The winner of a national competition to find the best maritime limerick in celebration of life at sea has been announced by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society today ahead of World Poetry Day on 21 March.
The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, which provides financial support and advice to retired seafarers in need, launched its inaugural Seafaring Limerick Competition, which was judged by the Bard of Barnsley, the renowned English poet Ian McMillan.
The competition, which received 120 entries, was won by Maggie Ballinger from Sheffield
