Month: May 2018
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THE POWER OF THREE – POETRY READING
BY JAMIE McKENDRICK, JENNIE CARR AND MAYA CATHERINE POPA On FRIDAY 6th JULY, from 6.30-8.30pm At the Quaker Meeting House, St. Giles, Oxford; Tickets at the door – £4 Doors open at 6.15pm. Refreshments available. For details please email jennyklewis@gmail.com Jamie McKendrick has published six books of poetry, including The Marble Fly (O.U.P. 1997) which won the Forward Prize…
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Frances-Anne King wins inaugural SciPo Poetry Competition
SciPo, the annual science poetry event run by The Poet’s House, Oxford with St Hilda’s College, Oxford, has just held its first science poetry competition, judged by Jane Draycott. Many congratulations to the winner, Frances-Anne King, for her poem ‘Home Thoughts from the Red Planet’. Home Thoughts from the Red Planet It was considered weakness…
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SciPo2018 Poetry Competition Results
Judge: Jane Draycott Over-18’s 1st: Home Thoughts from the Red Planet, Frances-Anne King 2nd: Vital Signs, Lesley Saunders joint 3rd: Flash-flood/Quilt, Chris Poole; and Security Alert, Susan Wood Commended (in no particular order): Sea Change, Sasha Rasmussen; Gravity Anomalies, Rowena Warwick; Expect Extreme Weather, Pat Edwards; Deception Island, Catherine Faulds; The Ignorance of Fish, Afric McGlinchey; Unripe, Jemma Borg Under-18s 1st: The Hunted, Imogen Phillips 2nd: Everything’s Fine,…
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