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Competition

Spectator Competition: Beautiful word

26 April 2025

9:00 AM

26 April 2025

9:00 AM

Comp. 3396 invited you to write a poem that endeavoured to romanticise tariffs. There was a fine haul, though a few had to be disallowed for straying from the brief. Praise to George Simmers, Frank McDonald, Janine Beacham, Sylvia Fairley, Tom Adam, Sue Pickard and Elizabeth Kay, among others, and a special mention to Tracy Davidson for her opening:

How do I tariff thee? At varied rates.

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