Wells Festival of Literature
International Poetry Competition
2007
List of Short-Listed Poems and Poets in random order
The short-listed poems were kindly judged by Gillian Clarke
Click here to read the winning poems
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Names |
TOWN |
Poem |
Prize |
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Christopher Somerville |
Bristol |
Blue tit on fennel head |
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Christopher Somerville |
Bristol |
Anxious sky |
Second |
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Christopher Somerville |
Bristol |
Pendle Toll |
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Mary C Whitsell |
Moffat |
Products of their time |
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Renee Huggett |
Porlock |
Hartland Point |
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Chris Raetschus |
Hexham |
Never wear green |
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Mick Wood |
Strasbourg |
Home improvements |
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Norman Bissett |
Edinburgh |
Toil |
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Charles Evans |
London |
Three in the woods |
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Charles Evans |
London |
Breakdown |
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Vivien Jones |
Annan |
Belated |
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Mrs Chris Davis |
Baldock |
Hand Book |
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Natalie Smith |
Bristol |
Memories found and lost |
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Linda Saunders |
Bath |
Saskia Sleeping |
Third |
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Stuart Nunn |
Bristol |
African Landscape with Figures |
Wyvern |
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Gordon Turner |
Coulsdon |
The jobbing Gardener |
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Bruce Harris |
Seaton |
Commuter Computer |
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Sally Clark |
Solihull |
Extra terrestrials |
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Dorothy Pope |
Harrow-on-the-Hill |
My best poems |
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Grevil Lindop |
Manchester |
When |
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Ruth Thompson |
Belfast |
Watching for waxwings |
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Ann Drysdale |
Blaina |
Dialogue |
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Robert Seatter |
London |
Summer Pudding |
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Judith Green |
Cheltenham |
The man with a dachshund under his arm |
First |
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Nick Wolfson |
Bristol |
Unknown Life |
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Maureen Nicholls |
Backwell |
The Other Half |
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Pennant Roberts |
Hale |
Mae Tom yn caru Kate |
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