Monday, August 11, 2025

New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition, 2025

My thanks to Scott Mason, the judge of this contest!


campfire nights
we ride in on the back
of a song

3rd Place

Judge's Commentary:

This poem also holds a surprise in its third line, yet one that deepens the evocative tone established in its first. The words "campfire nights" conjure feelings of good, old-fashioned fellowship and here, in an almost mystical if secular sort of union, the poem's protagonists join in even before they arrive. A memorable mood piece.

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