Poetry competition
To celebrate World Poetry Day and International Day of Forests, which both fall on 21st March, we’re inviting primary school children to share their poet-tree.
5- to 11-year-olds are invited to write an original poem on the theme of trees and nature. Poems can be in any style and of any length, written or typed - let the creativity flow!
How will the poetry be judged?
We’re really excited to have spoken word poet and filmmaker, Tomfoolery, as our guest judge.
Tomfoolery’s work has reached 100 million viewers worldwide. And he will have the difficult task of choosing a winning poem from a shortlist selected by ITF staff.
The winning poem
will be published
in ITF’s annual
Trees Journal.
How to submit your poem
Email it to poetry@internationaltreefoundation.org
or post it to International Tree Foundation, The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JE. Please include your name, age and the contact details of a grown up we can contact if you win.
The deadline for entries is Tuesday 11th June.
If budding poets are looking for inspiration, here are some poetry prompts from the current Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho:
Look for trees at your school or on your journey to school to help create your poem.
Create a poem about magical creatures or talking animals that live in trees and hedgerows.
Write a poem from the viewpoint of a tree.
What season do you think the poem takes place in? How is the tree affected by the season?
For loads more tips on writing poet-tree, visit the Laureate site at BookTrust.