Anne Dauber: Winning Poet
I am delighted to announce that Anne Dauber is the winner of Barnard Castle’s Winning Words Open Poetry Competition.
Anne’s poem The Great Grey Barn will be transformed into a textile art installation, which will be on view in NeST art gallery in Barnard Castle in October before commencing a tour of local village halls.
Anne lives in Upper Teesdale, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which she says: ‘can be just that or can leave you longing for the city, or even village life. Sometimes, when we are snowed in, the cows provide much needed social interaction!’
The judges liked the way that the poem explores the connections and disconnections between human life and the natural world, and also the way it evoked the feeling of hope coming out of a desolate winter.
Anne’s poem was selected from the fifty entries from across County Durham, Redcar & Cleveland and North Yorkshire. The runner-up It was the best of times it was the worst of times by Elaine Walton of Richmond in North Yorkshire is described as: ‘a very moving piece which both touches and uplifts the reader at the same time.’
Highly commended goes to Life’s Cycle by Malcolm Weet of Middleton-in-Teesdale and It was the best of times by Fiona Todd of Teesdale School.
Also commended are:
One day like this a year by Lesley Chapman of Askrigg, North Yorkshire
Barney by Linda Conroy of Richmond, North Yorkshire
Time Travel by Courtney Earl of Winston, Darlington
Best of Times, Worst of Times by Jackie Fallows of South Otterington, Northallerton
Bestime, Werstime by Meg Peacocke of Barnard Castle
Napoleon by Elizabeth Smith of Tewkesbury
My 2012 by Rachel Todd of Teesdale School
Apparently Elizabeth found out about the competition as she is a former Bowes resident who still reads The Teesdale Mercury! Thanks go to the local newspaper for supporting the competition.
All of the above and The Great Grey Barn are available for readers to view on the two previous posts. Radio Teesdale have offered all shortlisted poets the opportunity to record their poems for a future edition of the Book programme.
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