text-message poetry

Mobile phone text-message poetry winning poem:

txtin iz messin,
mi headn’me englis,
try2rite essays,
they all come out txtis.
gran not plsed w/letters shes getn,
swears i wrote better
b4 comin2uni.
&she’s african
(Hetty Hughes)

Hetty won the first prize (£1,000) in the Guardian’s text message poetry competition – from almost 7,500 entries. Two of Britain’s foremost poets, the judges Peter Sansom and UA Fanthorpe assess the creative output from your mobile phones. Online’s competition has inspired first-time and seasoned bards alike. / Guardian