George Crabbe Poetry Competition Anthology 2007

The 2007 competition was adjudicated by George Szirtes.

First Prize

• Kitchen Annunciation – Laura Helyer

Second Prize

• Factory Women – Andrew Frolish

Third Prize

• In the Eye of the Beholder – Jill Eulalie Dawson

Commended Poems

• A Cautionary Tale – Maggie Andrews
• A Long Box for the Dead – Matthew Annis
• The Visitor – Mike Bannister
• The Blessing – Helen Burke
• Above Ground – Polly Clarke
• I Sleep – Gill Phillips
• Persephone – Sarah Shaw
• Peace on Earth – John Vaughan
• Still Life au Bassin de la Villette, Paris – Nicola Walpole
• Returns – Russell Whitehead

Adjudicators’ Poems

• Happiness – George Szirtes
• Running Man Blues – George Szirtes