**WINNERS**
HERE ARE THE WINNERS, COMMENDED, HIGHLY COMMENDED AND LONGLISTED POEMS AND POETS FOR
THE YAFFLE PRIZE 2020
All the poems will feature in Yaffle's second poetry anthology, Whirlagust ll
Thank you for your support.
Tina Cole 1st Prize: winning £200.00
'Nothing but the strength of names'
Abi Rowan 2nd Prize: winning £50.00
'Giving birth on the grass'
Ruth Kelsey 3rd Prize: winning £25.00
'Superman writes poetry on his day off'
Rachel Glass Highly Commended
'Octopus'
Joe Caldwell Highly Commended
'Maristella'
Ruth Aylett Commended Astronomer:
'El Roque de Los Muchachos'
Sharon Phillips Commended
'Bottom Line'
Andrea Small Commended
'Mermyth'
Christina Kelly Commended
'Clandestine'
Longlist:
A Change of Heart :Ruth Kelsey
Adam's Return: Kate Innes
After that they learned to whisper: John Foggin
After the Autumn Equinox: Sally Tottle
Audrey Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich are Fighting: Joe Williams
Birdland: Barry Fentiman-Hall
Bricks: Oz Hardwick
Centripetal: Matt Nicolson
Clifford: Ian Harker
Compass Points: Liz Proctor
Departure: Joe Caldwell
É strano sempre libera: Rachel Davies
Felix Baumgartner’s Spacesuit: Natalie Scott
Fireweed: Andy Humphrey
Freight: Moira Garland
Hatch Street Years: Steve Denehan
Homage: Bill Fitzsimons
Incompatible with Camera: Kevin Reid
It’s snowing at Quarry Hill: Tim Brookes
Jazz: Donna Irving
Ladybird: Jack Faricy
Lost in the Labyrinth: Rosemary McLeish
Mam's Wedding Ring: Rachel Burns
Memory, the jewelry maker: Kevin Reid
Minerva’s Wisdom: Penny Blackburn
My Granny Bridget’s Wrapover Pinny: Shelia Jacobs
Offerkofta: Donna Irving
Once: Benjamin Cassidy
Ordinary Folks: Tina Cole
Ovum Diaries: Shelia Jacobs
Peregrine: Andrea Small
Peter the Great:Kathleen Strafford
Romans versus Barbarians Jack Faricy
Samuel Palmer’s Moons Derek Sellen
Seasons:Alastair de Grandis
Shame:Christina Kelly/Wilson
Sheaf Square, Sheffield: Ian Harker
Sisyphus Rocks: Rosemary McLeish
Spring walks 2020: Mandy Macdonald
Storm Petrel: Laura Theis
Tansy Beetle: Andy Humphrey
The Chorus that Dawn was a Solitary Blackbird: Becky Cherriman
The Father: Cherry Doyle
The Moon and Marinetti: Derek Sellen
The River: Natalie Scott
The Shortest Day: Sharon Phillips
The Stanislavski Method: Oz Hardwick
The tale of Jarman Avenue: Gareth Culshaw
The Wrong House: Louise Swingler
There Will Never Be Another You: Kathleen Strafford
Transformation, or the wanting of wings:Denni Turp
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