We absolutely loved listening to all the winning poems at this year's Fenland Poet Laureate Awards, but we were really keen to give you all the opportunity to read them online too! With that in mind, here are some of the winning poems in the adult category. You can see the other winners here and here. Happy reading! Highly Commended - Tony Bowland messages of the birds we walk away from the city into the empty fen landscape seems we’re the only things moving then we’re surrou

We absolutely loved listening to all the winning poems at this year's Fenland Poet Laureate Awards, but we were really keen to give you all the opportunity to read them online too! With that in mind, here are some of the winning poems in the adult category. You can see the other winners here and here. Happy reading! Highly Commended - Rosemary Jones Fens, New Year’s Day, 2016 Another year, and winter not yet come. The wind has dropped at last and in the pools Pale reeds stand

We absolutely loved listening to all the winning poems at this year's Fenland Poet Laureate Awards, but we were really keen to give you all the opportunity to read them online too! With that in mind, here are some of the winning poems in the adult category. You can see the other winners here and here. Happy reading! First Place - Kate Caoimhe Arthur Tree Running is never enough I am listening for the sound of the ground saying Here or perhaps a bird flight arching above it or

Poets and writers from across three countries came together on Friday 31st March to take part in the sixth annual Fenland Poet Laureate Awards! This local initiative gives writers the chance to compose poems on the theme of ‘The Fens’ and compete for the title of Fenland Poet Laureate, while younger poets (aged between 10 and 17) can also enter to compete for the Young Fenland Poet Laureate prize. The competition received over 110 entries this year, and the judges were overwh