Congratulations young writers,
teachers and parents. I received nearly 2,000 poems so you
can imagine it was an ELEPHANT task
reading my way through them all. It was really hard narrowing it down as there
were so many
wonderful entries. I think some schools must be little writing havens as
they sent in so many good poems.
There were poems about cats,
dogs, paddocks, beaches, the moon, wizards, witches, blue, yellow, fireworks,
families, feelings, dragons, space, people, places, the world, gardens and a
thousand other things.
There were fat
poems, skinny poems, funny poems, musical poems, poems that rhyme, poems that
don’t, scary poems, thoughtful poems, imaginative poems, surprising poems, sad
poems, happy poems.
There were similies
that popped and words that shone.
Once I had a pile of 300 to
400 it got even harder. So I
want to post these on Poetry Box over the next year. A Poem A Day is
what I plan!
I was looking for poems that would be right for
the anthology and with some poems the subject matter
wasn’t right even though the poems were good. Some poems had lines shining out
but the rhythm went haywire in other parts. DO read your poems out loud to
check them!
It was so hard picking
that Jenny
Hellen (the fabulous publisher at Random House) and I
decided we needed more than five winners – we have ended up with 20! So that is exciting!
(see blog for rest of story
and winners)
Paula Green, PO Box 95078, Swanson, Waitakere 0653 Auckland
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