Poetry Competition 2022
Update - The deadline for submissions is now past and judging has now taken place - thank you to everyone who entered!
This year, we asked for poems on the theme of ‘new’. Poems must be no longer than 16 lines, plus the title, and all are required to have a rhyming component.
Entries have been assessed by group judges who have selected the top 10 entries. An overall panel of judges has selected the top three, which will feature in Third Age Matters.
The top 10 poems have been chosen and 7 of those are below in no particular order. Winners 1-3 will appear in Third Age Matters magazine and on the website here, after publication.
New
by Garry Boatman
Hillingdon u3a
Tabula Rasa
by Tim Williams
Heathfield & District u3a
New Day
by Barbara Gregory
Stone Staffordshire u3a
Moving Forward
by Marion Carson
Forth Valley u3a
A Swimsuit Sonnet
by Sheila Merriman
Aylsham & District u3a
Living the Day
by Fred McIlmoyle
North Down & Ards u3a
'New Norm'
by Georgina Philips
Penicuik & District u3a
For further advice, support and news contact Marcia Humphries, u3a Subject Adviser for Creative Writing
Read last year's winning entries here Poetry Competition 2020
