Perthshire Musical (Competition) Festival Association
Scottish Charity No: SC010789
POETRY
In all ‘Own Choice’ classes, details must be shown on the Entry Form.
A photocopy of the item/s must be submitted in accordance with regulation 18.
Please note that, in accordance with regulation 18, photocopies should NOT be attached to the entry form
400
Junior Poetry for Pleasure - Anything Goes! - non-competitive - Primary School age
Own Choice of poem.
401
Poetry for Pleasure - Anything Goes! - non-competitive - over Primary School age
Own Choice of poem.
All poetry in classes 402 to 407 can be found in Classic Poems to Read Aloud (selected by James Berry),
published by Kingfisher
402
Verse Speaking, aged 5 or 6
The Worm - Ralph Bergrengren
Page 244
403
Verse Speaking, aged 7 or 8
Good Company - Leonard Clark
Page 36
404
Verse Speaking, aged 9 or 10
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
Page 179
405
Verse Speaking, aged 11 or 12
The Starling - John Heath-Stubbs
Page 26
406
Verse Speaking, aged 13 or 14
Mushrooms - Sylvia Plath
Page 229
407
Verse Speaking, aged 15 to 17
Sonnet 29 - William Shakespeare
Page 159
408
Verse Speaking, aged 18 & over
Own Choice of two contrasting poems (total time not exceeding 4 minutes).
WILLIAM SOUTAR POEMS
All William Soutar poems can be found in ‘Poems of William Soutar – A New Selection’, ed. Aitken
409
Soutar Poems, aged 7 or 8
The Houlet - Soutar
Page 107
410
Soutar Poems, aged 9 or 10
The Greetin Bairnie - Soutar
Page 111
411
Soutar Poems, aged 11 or 12
Award: The William Soutar Tassie
The Bucke Braes - Soutar
Page 108
412
Soutar Poems, aged 13 or 14
Pity - Soutar
Page 136
413
Soutar Poems, aged 15 to 17
The Hungry Mauchs - Soutar
Page 137
414
Soutar Poems, aged 18 & over
The Wood - Soutar
Page 134
ROBERT BURNS POEMS
All Robert Burns poems can be found in ‘Burns Poems and Songs’, ed. James Kinsley, OUP
415
Burns Poems, aged 7 or 8
My Hoggie - Burns
Page 308
416
Burns Poems, aged 9 or 10
The Gardener wi’ his Paidle - Burns
Page 407
417
Burns Poems, aged 11 or 12
By Yon Castle Wa (There’ll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame) - Burns
Page 453
418
Burns Poems, aged 13 or 14
Award: Rosebowl presented by Perth Burns Club
Killiecrankie - Burns
Page 431
419
Burns Poems, aged 15 to 17
A Winter Night, lines 1 to 36 - Burns
Page 244
420
Burns Poems, aged 18 & over
Bessy and her Spinning Wheel - Burns
Page 499
SCOTS POEMS
421
Scots Poems, aged 7 or 8
Own choice of 1 Scots poem other than Burns and Soutar, total time not exceeding 1 minute.
422
Scots Poems, aged 9 or 10
Own choice of 1 Scots poem other than Burns and Soutar, total time not exceeding 1 minute.
423
Scots Poems, aged 11 or 12
Own choice of 1 Scots poem other than Burns and Soutar, total time not exceeding 2 minutes.
424
Scots Poems, aged 13 or 14
Own choice of 1 Scots poem other than Burns and Soutar, total time not exceeding 2 minutes.
425
Scots Poems, aged 15 to 17
Own choice of 1 Scots poem other than Burns and Soutar, total time not exceeding 2 minutes.
426
Scots Poems, aged 18 & over
Own choice of 2 contrasting Scots poems other than Burns and Soutar, total time not exceeding 4 minutes.