Cryptic Poem Winner
The winner from October's Prize Cryptic Poem is....
Cathy Bryant
All the way from Manchester.
The prize winner was chosen at random from all of the correct entries that we received.
The randomness of the selection was ensured through the process of sticking a pin into a hat whilst blindfolded - the winner was the person wearing the hat, and was identified by virtue of their distinctive squeal of pain when the pin went in.
SOLUTION TO CRYPTIC POEM 010: Sweet Pea
First comes osmosis, water through membrane
Rain fulfils its promise to germinate
Saturate with rudimentary sap
Wrapped no more in a desiccated ball
All the mystery that existence holds
Unfolds, a play only ever rehearsed.
Power demands that power be dispersed;
Bursting life contained within nature's moulds.
Old songs hold new vitality in thrall,
Calling on it to drink earth and sky, map
Taproot territories facing down fate
Waiting for bud, leaf, tendril and flower.
