My daughter won

[Allan_L]

My daughter has just won the Adrien Abbott poetry prize for 2013
with a poem she called Astrophysics

and it was inspired by a night of observing I invited her to come along to at a friends house at Avoca Beach.
(so that is a valid enough reason to link it here :) )

The Theme for the poetry competition was : "Light"

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=657667047598251&set=p.657667047598251&type=1&theater

Hope you like it

remembering, she is a POET not an Astronomer

[hotspur]

Great result,good on her:thumbsup:

Great she gets outside with you sometimes.
Quite like the reference to stars etc like being
old friends,and each viewing is different.

[glend]

That's great news Allan and shows her real appreciation of the magic of the sky.:thumbsup:

[Larryp]

Good for her!

[GTB_an_Owl]

relay a "well done" from me Al

geoff

[Shark Bait]

I don't usually bother to read poetry (except for some song lyrics), but i'm glad I did in this case.

Congratualtions on the win.

Would 'Free Verse' be an accurate description for this style of poem?

[Astro_Bot]

Congratulations to her. :thumbsup: I liked the poem, too.

[Allan]

Very cool. When is she coming to the Pony Club to give us a reading?

[Allan_L]

I don't know if it is free verse, but "poetry" has sure changed from when I was at school.

She was also "shortlisted" in the Newcastle Poetry Competition this year, perhaps one of Australia's most prestigious awards; and internationally at Montreal last year;
which is great for a young poet.

[pmrid]

When I read the first thread here and before I had read the winning poem, I sat for a bit trying to think of anything that rhymed with "astrophysics" without any success at all. Just shows how far removed I am from the poetry I was forced to learn and recite.

Peter

[Woffy]

Thanks Allan, I like her poem. It says you had a great night under the stars with her.
John

[DavidU]

:thumbsup:x2

[Jen]

Naww congrats keep up the great work Bronwyn :thumbsup: