E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

well, first, the shortlist... longer than usual because the poems were so impressive... POETS SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS FORTNIGHT PRIZE   1.      Ashish Kumar – ‘Jackfruit’ 2.      Catherine Edmunds – 'Caney The Clown' 3.      Chris Kerr – ‘The Lorelei’ 4.      Drew Milne – ‘Having A Pepsi With You’ 5.      James Finnegan – 'Early December walk' 6.      Janet Dean – ‘Pin the Night’ 7.      Jo Burns – 'Christmas Shelter' 8.      Jose Varghese –‘The Boy from the Mountains’ 9.      Linda McKenna – 'Christmas Day on the Lord Sidmouth' 10. Marisa Silva-Dunbar –‘Body Parts’ 11. Meg Eden – ‘Instructions for Speaking in Tongues’ 12. Megan Pattie – ‘In Blakeney’ 13. Molly Bess Rector –‘Retail Therapy’ 14. Shadab Hashmi – ‘Empire Ekphrasis’ 15. Siobhan Flynn – ‘Christmas baking with...