News at Eleven: The fact is that, in all the shortlisted poems,

there are going to be ideas, images, lines that will have impressed the judge and these will, given the individual vision of each shortlisted poet, impress in different ways. The shortlist, really, is where the arguments begin; and since I was the sole judge of the competition I had to argue with myself.

Between us, I and myself argued Carole Bromley into first place.

from Yorkshire Post: Competition reveals how poets speak from the heart
also Yorkshire Post: Teacher wins Yorkshire poetry contest
also Yorkshire Post: Teacher wins Yorkshire poetry contest (cont.)

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