In third place for the Open Competition was the winning poem Kyoto Egret by Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana. This is a piece which has an accompanying painting, created by Deborah Catesby who unfortunately passed away in December of 2025.
Kyoto Egret
京都の白鷺
Unadon: grilled eel rice bowl.
Genkan: traditional Japanese entryway.
Onnagata: male actor specialising in female roles.
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana is author of Salt poetry bestseller, Sing me down from the dark. Her second collection, Skinship, is out with Salt this Autumn. She is widely published in journals including The North, P.N. Review and Magma, and is a tutor for the Poetry School and The Poetry Business.
The Kent & Sussex Poetry Society 