Fortnightly Fave 2007-2009
This is a new section allowing contributors to choose their favourite poem from the site. It is anticipated that a poem will be chosen every two weeks and showcased on the home page of the site.  Any poem currently shown on the site will be eligible to be chosen as the Fortnightly Favourite and voting will be conducted via email in the usual way to the address favourite@poetryretreat.co.uk
May 29 - Jun 11
 Don't walk away...
Roberta Smith
May 29 - Jun 11 Roberta Smith Don't walk away...
May 15 - 28 E. J. Clark From darkness into light
May 01 - 14 David Green Search for tomorrow
Apr 17 - 30 Marinela Reka I want to be myself
Apr 03 - 16 Valerie McKinley To see the Scotsman
Mar 20 - Apr 02 M. M. Graham Eternity in a feather bed
Mar 06 - 19 Caolan McGreevy My favourite Easter Bunny
Feb 20 - Mar 05 Min Hewitt Pitter patter
Feb 06 - 19 Jamie Whitfield Your soul lives on
Jan 23 - Feb 05 Rachael Cowham On reflection
Jan 09 - 22 Bez Mitchell Reflection
Dec 26 - Jan 08 Kenneth M. Johnson Of knights and dragons
Dec 12 - 25 Mandy Madsen Let me love you how I can
Nov 28 - Dec 11 Colin McBride A mother's heartache
Nov 14 - 27 Iain Henley Senses of loss
Oct 31 - Nov 13 Bonnie Mansfield The crafty hand moves on...
Oct 17 - 30 Patrick McMullan Just to say 'I love you'
Oct 03 - 16 Valerie McKinley All I need is peace
Sep 19 - Oct 02 Martyn Thompson The garden at Baker Street
Sep 05 - 18 Sue Percival The Puppeteer
Aug 22 - Sep 04 Paul A. Hull Every moment
Aug 08 - 21 Cora Barras My haven
Jul 25 - Aug 07 Min Hewitt No going back
Jul 11 - 24 Antonina Mickelson I was waiting
Jun 27 - Jul 10 Tommy Britton The Castlereagh Hills
Jun 13 - 26 Abigail Simpkins The letter
May 30 - Jun 12 E. J. Clark A winter's dream
May 16 - 29 David Priaulx Sour sunshine
May 02 - 15 Riz McNaught The Cobb
Apr 18 - May 01 David Green Sleep with dignity
Apr 04 - 17 Mary A. Shovlin Cruelty in beauty
Mar 21 - Apr 03 Tobias Forrest Sunflowers
Mar 07 - 20 Paul Evans A companion of the soul
Feb 21 - Mar 06 Sara Kerr Behind darkness
Feb 07 - 20 J. P. Worthy The run
Jan 24 - Feb 06 Martyn Thompson Cleaning a flute
Jan 11 - 24 Roberta Smith Don't walk away...
Dec 28 - Jan 10 Redrose I am a Londoner
Dec 14 - 27 Emma Gascoyne Moods opaque
Nov 29 - Dec 13 Den Harley Blossom again
Nov 15 - 28 Stuart J. S. Davis Upon this night
Nov 01 - 14 Ashley Young My best friend
Oct 19 - 31 Greta Robinson The bullies
Oct 05 - 18 Tanya Bolton The seal that binds
Sept 21 - Oct 04 Valerie McKinley Careless words
Sept 07 - 20 Rachael Cowham Barriers
Aug 24 - Sept 06 Min Hewitt Wedding day
Aug 10 - 23 Tony Bush A brief childhood
Jul 27 - Aug 09 Mac McGovern If old men fought
Jul 13 - 26 Bethan Leighton My hero
Jun 29 - Jul 12 Ian Sawicki I rest my brush
Jun 15 - 28 Donald Johnson Jr You posed
Jun 01 - 14 Valerie McKinley Aunt Lil's parrot
May 18 - 31 Anthony Walton Naughty Children
Apr 27 - May 10 Matt Bowden History
Apr 13 - 26 Stella R. Clark Martha's descent
Mar 30 - Apr 12 Sara Kerr Magic mask
Mar 16 - 29 Redrose The black rose
Mar 02 - Mar 15 Marian Dunham This noble tree
Feb 17 - Mar 01 Stephen Bolton Mental shame behind closed doors
Feb 03 - 16 Jody Beveridge Raindrop
Jan 20 - Feb 02 Bez Mitchell My garden
Jan 06 - 19 S. A. Talmage Womanchild
Dec 23 - Jan 05 Martyn Thompson A Christmas carol
Dec 9 - Dec 22 Lauren Matthews-Paterson Christmas time
Nov 25 - Dec 8 Donald Johnson Jr An awesome place
Nov 11 - 24 Valerie McKinley My special place
Oct 28 - Nov 10 Tommy Britton Golden balls
Oct 14 - Oct 27 Anthony Walton Dreams for sale
Sep 30 - Oct 13 Jane Zimmer Compares to you
Sep 16 - 29 Ian Brown His best friend
Sep 02 - 15 J. P. Worthy No bird
Aug 19 - Sep 01 Julie L. Preston The Snowman
Aug 05 - 18 Abigail Simpkins Amazing me!
Jul 22 - Aug 04 Kate Paterson Perhaps... This is what sorry looks like?
Jul 08 - Jul 21 Mary Shovlin Tale of a little bird
Jun 24 - Jul 07 Redrose Buzz Buzz little bee
Jun 10 - 23 Anthony Walton New puppy
May 27 - Jun 9 Geraldine McMullan One last kiss!
May 13 - 26 Sophia Margaritelli First day back
Apr 29 - May 12 Ian Brown Idyllic beauty
Apr 15 - 28 Bez Mitchell Hatchet's pond
Apr 1 - 14 Jane Zimmer The most valuable gifts
 

 

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