At DWC, we’ve introduced a monthly internal writing competition for our members. Poetry or prose, 150 word limit.
The winner each month gets to set the topic and judge the next month’s entries.
Here are links to each month to date:
The theme for August is Sunshine
The theme for July was Tarnished won by Faith
The theme for June was
May 2025 The Legend of the Flood
April 25 Where he heard a wolf Jean Cooper Moran
Mar 25 Picnic with Mum Tricia Pillay
Feb 25 Fire Claudia Robertson
Jan 25 Brief Encounter Val Ormrod
Dec 24 Potted History Celia Harper
Nov 24 Snow winner Penny Kerr
Oct 24 Autumn winner Val Ormrod
Congratulations to the winners!
The legend of the flood
Almost every country
Has a legend of a flood.
Some say from nature,
Some say from God.
It tells of a deluge
Covering the earth
Wiping away all sin
Giving man rebirth.
Is it a fairy tale,
One to set aside,
It’s only legacy,
The rainbow flag of Pride?
Or a parable,
A cataclysmic warning,
Saying ‘God’s annoyed
And tribulation’s dawning’.
Is it a legend,
Or undisputed fact?
Science reveals planet earth
Is not firmly intact.
Reports have emerged, to say
Seismisists have found
A sponge-like layer, water filled,
Beneath the solid ground.
Is what seemed fantastic
Truthful after all?
Did ground rupture, flooding earth,
Causing life to fall?
Did the rocks of watery deep
Burst apart that day
And, with rainfall from above,
Wash mankind away?
Yet not all had perished:
The deluge left a few –
The ancestors of us today.
We’re family, me and you!