The anthology of the successful entries from this year's competition was launched at a reception and reading at Mill Cove Gallery and Sculpture Garden on 30 July; see pictures below.
Winner
Gabriel Griffin, 'The singing sounds of sea', inspired by Listen by Ian Humphreys;
Second place
Michael Scott, 'My Grandad made trains (I never met my Grandad)', inspired by No ticket required by Alfred Roch;
Third place
John Baylis Post, 'Did I tell you', inspired by Listen by Ian Humphreys;
Highly commended
Heather Freckleton, 'Getting the measure of the moon', inspired by Laughter by Marianne Klopp;
Patrick Toland, 'A house in Tabgha', inspired by Spoons by Anne Nidecker;
Breda Wall Ryan, 'The laying of the bog', inspired by Bog Vista II and other works by Niall Wright;
John Baylis Post, 'DB', inspired by First Snows, Beara by Monica Groves;
Rachel Woolf, 'Rite of passage', inspired by Sodden by Niall Wright;
Commended
Noel Connor, 'Inventing blue', inspired by Untitled 2 by John Brennan;
Maria Merking, 'Padre', inspired by Turning Head by Sonia Caldwell;
Michael Ray, 'Purse', inspired by Seaform V by Ana Duncan;
Afric McGlinchey, 'Sea thing', inspired by Sea form I by Ana Duncan;
Mark Blayney, 'Glimpse', inspired by Early Morning Light by Aidan Flanagan;
Eleanor Hooker, 'Is that me?', inspired by Is That Me? by Petr Holocek;
Siobhán Flynn, 'These shoes can change your life', inspired by Red Shoes by Nicola Slattery;
Afric McGlinchey, 'Rebellion', inspired by Red Shoes by Nicola Slattery;
Cathy Leonard, 'Reclaiming', inspired by Sleeping Woman by Nicola Slattery;
Winner (school student)
Aoife Troxel, 'Fishing', inspired by Crest by Ana Duncan;
Second place (school student)
Rachael Elphick, 'Perception', inspired by Resting by Betina Seitz.
The anthology, Poets Meet Painters 2011 (ISBN 978-0-9567987-1-8) includes all these poems, with colour illustrations of the artworks which inspired them. It is available at €5 including postage via the Publications page.
Hungry Hill Writing offers warm and grateful thanks to John Goode and John Brennan of Mill Cove Gallery for their generous support of this competition.
Winner
Gabriel Griffin, 'The singing sounds of sea', inspired by Listen by Ian Humphreys;
Second place
Michael Scott, 'My Grandad made trains (I never met my Grandad)', inspired by No ticket required by Alfred Roch;
Third place
John Baylis Post, 'Did I tell you', inspired by Listen by Ian Humphreys;
Highly commended
Heather Freckleton, 'Getting the measure of the moon', inspired by Laughter by Marianne Klopp;
Patrick Toland, 'A house in Tabgha', inspired by Spoons by Anne Nidecker;
Breda Wall Ryan, 'The laying of the bog', inspired by Bog Vista II and other works by Niall Wright;
John Baylis Post, 'DB', inspired by First Snows, Beara by Monica Groves;
Rachel Woolf, 'Rite of passage', inspired by Sodden by Niall Wright;
Commended
Noel Connor, 'Inventing blue', inspired by Untitled 2 by John Brennan;
Maria Merking, 'Padre', inspired by Turning Head by Sonia Caldwell;
Michael Ray, 'Purse', inspired by Seaform V by Ana Duncan;
Afric McGlinchey, 'Sea thing', inspired by Sea form I by Ana Duncan;
Mark Blayney, 'Glimpse', inspired by Early Morning Light by Aidan Flanagan;
Eleanor Hooker, 'Is that me?', inspired by Is That Me? by Petr Holocek;
Siobhán Flynn, 'These shoes can change your life', inspired by Red Shoes by Nicola Slattery;
Afric McGlinchey, 'Rebellion', inspired by Red Shoes by Nicola Slattery;
Cathy Leonard, 'Reclaiming', inspired by Sleeping Woman by Nicola Slattery;
Winner (school student)
Aoife Troxel, 'Fishing', inspired by Crest by Ana Duncan;
Second place (school student)
Rachael Elphick, 'Perception', inspired by Resting by Betina Seitz.
The anthology, Poets Meet Painters 2011 (ISBN 978-0-9567987-1-8) includes all these poems, with colour illustrations of the artworks which inspired them. It is available at €5 including postage via the Publications page.
Hungry Hill Writing offers warm and grateful thanks to John Goode and John Brennan of Mill Cove Gallery for their generous support of this competition.
