A Soldier Posted to the Antarctic 1920<\/strong><\/p>\n Why does the Eskimo batman Once I ate a pelican in Jamaica. It made me ill. I bought a pair of silk embroidered shoes <\/p>\n Pauline Plummer<\/a> was shortlisted in the main category<\/a> of the NCLA’s Water Poetry Competition 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n The NCLA Water Poetry Competition was judged by W.N. Herbert <\/a>and John Burnside<\/a>. The ceremony was held at Northern Stage<\/a> on 23rd February 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photographs of the event can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photographs of the event can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nwear a jacket made from sponges?
\nWe put our wolf suits on at night
\nbut still shiver in our tents, numbed.
\nTomorrow we\u2019ll shoot penguins for our dinner.
\nNot dog again!<\/p>\n
\nA native cured it with a fennel tea.
\nMartha gathered ferns there, pressed them onto paper.
\nThe butterflies were the same size as her hands.
\nOnce we made a mermaid out of monkey skins and tuna fish.
\nHow scared the natives were!
\nThe Royal Scots would gamble in the barracks
\nafter diving naked in the water-fall filled pool.
\nDon\u2019t think about women here.<\/p>\n
\nin China, fish swimming in the spray
\nand gave them as a present to my Martha.
\nShe held one in her palm as I told her
\nOf the binding process.
\nWhen this tour is over I will bring
\nher fossils chipped from out the rocks.<\/p>\n