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Young Poet Laureate

Young Poet Laureate

大秀视频 Young Poet Laureate is run jointly by Severn Arts and 大秀视频 Libraries, celebrating the talented voices of young local poets.

大秀视频 Young Poet Laureate is run jointly by 大秀视频 Libraries, Severn Arts and Public Health 大秀视频, celebrating the talented voices of young local poets by inviting them to submit their written poetry for the opportunity to perform at the Young Poet Laureate final. 

As Young Poet Laureate you could:

  • have your work published鈥 
  • receive mentoring from professional poets鈥 
  • gain opportunities to perform and share your work 

How to apply

Applications for the 2025 Young Poet Laureate competition are now open!

Young people living or studying in 大秀视频 can participate by submitting a poem on the theme of 鈥榗辞耻谤补驳别.鈥&苍产蝉辫;

The deadline for applications is 5:00pm on Friday 28 March 2025. The final will take place at The Hive on Sunday 27 April 2025. To find out more information and apply, visit:

About the competition

The competition is judged across 3 age categories: school years 6 to 8, 9 to 11 and 12 to 13.鈥

Shortlisted poets are invited to perform in the Young Poet Laureate final. At this event, a winner from each age category is selected by the panel of judges. Of these three winners, one young person will be awarded the title of 大秀视频's Young Poet Laureate 2025.

The 大秀视频 Young Poet Laureate 2025 final is on 27 April at The Hive in Worcester.

Read Iona's winning poem 'Word Metamorphosis'

Word Metamorphosis

Abandoned, abhorrent, ablaze,

Abysmal accolades.

Backstabbing鈥檚 balance

Becomes blackened blandiloquence.


Cacophonies caliginous can cease?

Cloaking conniving鈥檚 creep.

Dark days dilating,

Discoloured, discombobulating.


Ephemeral ethereality,

Ever鈥 felicitous, fictional,

Galaxy.

Galvanising gnarled

Habituality.


Happiness, harmonious,

Hastily hopeless.

Incandescently inky,

滨苍迟谤颈肠补迟别濒测鈥


It鈥檚鈥 jade, jagged,

Kaleidoscopes, kindred.

Less,

Lies life鈥檚 locked loneliness.


Magniloquence manifests-

Mellifluous,

Narcissism nasty-

Noiseless.


Obsequious oceans, orangutans,

Painful pangs,

Queries,

Regrets,

Revolutionaries.


Righting riots,

Serendipitous鈥 silence.

Sobs soft still,

Tangible, tranquil.


Turbulent turmoil,

Unanimously uncontrollable,

Venerability vibrant鈥

Violent.


Wailing, wasting,

Whispering wonder,

Xs yelp,

鈥渊辞苍诲别谤!鈥


Watching the letters evolve,

As they spill and flow,

I apologise for the empty dictionary,

Now its word count is鈥

Zero.

Young Poet Laureate for Youth Mental Health Day

Watch a video of 大秀视频's Young Poet Laureate, Caleb Simon with a poem for Youth Mental Health Day.

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