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Online Poetry Competition 2003

Every month we hold The Top 5 Poems of the Month competition.

The writer of the best poem wins a web page of their own in our Featured Poets section, to showcase some more of their work.

To submit a poem to the Online Poetry Competition, email inbox@forwardpress.co.uk (Enter Top 5 Poems of the Month in the subject line, including your name and postal address)

Or post your poems to Top 5 Poems of the Month, Forward Press Ltd, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Peterborough PE2 9JX (Write your name and address on each piece of work you send)

The Top 5 Poems of the Month for December 2003

The White Stick - Clive E Oseman

Bright to Grey in Just a Day! - Sid "De" Knees

Only Heaven - Robbie Mackenzie

A Lover's Prayer - K. M. Mahmud Hasan

9 to 5 - Paul French

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for November 2003

Television Tedium - Adrian Salamon

February - Marianne L Vincent

Pillows - Jillian Shields

The Sky at Night - Rachael Ford

Homeless - Camille Palmer

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for October 2003

Six Feet Below - Paul Dawson

The Tide of Change - Joyce Graham

Moorland Mists - Spirit of Kahn (Alan)

Recharging Hope from a Sticky Grain of Sand - Sarah Carpenter

A Bit of Pain - John Coughlan

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for September 2003

Ice Age Aurora - Jacqui Thorne

'The Wish' - R. M. Green

Icy Summer - Mandy Pereira

Close-Cropped Lawns - Alan Millard

later, the table - Andrew Proudfoot

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for August 2003

Summer Shade - M. M Graham

Waterfall - Liam Heaney

The Joyous Swirl - Matthew Richards

Pounding Drums - Palvinder Kaur

That Legendary Divorce - Joe Quinn

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for July 2003

Freeze Frame - Donna Rimer

The World Is Like A River - John Foster

Abused - Geraldine McMullan

Supreme Spirit of Evil - Annette Murphy

Nothing - Deanna L Dixon

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for June 2003

Since She Turned Remote - John G Hall

Myself - Catherine Prince

Ever Present - Charli Rose Harvey

Why… - Thamsanqa Ncube

Extremism - John Peverill

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for May 2003

Colours - Candice-Leigh Johnstone

The Baglady's Shadow - Fred McLimoyle

The Other Side - Pamela Bakker

Incident at Horseshoe Bend - Paul Kelly

The Colour of Anger - Erica Wishart

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for April 2003

The End and the Beginning of a Gentle Man - Luthien Lark

Loving Eyes - Mags Scorey

Crystal Clear Night - Gael Bage

Kissing Cruelty - Cameron McAulay

Fear - Joan M Jones

The Top 5 Poems of the Month Competition is judged by our imprint editors, and all entries that are not used will be considered for publication in new Forward Press anthologies.

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