SWCHS Poetry Club

Official Twitter account for Saffron Walden County High School’s Poetry Club.

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On this very stormy Sunday, this brought a little spot of joy!

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Looking closely at each other’s work today - so interesting to see if we can decipher the message! #poetry

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A powerful poem written by one of our very insightful Y13 poets.
Thank you Sam for this evocative piece.
#poetrycommunity

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Our poem of the week is by @troycabida
Thank you for selecting this poem Connie!
#poetrycommunity

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@CarolineBirdUK This is awesome! I think we will try this next week 😀

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#HappyInternationalWomensDay2023

A limerick inspired by the journey of women and their strength, from our Y8 Poet Laureate.
Enjoy!

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And another poem, this time from one of our Y10 poets, celebrating his sister and how much he looks up to her.
#InternationalWomensDay2023

[T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize]

Tune in to @BBCFrontRow on Radio 4 at 7:15 tonight to hear from Anthony Joseph, talking all about his T.S. Eliot Prize-winning collection Sonnets for Albert! @adjoseph @BloomsburyBooks

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The SWCHS poetry club joins the Royal Family and the nation in mourning the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, with gratitude for her life of service to our nation.

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As a new year begins, we would love to share our reflection on last year, with a look back at our creations in our very own online anthology! 😀 we hope you enjoy #poetrytwitter
https://t.co/lnbS6B7WN3

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We had a great session today experimenting with some more unusual poetic forms: Nonets and Pantoums and @SWCHS_Maths will be pleased to hear that we also looked at Tricubes and Fibonacci Poems! Here are inspired poems from Mathilda and Jed ☺️#trusttheprocess

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Today we are celebrating Jed’s success in the EMC Respect the Mic competition. Second runner up!!! You can read his poem here:

https://t.co/qDBgAEBr3G

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Poetry is found everywhere! That’s why we love it.
Our Y9 Poet Laureate, Emma was inspired by Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8. It reads:

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Happy International Women's Day!
Check out this inspired poem by Mathilda (written in poetry club this lunchtime!)
#internationalwomensday #breakthebias2022

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And another #InternationalWomensDay inspired poem from Buddha. Inspired by the women in his life:

[Kelli Russell Agodon @KelliAgodon]

POETRY FOR UKRAINE 🇺🇦,
An International Fundraiser
March 9 at 7 pm GMT

Featuring @shevchenkonight @TetyanaWrites @LookingAtLilacs Nicola Yurcaba @jkdpoetry & more...

Register here: https://t.co/8H9LnaklUP #poetrycommunity

(Thx @heathervmyers for the heads up on this!)

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Here's a poem from our very own Jed:

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We were very inspired today in Poetry Club. How did we do?

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Dear March - Come in -
How glad I am -
I hoped for you before -

—Emily Dickinson

https://t.co/y3WUTvOVGg

#WomensHistoryMonth