Featured Poems
Read the Winning Entry of The William Blake Poetry Prize 2015! 'Unholy' by Sarah Doyle
Read the William Blake Poetry 2015 Winning entry Unholy by Sarah Doyle The image is of our 2015 Winner Sarah Doyle, Performing at 'Give Us Some Blake' in Worthing read more »
George Szirtes, Judge of the The William Blake Poetry Prize 2015, talks about the entries
You can’t imitate genius you can only quarrel with it. That sounds almost convincing, doesn’t it? Well, not quite. You can send it up, use it as a platform, nail a reference to it, breathe it in slowly like a heady scent, or fill... read more »
Read Money by Luke Welch, Runner-up 2015
Read the poem "Money" by Luke Welch, Runner-up 2015 Read Money by Luke Welch NB: Please note that this pdf will open as a separate document, so please use the back button on your browser to return to the website after reading it.read more »
Be My Wife - Keiran Goddard, Runner-up 2015
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Glad Day - Ross Mackay, Commended 2015
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Read 'All There Is' by Benjamin T Searle, Commended 2015
Read the William Blake Poetry 2015 commended entry All There Is, Benjamin T. Searle N.B. Due to circumstances beyond our control we do not have access to poems in digital text form. We are in the process of transcribing... read more »
Read My Brave Marriage by Uģis Bunga, Commended 2015
Read the William Blake Poetry Prize Shortlisted entry My Brave Marriage by Uģis Bunga N.B. Due to circumstances beyond our control we do not have access to poems in digital text form. We are in the process of transcribing these which... read more »
Read 'Fearfully Asymmetrical', Commended 2015
Read the William Blake Poetry 2015 Commended entry Fearfully Asymmetrical by Peter Grant N.B. Due to circumstances beyond our control we do not have access to poems in digital text form. We are in the process of transcribing these... read more »
Read 'Samurai Poem' - Juha Pekka Sihvonen, Commended 2015
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Read 'Poppy' - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Runner-up 2015
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Read 'Nereid' - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Commended 2015
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Read 'Upanishadic Poem' - Maria Lancaster, Commended 2015
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Read 'By Hand' - David Pollard, Commended 2015
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Smelly Baby (Nicole Beard) – Finalist 2013
Smelly baby you smell not of bad things sad things or moldy old things but you do smell you smell not of dirty things or murky things or rusty earthy things but you do smell you smell not of muddy things or grubby things or musty disgusting things but you do smell You smell of milky things silky things fresh cotton and fluffy things but you do smell You... read more »
Hangman (Kevin Short) – Finalist 2013
HANGMAN HANGMAN, HANGMAN, HANG IN LOOSE I GOT NOOSE FOR YOU I’M NOT GONNA DIE TODAY NOW WHATCHA GONNA DO AND HE GRABBED MY LEGS STABBED MY CHEST TRIED TO KILL ME WITH A BOY SCOUT KNIFE BUT WHEN I SHOUTED AKALA HIS FACE GREW PALER HE TRIED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE,... read more »
Transparency by Richard Biddle - The William Blake Poetry Prize 2013 Winner!
Transparency Rain that wept from the gutter last night has slowed to a glycerin drip. Now it comes, one clear tear at a time. A perfect lens capturing a whole world inside its micro-mirror, split second drop. And just for a moment, I too am within its pear-shaped prism. And just for... read more »