Annie Whyman from Jack Hunt School won first place for her poem, 'Falling' in the Poetry section of the University Centre Peterborough Literary Competition.
Falling:
Soft grass under her feet,
Sweet air, she takes
A bite from a fruit,
She’ll fall from the garden.
Where her love clung to her waist,
Like a baby, a buried bride,
A necklace of rope,
Hung in a cave of stone.
So she’ll lie under the willow.
Garlands of flowers,
And old hymn on her lips,
Kissed by the water.
Galloping hooves
Churned up dust,
A leap of faith,
Before the king.
The smell of old paper,
An empty summer room.
Weighted stones
A walk by the river.