Children's Poetry Competition

Woodlands Farm's writer in residence, Clare Best, organised poetry competitions at two local schools: Kirton Primary School and Middlecott School Kirton. Children wrote on subjects connected with the farm and with healthy eating. Many of the poems entered were written at Clare's workshops following school visits to the farm.

Gerard Benson, the well known children's poet and performer, and founder of 'Poems on the Underground', was competition judge and prize-giver. On National Poetry Day, October 6, he performed his own poems, read out the children's winning poems and awarded certificates and prizes at special assemblies at both schools.

Middlecott School Winners

Year 8

I will put in the magic box for my mum

I will put in the box for my mum
Lamb wool for sewing
An organic experience
A smell of fruits and animals
And the sun for luck

I will give you animals in detail
The colour of blue sky and the white clouds
I will invent you an animal skin out of all the animals
I will send you potatoes and vegetables

I will send you a big sound of animals
And a small sound of quietly walking
And the good taste of fruit

This box is made of my love for you

Christian Sharpe

Middlecott School's Poems