- Date: 24 January 2008
- Artform: Literature
- Region: South West
by Valerie Clarke Brajuha
Ancient boughs self-sculpted
Form Avenues in the mind
As pools of elf-green
Light life-sieved
Dapple the furtive memory
Of time set by the sun
And the task in hand
This time tunnel planted
Slows
In memory of the wild
click on the links below to read the other shortlisted poems
Ambition by Joan McGavin
Hive Inspection Parched by Steve Tasane
The Forest Seamstress by Jenny Hope
The Badger is Asleep in the Hole by Kevin Sommerville
Butterflies by Melodie Nord
Parkinson's by Don Bloch
Nature’s numbers by Taylor Williams
Betrayed by June Ritchie
Olive by Louise Oxley
Driving to Wimborne by Kingston Lacy by Valerie Clarke Brajuha