Winning poem is by Molly Keady

Some of the winning entries include the following: Winning poem Molly Keady

I beat my wings with all my might. I flap, I lift, I fall. The others make it look effortless. I try once more, with great concentration. I flap, I lift, I fly.

Commended No. 1 Mark Tempany

Wild swan so graceful on the still lake As you pass me by, not a sound you make Not even a glance is cast my way Minding your young for fear they stray Oh swan! how ageless you appear – could you perhaps be a child of Lir?

Commended No. 2 Nancy Ryan- Jones

Strolling down the damp path with every step heavy under my cold feet, I spot the graceful swans on the lake and wonder how they stay so calm and neat. They forever and always stay together in a pair, Gliding around without a single care. All together the flocks on the glistening icy cold water.

Commended No. 3 Lara Swann

Great sadness comes upon him, As he watches the swans fly away. With elegance they fly together, As one never going their separate ways, Reminding him of the company he had in those bygone days.

Commended No. 4 Catherine Coen

A single pure white feather, Drifts limply from a crystal sky, As I grasp at a fading memory, Like a willow tree I weep, My head bowed as I cry.