Young Writers Poetry Comp.

THE 2nd ANNUAL YOUNG WRITERS POETRY COMPETITION-"ECO- LOGICAL"   

          Martin Swords of Wicklow Writers with the shortlisted entrants- left to right

Alison Fahey, Martin Swords, Joachin Gaffney, Cian Higgins and Lauren Davis.(Laura Guihen, not in photo)

                   

 

             Cian Higgins reading his poem                                        Alison Fahey receives 3rd prize

            

 

1st Prize: 

The Old Tree by Cian Higgins

There's and Old Tree in my park
It looks like it is crying
Though, I know I'd be sad
If I were slowly dying
 
My dad says, when he was young
The tree was bright and glowing
But, I can see now
It is no longer growing
 
It roots stick out of the ground
Like pointed nails
Running 'round and bout the tree
Creating muddy trails
 
It's branches are old and broken
It never has any leaves
It's trunk is old and carved
And everday it grieves
 
My friends and I feel sorry for
The old decaying tree
So we play on it everyday
And hope to make it happy

2nd Prize:

The Painter by Joachin Gaffney

At the start it was just an empty canvas which made him feel dejected.

He took a paintbrush in one hand and painted light with yellow and that put a smile on his face.

Made the morning, evening and night.

The painter then painted ground with brown and lakes and rivers with blue.

The painting was now cheerful but still empty.

He sat to take a break and thought, and then he said "vegetables and fruit"

Vegetables were painted from carrots to tomatoes and from apples to pears.

Then painted all sorts of monstrous fishes making the seas no longer empty but full

Of colour.

The artist looked at the skies and painted graceful looking birds that would roam his canvas.

Finally he painted on the middle of the canvas two marvellous looking human beings.

One was a man one was a female called "Adam and Eve"

The painter was exhausted and went to bed after seven days to sleep.

The canvas laid there all night finished and untouched.

It was called "the garden of Eden"

The painter woke up from his dream

Looked at the canvas and saw where there was forests there is now deserts,

Where there were valleys there were now tall buildings.

There was peace now there was war.

Species were gone and the cool air now polluted.

The people began to take advantage of nature and it all got very greedy.

The world slowly died.

3rd Prize:

Footprints on the Land by Alison Fahey

Invisible but important,

Silent but loud,

All over the world are

Footprints on the land.

 

Three clawed prints are birds,

Four pawed a canine or cat

But most of all are five toed humans,

Footprints on the land.

 

Tests are carried out to

Determine good or bad,

From red to yellow to green,

Footprints on the land.

 

Let's hope our carbon footprints are reduced dramatically,

To save all plants, animals and creatures from

Global warming, destruction

And the deadly effect of electricity.

 

          Thanks to all the young poets for entering 2010's competition.

 

 Prizes kindly sponsored by Bridge Street Books and Apache Pizza (Wicklow Town)