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It was all about how
to write a short poem in the "modern style"...
In other words,
using the new language we all now know as "txt-msg", the abbreviated
way of people who use mobile phones to text messages to each other.
The
specially commended winners (see above picture), who got framed versions
of their poems as prizes, saw their poems displayed on buses all over Staffordshire
too!
Txt
Poem Competition Entries
Winners
& other entries...
**SPECIALLY COMMENDED WINNER
What is
it with old people and tissues.
Gun barrel sleeves rammed tight with white
shot.
Fired at random during the "changing of the cardy"
or
slowly teased out like a novice magician. Simon
Daniels, Norton Green, S-o-T
**SPECIALLY
COMMENDED WINNER
Kith, kin, passers-by, raucous, shy,
People want
the same thing:
Happy friends, no foes, warm place home,
Comfort in ebbs
and flows,
People want the same thing.
Wayne Thexton, Shelton
SoT **SPECIALLY
COMMENDED WINNER
Oh for a book
Where I can look
At magic unfurled
To escape the world
Jean
Eaves, Stafford
**WINNER
Wndsrfr. Fly. bI drman! ThqU sir! Qun's Rd: exits Curtnd maw Untl nxt time; No
tip rspctr: Hums his way Hmwrd; quizn Not as exptd.
Jon Lally, Abrystwyth
but born 'n' bred in Blythe Bridge
**WINNER
YY U R YY U B I C U R YY 4 ME -
from Roger in Blurton,
Sot
**WINNER
remember once U told me a trouble halved is a trouble shared
but U C I couldnt tell U cus I didnt know U cared .
S.C.
Pryce, Staffordshire
**WINNER
Poem for Boscastle
The water and mud came down from high.
The heroes arrived
out of the sky.
We watched the villagers as they cried.
But let's thank
God that no one died.
Jill Broomhill, Burslem, SoT **WINNER
Through blushing clouds, a waking sun casts daylight hues
On dreaming lovers,
softly breathing, life's renewed.
Donna
Lear, Stafford **WINNER
Purists, they'd curse and cuss,
More would ponder "what's the fuss?",
Not quite sublime, though hardly a crime,
Text message poetry on the bus.
Wayne Thexton, Shelton, SoT **WINNER
2 busy 2 stop,
2 far 2 go,
2 fast 2 see,
Invisible me.
2 far 2
travel,
2 near 2 stop,
2 focused 2 care,
I'm no longer there.
Jem Armitage, Scholar Green, Cheshire
**WINNER
Some
days I feel that I don't have a care,
When I take a seat after paying my fare.
I gaze through the window and thank God I'm alive,
Admiring the beauty of
the countryside.
As I reach my destination with a jerk,
I think "Now
wouldn't it be great if I wasn't going to work!"
Margaret Pearsall,
Alsagers Bank, N/c **WINNER
Of all the places I could be,
I'd like to be beside the sea.
Having fun,
sunshine, waves, rock pools, sand, exploring caves.
The seaside calls, the
weather's sunny.
I'll go next Friday when I've got some money.
Jon,
Staffordshire
**
The rush 2 da boothen for 3, or 2 da paddock we arrive in r throngs, watchin footy
on saturday, rights all da weekly wrongs.
the poet lorimer
**
RADIO,WE LISTEN WE LEARN,OUR THOUGHTS CAN YEARN&BURN.IN TO THE MUSIC BEAT&THE
NEWS ON THE STREET,RADIO,OUR FRIEND TO LEND.
PHIL P/HULL
**
I wonder where ur,e going to, i wonder where uv,e been,i wonder what ur,e listening
to, and what u might ave seen.- i wonder if ure happy,or if ur e feeling blue,i
wonder if ur,e all alone,or with a friend or to,-and as u ponder life,s journey
and where its taking u,i wonder if u look around, and ave the same thoughts too,
carol burton, meir, sot
**
Time share. Their touch was but one second,in the universal time. The moment remembered
bitter sweet,and there will be on dawn after their parting.
S.C.Pryce
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And
some more! Poems that didn't win but were pretty good....
Through blushing clouds, a waking sun casts daylight hues. On dreaming lovers,
softly breathing, life's renewed.
Donna
Lear, Stafford. E
drank til drunk n til drunk drank, e neva washd e alwys stank, yet she saw thru
his disguise, she saw th truth amongst th lies, n cares4 him until e dies
Suzy,
Church Lawton luv's
a race wivout a fnsh X the line wiv me
Sandra, Church Lawton
kith,kin,passers-by,raucous,shy,
ppl want same thing: hapy frnds, no foes, warm place home, comfort in ebbs&flows,
ppl want th same thing.
Wayne, Shelton purists,
they'd curse & cuss, more wd ponder "wots th fuss?", not quite sublime,
tho hardly a crime, txt mssg poetry on th bus.
Wayne, Shelton dying
scares me, and death terrifies me. but i fear life more.
Colette, Hanley Wedgwood,
Arnold Bennett, Clarice Cliff, John Wain: But all I knew as I grew up Was dirt
and smoke and rain.
Peter Branson, Rode Heath. Pure
and clear as sunlight, Whiter than the whitest snowflake. More priceless than
any treasure, Is innocence.
Cheryl Warrillow, Birches Head Wndsrfr.
Fly. bI drman! ThqU sir! Qun's Rd: exits Curtnd maw Untl nxt time; No tip rspctr:
Hums his way Hmwrd; quizn Not as exptd.
Jon Lally, Abrystwyth Time
share. Their touch was but one second,in the universal time. The moment remembered
bitter sweet,ant there will be on dawn after their parting. my
cat loves fish. Oh what a dish. Will that do . To enchant you? What a thing to
get a ring. Jennifer Poem
for leann - how l wish l was your man
in a field near huddersfield there stood a cow. would not yield the reason that
she would not yield she did not like her udders feeled
Tom Finney radio
stoke,gorgeous bloke,teatime treat,he's so sweet,lets fil the time'all in rhyme,
get ringtone free,who is he ?
Annie in Chedd x
look at the clouds look at the rain it shows that holidays are here again
Sue
I like turnip 4 wen i eat tunip i phart and wen i phart i no iz helthy
JOHN
i
do believe that god above created mick for me to love he picked him out from all
the rest because he knew id love him best.
Jill It's
a poem you want then, this week. Well I think you've got quite a cheek. You always
want something clever but right now, or ever I just can't provide what you seek
Vince, Middlewich Poem
can be a limerick for lovers,i hope that this one beats all the others.
Jayne My
name's Dave and i drive the number 9 bus. Up and down Staffords roads with the
minimum of fuss. But when i get home i tune into Tim Wedgewood, jusst like everyone
in Staffordshire should!
Dave in Stone. Poem,
rain rain go away and dont come back again.
Daz in Shelton You
know my aunty Nelly, Shes got a fat belly, Every time u push her button, Out comes
Jelly. Ruth of Telford i'm
stuck on the motorway..the traffic is looking grim..the only thing to make it
fun is listening to our tim.
Sharon on the M6 There
was a young man called tim, who wanted to be very thin, he went on a diet, but
couldn't deny it, all the nice foods were a sin.
Tracy in Stafford.
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