News - 2013
New Poems in 2013 (January - March)
Poem Magazine - International English Language Quarterly - Two poems in forthcoming issue: 'Moon' and 'Birds of Prey'
Other Poetry - a new poem in forthcoming issue
The Poetry Kit (online): poem of the week: 'Bee'
The Journal - 'Earring'
Under The Radar ( a poem forthcoming in issue 11)
New Welsh Review (Spring issue) – poem in the current edition
Prole – poem forthcoming in Issue 10, in May)
Ink Sweat & Tears – (Helen Ivory’s online journal) a poem went live on the site on March 8th
The Communist Review – poem in the March issue; 'Red List Species'
Fire Crane 2 (New writing Cumbria) – a poem in the ‘newspaper’ launched with a reading at the Keswick Literary Festival
The London Magazine (March/ April) – two poems occasioned by Heidegger's 'Introduction to Metaphysics'
York Literary Festival - a poem shortlisted in the festival competition
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(at the end of 2012:
Marport Literary Festival Festschrift – ( Highly Commended Sonnet)
Sentinel Quarterly (1st prize in the Quarterly Competition)
Poem Magazine - International English Language Quarterly - Two poems in forthcoming issue: 'Moon' and 'Birds of Prey'
Other Poetry - a new poem in forthcoming issue
The Poetry Kit (online): poem of the week: 'Bee'
The Journal - 'Earring'
Under The Radar ( a poem forthcoming in issue 11)
New Welsh Review (Spring issue) – poem in the current edition
Prole – poem forthcoming in Issue 10, in May)
Ink Sweat & Tears – (Helen Ivory’s online journal) a poem went live on the site on March 8th
The Communist Review – poem in the March issue; 'Red List Species'
Fire Crane 2 (New writing Cumbria) – a poem in the ‘newspaper’ launched with a reading at the Keswick Literary Festival
The London Magazine (March/ April) – two poems occasioned by Heidegger's 'Introduction to Metaphysics'
York Literary Festival - a poem shortlisted in the festival competition
…
(at the end of 2012:
Marport Literary Festival Festschrift – ( Highly Commended Sonnet)
Sentinel Quarterly (1st prize in the Quarterly Competition)
News - 2012
Terry has new poems appearing in the following magazines:
Wasifiri – two new poems in a forthcoming issue in 2012
Iota - three poems in the forthcoming issue 91
Ambit – a new poem in the latest issue, 209
The Rialto – a new poem forthcoming in issue 76
Magma – a poem in issue 54, due to be published in November
Dream Catcher – two poems in a forthcoming issue (27 or 28)
The Fire Crane (the new bi-annual publication by New Writing Cumbria) - two poems in the first issue.
The Communist Review – (issue 64 Summer 2012) a poem selected from the anthology of socialist poetry
As indicated elsewhere on this site, other poems have appeared in 2012 in the Two Ravens Press anthology of eco-poetry, Entanglements, and in The Robin Hood Book anthology.
And just to keep things various, a poem in and Indian publication, The Enchanting Verses Literary Review (issue 16 July 2012, issn 0974-3057)
Other poems have appeared earlier this year in:
The Frogmore Papers( No 79)
The ShoP – (No 38, 2012) –
Stratford Literary Festival Anthology
The Journal (issue 37)
Sentinel Champions Anthology 2012
Terry has new poems appearing in the following magazines:
Wasifiri – two new poems in a forthcoming issue in 2012
Iota - three poems in the forthcoming issue 91
Ambit – a new poem in the latest issue, 209
The Rialto – a new poem forthcoming in issue 76
Magma – a poem in issue 54, due to be published in November
Dream Catcher – two poems in a forthcoming issue (27 or 28)
The Fire Crane (the new bi-annual publication by New Writing Cumbria) - two poems in the first issue.
The Communist Review – (issue 64 Summer 2012) a poem selected from the anthology of socialist poetry
As indicated elsewhere on this site, other poems have appeared in 2012 in the Two Ravens Press anthology of eco-poetry, Entanglements, and in The Robin Hood Book anthology.
And just to keep things various, a poem in and Indian publication, The Enchanting Verses Literary Review (issue 16 July 2012, issn 0974-3057)
Other poems have appeared earlier this year in:
The Frogmore Papers( No 79)
The ShoP – (No 38, 2012) –
Stratford Literary Festival Anthology
The Journal (issue 37)
Sentinel Champions Anthology 2012
News - 2011
Top poetry prize for Cumbria writer by staff reporter
Last updated at 17:09, Friday, 09 December 2011
A poet from north Cumbria has won one of the world’s richest prizes for a single poem. Terry Jones, of Warwick Bridge, was awarded first prize of £5,000 in the Bridport International Writing Competition.
Terry Jones
The accolade was presented by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, at a ceremony in Bridport on Saturday.
And Terry said: “It’s a privilege to receive the award, especially from Carol Ann, whose own work I’ve admired for a long time.”
The competition, which attracted more than 18,000 entrants from more than 80 countries, is regarded as one of the most important prizes in the poetry world.
It is known as a major stepping stone in a literary career, with Duffy and other big-name poets among previous winners.
This is the second time former teacher Terry has taken first prize in a major poetry competition judged by a poet laureate.
