2023 Poetry Competition Results

Roger Stennett - schoolmate of King Charles and author of a book of poetry: “Forty Poems For Dylan Thomas” - judged our “Ode to the King” competition and appeared at our meeting via video link.

He was impressed with the standard and variety of the 14 entries to the competition, awarding the title to Lee Taylor with “Uneasy Lies the Head”.

The full results were as follows:

1st Place - Uneasy Lies the Head, by Lee Taylor
2nd Place - KC111, by Vinay Vyas
3rd Place - Kingdom, by Michael Ranes

Three more were commended, which were:

The Waiting Game, by Lorraine Forrest-Turner
God Save the Song, by Robert Kibble
Ode to the King (of my Heart), by Nazalee Raja

Pictured is Lee Taylor receiving the award from Terry Adlam, as Roger looks on through the magic of Zoom.