3:04 Afternoons annual poetry slam winner!
It's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day and our annual Afternoons poetry slam attracted over 300 entries.
Poets had 30 minutes to write a poem of six lines or less, containing the following six words: CROSSING
JUICE, VACANT, EYELID, LOVE, RAIN
Listen to judge Tracey Slaughter read out the winning entry and some special mentions.
Congratulations to Annabel Inglis from Christchurch with her winning poem:
Parenthood:
It keeps crossing my mind. How can I expect her to know. She's still so young.
As she sits there eating her burnt toast and juice, crumbs on her eyelid. Looking at me.
Her new mind, so vacant but so curious.
It's my job to teach her, about numbers, rain, rules.
But, then I remind myself. Love and the rest will follow.
Photo: Catherine Chidgey
