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Online Poetry Competition 2006

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 - December 2006

Buried Alive - Mr Kiani

The Sculptor's Stone - Gary Murphy

Narbonne - Bernard Fyles

Monday Morning - Rachel Bee

Umboozo The Magnificant - Ian Oldfield

The Top 5 Poems of the Month - November 2006

The Flower Exile - Elizabeth Davies

Gobby - Steven G. Pryor

Fastiduous Rain- Chris Smith

Fortune - Helen Garnett

From the Ashes of Grief - Wendy Wilson

The Top 5 Poems of the Month - October 2006

Nightscape  - Barbara Sanderson

Dreamworld  - Susan Wilson

Yesteryear’s World  - Michelle Connor

Rosaleen - Mark Sheppard

The Precious One - Tanya Roddie

The Top 5 Poems of the Month - September 2006

Light Fades  - Chris Campbell

Rebirth of Dawn  - Mary Wu's

My Eyes  - Anup K Dholakia

Once Lost - Robert Evans

Atomic Afternoons - Michael Auty

The Top 5 Poems of the Month - August 2006

Farmers  - Daniel Exall

The Splinter  - Lars Malmqvist's

A Cross to Bear  - Dai Mundell

The Mind: Responds - Dinah Sackey

Masquerade - K Casewell

The Top 5 Poems of the Month - July 2006

The Remnants of a Dream - Colin Ormston

Red Petal Solitude - Colin Martin

Devil's Daughter - Martin Leroy

My Gan Gan - Iain Fraser

Insane? - Vanessa Hinkley

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month - June 2006

Saviour from the Skies - Simon Staff

'The Living Will' - Ross Macmillan

Confessional - Beth Belshaw

Ride the Wild Carousel - Anne Rhind

A Special Place - Patsy Goodsir

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month - May 2006

Late 1940 - Paul Willis

Autumn Leaves - John Knowles

Pensées of a Poet - Joyce Langlands

Who Cares? - Kevin Raymond

When We Were Young - Mark Sargeant

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month - April 2006

River of Life - Mark Roope

One Last Time - Liam Clarke

Return - Bernard Fyles

Love and Pray - Dave Stanworth

A World Together? - William Ross

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month - March 2006

Respect - Mac Macdonald

Shot at Dawn - Sean Kinsella

Terminal Procrastination - Claire Louise Stendall

Unforgettable (for Mishka) - Anita Richards

My Two Little Stars - Jenny Hope-Kirk

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month - February 2006

Stolen by Time - Karen Smith

Resolutions - John Henry Foley

Angel Rain - Lesley Davies

My Heart is the Sea - Mark Roope

I Listen to the Rain - Stuart Higginson

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The Top 5 Poems of the Month - January 2006

The Bakestone - Amanda Richards

Midnight Mass - Kevin Raymond

Summer Time - Rochelle Moore

Hollow Gap - Kathryn Wilson

Topsy Turvy Christmas - Bob Fiddaman

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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.