In 2000 he was judged winner of the Ottakar’s/Observer national poetry competition by the then poet laureate, Andrew Motion.
He taught at Carlisle College for nearly 23 years but now works from home as a freelance writer.
Terry is also planning to develop work in poetry readings and as a private tutor in A-level literature.
His first collection of poetry, Furious Resonance, was published this year by Poetry Salzburg, a publishing house based at Salzburg University in Austria which markets poetry across Europe and the United States.
Terry, who is published regularly in top poetry journals, added: “I’m just completing my next book, and I hope the Bridport award will help in finding the right publisher for it.”
New Writing Cumbria - More winnings in Warwick Bridge
Just a few weeks ago, Warwick Bridge poet Terry Jones (pictured) won the £5,000 Bridport Poetry Prize and went down to Dorset to collect a nice fat cheque from competition judge and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy – now he’s picked up the £500 first prize in the Sentinel Annual Poetry Competition and second in Cannon Poets’ Sonnet or Not Competition.
Praising his Bridport-winning poem, ‘Endowments’, Carol Ann Duffy said that it “always entranced with its beautiful litany of images for ageing, its balance between elegy and love poem; and yet managed to sign off, audaciously, with a last-line laugh.”
Roger Elkin, who ajudicated for the Sentinel, wrote in his judge’s report that the intriguingly titled ‘The Causation of the Virgin Mother in a Tipperary Barn’ “caught my attention right from the start. What a riot of writing in this mixture of the actual and mythical; the real and imagined.
“There is a concrete realization of the “lovely girl” and all her physical attributes which are conveyed in a sensuous, sensual portrayal both of participator and event – but thankfully(!) suggested rather than too explicitly explored. Diction, image, tone and stance combine to present a rich, effusive, evasive narrative.
“Simultaneously, there is a real sense of the presence of the narrator – and the rhythms of his speaking voice are exquisitely conveyed with humour, an eye to detail and a sense of tongue-in-cheekness coupled with questioning credulousness that underpins the use of the title’s “causation”.
“What is important here is what is not said: the reader has to do some of the work. In the hands of an unskilled writer this could have proved limiting; in this instance, the poem gains from the risk-taking. Superb, enviable writing. Well done!”
The poem will appear in the Sentinel anthology inearly 2012
His sonnet for the Cannon Poets competition, which is Cannon's Mouth magazine issue 42, appears below
Apparitions
The poor apparitions. It would be easier
had they ceased to care and took their nowhere
as the end of presence. Substanceless,
forgetful, they miss what has come to pass,
for what, in absence, is left for them but tricks?
They dull cold mirrors; barely sway candle flames;
on anniversaries appear in dreams;
in thin involvements bumble under glass.
Unnoticed, they wreath-wraith the places where
spring happens: berries sharpen in the hedge;
on speckled eggs birds bustle and nudge;
and they stay outside the misted windows
where the living, curved each to each, embrace,
tongue to tongue transfuse and burn like flowers.
Read more of Terry Jones’ work in this post about his first collection, Furious Resonance, published by Poetry Salzburg in June. His sonnet, ‘Clothes’, was the first poem to be published in our Weekly Poem series – read it here.
Praising his Bridport-winning poem, ‘Endowments’, Carol Ann Duffy said that it “always entranced with its beautiful litany of images for ageing, its balance between elegy and love poem; and yet managed to sign off, audaciously, with a last-line laugh.”
Roger Elkin, who ajudicated for the Sentinel, wrote in his judge’s report that the intriguingly titled ‘The Causation of the Virgin Mother in a Tipperary Barn’ “caught my attention right from the start. What a riot of writing in this mixture of the actual and mythical; the real and imagined.
“There is a concrete realization of the “lovely girl” and all her physical attributes which are conveyed in a sensuous, sensual portrayal both of participator and event – but thankfully(!) suggested rather than too explicitly explored. Diction, image, tone and stance combine to present a rich, effusive, evasive narrative.
“Simultaneously, there is a real sense of the presence of the narrator – and the rhythms of his speaking voice are exquisitely conveyed with humour, an eye to detail and a sense of tongue-in-cheekness coupled with questioning credulousness that underpins the use of the title’s “causation”.
“What is important here is what is not said: the reader has to do some of the work. In the hands of an unskilled writer this could have proved limiting; in this instance, the poem gains from the risk-taking. Superb, enviable writing. Well done!”
The poem will appear in the Sentinel anthology inearly 2012
His sonnet for the Cannon Poets competition, which is Cannon's Mouth magazine issue 42, appears below
Apparitions
The poor apparitions. It would be easier
had they ceased to care and took their nowhere
as the end of presence. Substanceless,
forgetful, they miss what has come to pass,
for what, in absence, is left for them but tricks?
They dull cold mirrors; barely sway candle flames;
on anniversaries appear in dreams;
in thin involvements bumble under glass.
Unnoticed, they wreath-wraith the places where
spring happens: berries sharpen in the hedge;
on speckled eggs birds bustle and nudge;
and they stay outside the misted windows
where the living, curved each to each, embrace,
tongue to tongue transfuse and burn like flowers.
Read more of Terry Jones’ work in this post about his first collection, Furious Resonance, published by Poetry Salzburg in June. His sonnet, ‘Clothes’, was the first poem to be published in our Weekly Poem series – read it here.