Dorothy Webb Davies (1): A Sonnet

The Sonnet was the focus of the RWS September meeting.

LACK OF INSPIRATION

When we agreed we'd each attempt a sonnet
I found my mind gone blank, to my dismay!
I take my paper, write some rubbish on it,
Then tear it up and throw the bits away.

The days slip by, the deadline's drawing nearer.
I wake at night and wonder what to do.
Where is my vision? Once my mind was clearer!
But now, I do not seem to have a clue

I ponder on the inspiration question
Here in the darkness with my lonely light.
I know my daytime life, with its congestion,
Has blocked my mind so that I cannot write.

Oh Spirit's heavenly sunshine please break through
The clouds of "Far Too Many Things-to-do"!

© Dorothy Webb Davies 2009


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RWS Members' News (1): Competitions and Published Work

Summer 2009

Competitions

• Sue Williams: First Prize in the Woman Alive/ACW Article Competition.
• Caroline Gill: Third Prize in the Haddon Library (Cambridge University 800) Poetry Competition

Published Work

• Caroline Gill: Caroline's poem, 'Stranger' has been published in Shoes for the Hungry (Popcorn Press 2009). The anthology has been edited by Patrick T. Randolph, who teaches Academic and Creative Writing at Wisconsin-La Crosse. Stranger is based upon observations made some years ago when Caroline lived in Rome. The anthology comprises 158 poems on the theme of hunger and homelessness by 80 poets, including many who have direct experience of homelessness in one capacity or another. All profits from the sale of this book will be allocated to projects concerned with helping those who are hungry or in need of shelter. Shoes for the Hungry can be bought from Amazon and Popcorn Press.

• David Gill: David's work and photography feature in the new 2009 edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible.

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