At long last, the winners of the August poetry competition are announced!

It was another immensely successful month for poetry. With so many great submissions, we had a lot of trouble narrowing everything down to only seven winners. Once more, the variety of styles, techniques and approaches was thoroughly impressive, with each demonstrating impressive talent with great promise.

We would like to thank all those who submitted their poetry. Reading through their works was a supreme pleasure and we look forward to another batch of verse for the September competition.

Without further delay, here are the winners of the August poetry competition: