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Worcestershire Young Poet Laureate 2025 competition open for entries
The deadline for entries is Friday, March 28. To celebrate World Book Day, the current Young Poet Laureate, Iona Campbell, has penned a poem about the magic of storytelling. Ms Campbell said ...
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Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
The ‘thing called poetry’ worked out – Armitage was named the UK’s poet laureate in 2019, is a fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, a CBE, and a former professor of poetry at the University of ...