Kirk, and poet and editor, Jacqueline A. Smith

regrettably, shortage of time does not permit us to enter into correspondence about the results of the TINY PRIZES

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