by Danielle | Jun 10, 2024 | News
DEADLINE: TUESDAY 6th AUGUST 2024 Acumen is pleased to share news of the Second Light Poetry Competition 2024. The theme is open. First prizes are awarded in two categories: Short (50 lines or under) and Long (over 50 lines). 2nd & 3rd prizes may be from either...
by Danielle | Jun 3, 2024 | News
Acumen is delighted to share news of the 26th annual Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition, open to all. Since 1998 Ware Poets have been committed to offering poets this opportunity. The competition also produces an anthology, which includes all winning and commended...
by Danielle | May 30, 2024 | Guest Poems
The Discoverer Undiscovers 1948 Explorers take a trip to discover Antarctica.They take their leave of household chores.They take boats.They take cameras.Then they take white stretches of Antarctic iceonto film. Adventurers take trips too,to get away from home, and...
by Danielle | May 30, 2024 | Guest Poems
Walter Palmer (from Encounters with Oscar) plays painters parties poets –Oscar’s social round never ceasing Ernest Dowson, Aubrey Beardsleyand always Reggie and Robbie fascination of the fond-ofand the influential Lillie Langtry, Henry Irvingand always Reggie and...
by Danielle | May 10, 2024 | Guest Poems
After Chang Chi-Ho These twenty years of banishmentbecame a gift. Though it is saidI fled from the world, here I found it – my beloved, the moon,my friend, the sea,my shelter, the sky. I wake to the welcomeof dawn’s open doorand the gull’s spirit call. I didn’t flee...
