Poetry for Good

The first national poetry competition celebrating the UK's Key Workers - Read the Top 100 Poems. From @Clean4Good.

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“The women I worked with in the NHS were inspiring, characterful and very funny” – actor and writer Gemma Barnett tells The Stage how working as a receptionist at a GP surgery inspired her to enter Clean for Good’s poetry competition @PoetryforGoodUK https://t.co/G1vU0Ga9Cc

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@NATEfeed @PoetrySociety @poetrybyheart @readingagency @OUPELTGlobal @BL_Learning @BERANews @Team_English1 @RunnymedeTrust Thanks for featuring us! We hope our Top 100 key worker poems at https://t.co/C8AWLigQAm might be a useful free resource for English Teachers too.

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"Behind the desks, the emails, the keyboard and the calls, are these workers you don’t hear about, looking after us all."

Actor turned receptionist Gemma Barnett beautifully describes our #GP #reception staff, through the spoken word.👇

https://t.co/btbwfNBLrY

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‘GP receptionists have a really bad rap’: Actor turned NHS key worker writes winning poem for her colleagues https://t.co/CkxHvwwOOu

[St Edward's College @StEdwardsColl]

Congratulations to Year 10 pupil Jacinta who is the Growing Word category winner of @PoetryforGoodUK national competition!
Read her wonderful poem here: https://t.co/P2cnJf7aaM

[Oaks Park High School Carshalton @OaksParkHigh]

We are so proud of our amazing Year 10 student Plamena, awarded runner up in the Growing Word' category for her brilliant poem 'Because You're Strong' Congratulations to her and all winners @PoetryforGoodUK

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Today we are announcing our Competition Winners & Top 100 Poems

These moving poems are a lasting tribute to our nation's couriers, cleaners, nurses, teachers, shopworkers, chaplains & many other workers.

Read for free here: https://t.co/C8AWLigQAm

[School Library Association @uksla]

Congratulations to all the winners of the @PoetryforGoodUK competition celebrating the UK's key workers! 👏 💙

It's been especially heart-warming to see the competition adopted as a project for schools, encouraging entries from young writers.

More here: https://t.co/02JUIi1qt6

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Do watch this - a wonderful Spoken Word piece & our well deserved Runner Up!

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FINALLY...Thank You!

Thank you to our wonderful Competition Judges - @poetkat, @ceciliaknapp & @rachelnalong - for their work, support & insight.

...and the many hundreds of you, from across the UK, who shared your hearts & poems with us.

https://t.co/aP4lD37F25

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WINNER!

The winner of our Special Prize for a poem about cleaning was 11 year old Isaac Delaney, for:

*The Small Girl*

A thoughtful & sensitive poem about an overlooked worker & a small act of kindness. You can read the full poem here:
https://t.co/0rpG9ECZF2

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WINNNER!

The winner of our Growing Word category (age 11-15) is:

*Life Support - by Jacinta-Maria Ifeoluwapo Chidiebere Wajero (age 15)*

This is a bold, inventive & arresting poem by a talented young writer. You can read the full poem here:
https://t.co/uFq00GVqhz

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WINNER!

The winner of our Written Word category was:

*Night Shift - by Violet Smart*

This is a stunning, visual & intimate portrait of the life one cleaner, returning home. You can read the poem here:
https://t.co/4zJFN2SPQj

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WINNNER!

The winner of our Spoken Word Category is:

*The Front Desk - by Gemma Barnett*

A passionate & insightful poem about her experience working as a GP receptionist in the last year. Watch here:
https://t.co/j821TH1AZq

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TOP 100 POEMS!

Today we are publishing the *Top 100 Poems* from our competition celebrating the UK's key workers!

A wonderful, heart-breaking & moving collection of poems about nurses & teachers, cleaners & couriers.

Read them all here: https://t.co/iZwXeNxpR9

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OUR WINNERS!

We're delighted to announce the winners of our competition to celebrate the UK's Key Workers!

We had many entries & our Judges have picked some fabulous emerging poets as worthy winners. You can see them & their poems here: https://t.co/mtIbCsuJ1c

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We are announcing the WINNERS of this competition and our TOP 100 POEMS on *Thursday 10th June* - on our website: https://t.co/C8AWLigQAm

We received hundreds of excellent poems celebrating the UK's key workers & can't wait to share them with you!