Trim Poetry Competition 2021 Full Results

 

Trim Poetry Competition 2021 - Results

Winner: Angus Strachan, England            to make a doll                                                            

Runners-Up: Marian Oxley, England       Echolocation                                                  

                        Brian Kirk, Dublin              The Invisible House                                       

 Congratulation to those poets, to those who are listed in the short and long lists below and thanks to all who entered. We had a total of 360 entries this year.  A special thanks to our judge, Jean O’Brien, for carrying out her task in such an efficient, professional manner.

This is the short list of ten in alphabetical order.

Echolocation                                                  Marian Oxley              England         

hunter, gatherer                                              Mary Mulholland        England         

In the Republic of Nuns                                 Karen McDonnell       Clare              

Je ne regrette rien                                           Siobhán Flynn             Dublin           

Normal People                                                Frank Murphy             Meath            

The Conspiracy of Silence                             Ojo Taiye                    Nigeria                       

The Edge of the State                                     Trish Bennett              Fermanagh    

The High Garden                                            Caimin Rooney           Dublin           

The Invisible House                                        Brian Kirk                   Dublin          

to make a doll                                                 Angus Strachan           England 

Competition Long List

Census                                                             Clare O'Reilly             Kildare                       

Chalk Circle                                                    Máirín O'Grady           Dublin                        

Chang Cheng                                                  Amy Barry                  Westmeath     

Day Room Days                                             Lynda Tavakoli           Down             

Echolocation                                                   Marian Oxley              England          

Excision                                                          Daragh Byrne             Australia

Flints                                                               Anna Forbes                Scotland         

hunter, gatherer                                               Mary Mulholland        England          

In the Republic of Nuns                                 Karen McDonnell       Clare               

Je ne regrette rien                                            Siobhán Flynn             Dublin            

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Speaks ...                        Derek Sellen                England          

Leaning In                                                       Peggy McCarthy         Waterford      

Learning to Smoke and Other Things             Bernie Crawford         Galway           

Love                                                                Bernie Crawford         Galway           

Normal People                                                Frank Murphy             Meath             

Ode to My Vocation                                       Boswell Partridge       USA               

Plague Years                                                   Peter Branson              England          

Poem for my Grand-daughter                         David Punter               UK                 

River Bird, Know Your Place                                    Ojo Taiye                    Nigeria                       

Rock Pool                                                       George Hopewell        England          

Season of Brigid                                             Anne Casey                 Australia         

Sing It                                                             Peadar O'Donoghue    Wicklow         

the ABCDery of mother’s gardening             Angus Strachan           England          

The Conspiracy of Silence                              Ojo Taiye                    Nigeria                       

The Edge of the State                                     Trish Bennett              Fermanagh     

The High Garden                                            Caimin Rooney           Dublin            

The Invisible House                                        Brian Kirk                   Dublin            

The New Math                                                Boswell Partridge      USA               

to make a doll                                                 Angus Strachan           England          

Wishbone                                                        Sighle Meehan            Galway