Tiny Prize

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

 

'GAZA'

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A holy land lies waste in name,

as bodies burn and hearts aflame.

Ancient myths, bestow a claim,

a promised land - a jurisdiction.

The world complicit in their shame,

wash their hands in dereliction.

 

In parliaments and senates grand,

convictions crumble, slip like sand.

Dissolve in clichés, sleight of hand,

as tanks traverse with crosshairs aim,

churned olive groves and burning land.

In mirrored ricochets of blame.

 

In children’s screams we loudly hear-

Terror, Trauma, Hunger, Fear.

For all their innocence held dear-

in concrete caverns cling and hide,

as through the night the mortars’ sear.

Amidst the stench, the rising tide………

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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 2025 are:

February - The River • March - Rising • April - Fresh

May - Sing • June - Play • July - Mother • August - Ocean

September - Strong Convictions • October - Folklore • November - Unravelling • December - Endings

There is NO Tiny Prize for January 2025, a month of rest.

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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, 2024/2025, are Allan H, Brian Hill, Craig Andrew Robertson and Suzy Berry.

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

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