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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 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 we will... 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 your tank with it like a high-octane fuel. Genius is what Basil Bunting wrote about on the fly leaf of Pound’s Cantos; There are the Alps. What is there to say... 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
Read Be My Wife - Keiran Goddard, Runner-up 2015 Be My Wife by Keiran Goddard 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 »
Glad Day - Ross Mackay, Commended 2015
Read Glad Day - Ross Mackay, Commended. Glad Day - Ross Mackay NB: Please note that all but this poem can only be read as a pdf file which will open as a separate document. Please use your back button on your browser to return to this website. read more »
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 these which we will then make available here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause until this is completed. 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 we will then make available here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause until this is completed. 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 which we will then make available here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause until this is completed. read more »
Read 'Samurai Poem' - Juha Pekka Sihvonen, Commended 2015
Read Rewad Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen, Commended. Read Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen NB: Please note that all but this poems can only be read as a pdf file which will open as a separate document. Please use your back button on your browser to return to this website. read more »
Read 'Poppy' - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Runner-up 2015
Read 'Poppy' - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir ~ Runner Up By Poppy by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir NB: Please note that this pdf will open as separate document so please use the back button on your browser to return to the website after reading it. read more »
Read 'The Cheater' - Sarah Doyle, Runner-up 2015
The Cheater - Sarah Doyle Read the William Blake Poetry 2015 Runner Up entry The Cheater by Sarah Doyle 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 we will then make available here. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause until this is completed. read more »
Read 'Nereid' - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Commended 2015
Read Nereid - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir - Commended Read Nereid - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir NB: Please note that all but this poems can only be read as a pdf file which will open as a separate document. Please use your back button on your browser to return to this website. read more »
Read 'Upanishadic Poem' - Maria Lancaster, Commended 2015
Read Upanishadic Poem - Maria Lancaster, Commended. Upanishadic Poem - Maria Lancaster NB: Please note that all but this poems can only be read as a pdf file which will open as a separate document. Please use your back button on your browser to return to this website. read more »
Read 'By Hand' - David Pollard, Commended 2015
Read 'By Hand' - David Pollard, Commended. Read By Hand - David Pollard The link above leads to the poem as a PDF file. Please remember to use the back button on your browser after reading to return to the website. read more »
Read 'William Blake' - David Pollard, Commended 2015
Read 'William Blake' by David Pollard My life was etched in water’s brilliance washed by Catherine’s brush as it caressed My limpid borders, left me the time to hatch a plague of new divinity That heard angelic voices cauterised by the annealing acids’ bite into my needles’ hollows Came to me among the city, weeping the measure of its broken days And the priests’ curse on all our fairest joys destroyed... O Newton, Bacon, Locke all ringed in steel -... read more »
George Szirtes Announces Shortlist for The William Blake Poetry Prize, 2015
We are pleased to announce the George Szirtes shortlist for The William Blake Poetry Prize By Hand - Keiran Goddard My Brave Marriage - Uģis Bunga William Blake - David Pollard Nereid - Marcas Mac an Tuairneir Glad Day - Ross Mackay Upanishadic Poem - Maria Lancaster Fearfully Asymmetrical - Peter Grant All There Is - Benjamin T. Searle Samurai Poem - Juha Pekka Sihvonen Watch this space for the Winner...! read more »
George Szirtes announced as Judge for 2015 Prize.
In partnership with the University of Chichester, the Big Blake Project is delighted to announce that George Szirtes will be the Judge of the 2015 William Blake Poetry Prize. The Prize Winner will have the chance to perform their poem on 19 September at Celebration of Blake event in London. We are thrilled that George will be there to present the prize as well as performing his own previously unpublished poems that have also been... read more »
The William Blake Poetry Prize Rules - 2015
Competition Rules - 2015 COMPETITION CLOSED NB- these have provided here to allow entrants of future competitor a guide to previous rule - please note however these may change, without notice, for each competition held. Closing date of the competition is midnight on September 2nd 2015 The Competition is open to anyone over the age of 18, other than Big Blake Project committee members or University Staff Poems must have a title and must be... read more »
Nominations for Winner of the The William Blake Poetry Prize 2013 Announced
The winning nominations were: Kate Pollard, Life’s Quest Nicole Beard, Smelly Baby Richard Biddle, Transparency The presentation will be on 3:30pm 21st July, 2013 at the George Inn, Felpham. Come and join the celebration, refreshments provided. We have a Winner! read more »
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 smell of loved things huggy things luscious mummy things but you do smell You smell of baby things soft skin things sweet and mysterious things but you do smell read more »