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Online Poetry Competition 2004

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 2004

Tough Girl - Ian Duncan

The Unfinished Job - Wendy Orlando

Giving Thanks - Daniel A Bristol

Operation Christmas Child - Doreen E Hampshire

Bullough's Wall - David Birtrwistle

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for November 2004

A Knightsbridge Story - Andrew Hogger

A Safe Haven in Claughervaun - Maureen O'Halloran

The Hermit Crab - Charles Ronald Wyvill

Cathy Plays Piano - Neil Rogers

Lying Awake At 2am Worrying About Heaven - John Robinson

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for October 2004

A Betrayal of Blood - Belinda Abraham

Ghost Bay - Hayes Turner

Blood Red Wine - Karen Canning

Accepting - Hilary Brunt

In the Night - Pauline Hoyle

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for September 2004

Change for Tea - Jackie Johnson

Please Take My Heart... It's Yours - Simon R Jones

Untitled - Ian Russell

Hidden Truths - Karen Dennison

Ghosts - Julie Wealleans

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for August 2004

Forgotten Memories - Christina Earl

Best Night’s Sleep... - Gabrielle Gascoigne

Father's View... - Glyn Norton

Nature's Savage Woodcutter - Billie Verge

Faith - Michael Turner

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for July 2004

The Sea - Jane Tomlin

Open Your Eyes - Jennie Hope-Kirk

Paint Me a Sunset - Janice Mitchell

Welcome Home - Carole Johnson

God Made You - Vanessa Crawford

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for June 2004

The Night Falls - Gaylen Fay Walker

This Poem Was Written Shortly After
My Grandad Passed Away - Bec Bayliss

No Guilt No Shame - Tony Morgan

Mother Earth - Matthew Hood

Fragile as Glass - Melanie May

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for May 2004

Flowers - Ricky N. Lock

Mother, I'm a Soldier - Shirley Bunyan

Incantations - John Robinson

Another Year or Two - Mary Roberts

Lonely - Samantha Fielder

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for April 2004

Colours - Muriel Nicola Waldt

Sweet Love - Evelyn Archery

Living on the Edge - Clive Atkins

Values - Marie Farley

Boy Racer - Nicola Joy Moore

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for March 2004

Writer's Block - Susan Andrews

Bubbles the Buff Bride - Dave (15)

In the InBetween - Christina P.

Deepest - Charlotte Venables

Losing You - Carol Wheeler

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for February 2004

When Love Starts to Fade - John Robinson

Sweet-Love - Philip Naylor

Better Day - Richard Ward

Fleeting Mollification - Nadia

Window in Time - Sarah Allison

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month for January 2004

XMASS - Tony Bush

Ancient Warriors - Jude Lynskey

Lying There - T. A. Jones

Winter gathers; autumn leaves - Richard Evans

Goodbye - Sharon Reaper

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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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