Books - Anthologies
Dancing with Delsie
and other poems
ISBN 1-905599-49-3
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Haiku-Man to the rescue! And things along those lines. From South African odysseys to waltzes in wheelchairs via allegorical toasters, Dancing with Delsie and other poems contains all the splendidly multifarious winning entries from Leaf Books’ second
poetry competition of 2008.
her legs are like tree trunks
motionless and solid
‘let’s dance’ she said
with arms in the air
swaying like palm trees
when the wind blows
across a purple sea
Extract from runner-up ‘Dancing with Delsie’ by Sally James.
Winner:
'I Do' by Eloise Williams
Runner-up:
'Dancing with Delsie' by Sally James
Commended:
'Snapshot' by Francis Hayes
'Armchair revolutionary' by Francis Hayes
'Retired' by Francis Hayes
'Pants Outside Trousers, Big Letter H On T Shirt, Here To Save The World' by Jonathan Pinnock
'Sandra and Me' by Catherine Edmunds
'sky' by Catherine Edmunds
'Motherlode' by Deborah Harvey
'How My Family Got Into South Africa' by Liz Cashdan
'Collecting Pieces of you in Boxes' by Jan Harris
'Tracing the Shape' by Alfie Bryan
'Lion' by Anthony Watts
'Against the Storm' by Leah Armstead
'In a Circle it Doesn't Matter' by Leah Armstead
'Convalescent Hill' by Kate Rhodes
'The Keeper/Blackwater' by David Underdown
'Toaster' by Charles Evans
'Jess's Box' by Joanna Ezekiel
'Mendelssohn's Nose – 1939' by John Feakins
'Personal Best' by Alan Dunnett
'Whisky' by Dorothy Fryd
'What Smruti Sees' by Jenny Morris
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