Poet Laureate invites poems from St Helens pupils (From St Helens Star)
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Poet Laureate invites poems from St Helens pupils
9:18am Wednesday 9th January 2013 in News
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy
POET Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is offering pupils from St Helens the chance to see their work published in a national anthology.
Carol Ann Duffy, who visited the town in 2011 to give a reading of her poetry at St Helens Central Library, is launching an event this month aimed at children who do not have English as their first language and those learning a second language at school.
Being unveiled at Manchester Metropolitan University on January 30, the project is entitled Mother Tongue, Other Tongue.
Children can write about what a lullaby, poem or song in their native language means to them, or compose an original poem in a second language they are learning at school.
It is open to pupils aged eight to 18, and schools interested in taking part should contact Claudia Conerney on mtot@mmu.ac.uk. Closing date for entries is June 30.
