Lesley Saunders, entered the first ever National trust Poetry competition on the spur of the moment not imagining that she would have a chance of winning: over 1,700 people were inspired to put pen to paper and submit their poems on the theme of ‘Outdoors’.
The judging day was held at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, where Jo Bell (Director of National Poetry Day: www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk) and Ian McMillan (presenter of Radio 3′s The Verb) whittled the poems down to 12. ‘A poem had to startle, surprise and excite’ says Ian ‘to make our shortlist’.
The inspitation for lesleys poem 'leaf Goddess' was a leaf goddess I made from fired clay overpainted with oil paint, it is a beautiful piece of writing and was the winning poem.
The poem will be published in the September edition of the National Trust Magazine.
I will put it up here as soon as I can.
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