2010 Poetry Competition Results
Poetry Competition, Summer 2010 - results announced (2010-07-11 21:30:00)
The recent World Cup in South Africa was the inspiration behind the latest poetry competition. Slough Writers used the theme ‘South Africa’ to explore the country, its history and its future through poetry. The results were:
Roy Cecil with From Rift to Rainbow.
William Campbell with Beads Tanka - linked tankas in Zulu and English within a beads necklace.
Jenni Heward-Craig with DeVilliers Street.
Photo of the winners - William Campbell (left), Eileen Maduray, Roy Cecil (centre), Donald Mathray and Jenni Heward Craig (right) - (pic by Michael Pearcy.)
The judges were three South African born teachers who live and work in Slough, Salo Mathray, Donald Mathray and Eileen Maduray.
Eileen Maduray said: “although the judging was difficult, the poems themselves gave us a chance to revisit South Africa through the writers’ eyes and words.”
There were thirteen entries. The winner was a poem charting the history of South Africa ‘From Rift to Rainbow’ by Roy Cecil, a long-time member of Slough Writers. Second place went to ‘The Beads Tanka’ by William Campbell – based on expressions used in the Zulu language. Third place was taken by Jenni Heward-Craig with ‘De Villier’s Street’, a poem about what it’s like to yearn to return to South Africa.