George Crabbe Poetry Competition Anthology 2019

The adjudicator for the 2019 competition was Tiffany Atkinson.

Prize­-Winning Poems

• The Archbishops at the Lido — Christopher James
• Advice from the Afterlife — Caroline Gilfillan
• Kingfisher — Jane Henderson

Highly Commended Poems

• Oh Emily, What Did You Want? — John Prior
• For The Birds — Colin Hughes

Commended Poems

in alphabetical order

• Mia and the Ant — Phil Baker
• Oystercatcher — R.G. Binns
• Exhibit at Southwold Museum — David Healey
• CSI — Colin Hughes
• French Doorknocker — Pam Job
• Metamorphosis — Angela Locke
• And Sang Like Alan — Patricia Peters
• Clown’s Crossing — Caroline Price
• Eating English — John Prior
• Change — John Vaughan
• Knock at the Window — John Vaughan
• Locum (after Van Gogh) — Martyn Wainwright
• Spring Tide — Nicola Warwick
• Camera Obscura (for Andrei Tarovsky) ­— Roger West
• Wild Swimming — Richard Whiting