Ruth Padel’s Letter to a Young Poet

On Monday this week distinguished poet Ruth Padel gave a reading in the Nottingham Poetry Festival 2020 from her new … More

Science and Poetry: Atomic poems

Experiment with writing fibs or atomic poems by using the atomic poetry generator. The generator draws on the Fibonacci sequence, found in the natural world, to determine the word count and line structure of your poem.

Piece on Pandemic by Erin Blaney

Erin Blaney is an A level student at Bilborough College in Nottingham. She wrote her Piece on Pandemic poem very recently. We think she captures in such a spare and thought-provoking way the strange uncertainties and contradictory feelings of the times that she is living through.

First interviews completed

During what has been a very strange July and August 2020 for everyone we have really enjoyed interviewing our sample … More

Embedding Poetry Writing into the Curriculum: Tips for English Teachers

For many young people, their only exposure to poetry is through their English teacher. Reading and analysing poetry … More

Writing communities

I’m the Learning and Participation Manager at The Poetry Society. Before that, I was Head of Programmes at The Poetry … More

Building community at The Hurst

The Foyle Young Poets winners (and highly commended poets) have been coming to The Hurst, Arvon’s writing centre in Shropshire, … More

Writing resources page: new additions

We have added some new links on our writing resources page to Sam Winston’s Delicate Sight project. These explore creativity … More

Update: next stage of research May – July

Thank you to all those lovely Foyle Young Poets who have signed up to participate in our Young Poets’ Stories … More

Writing resources for young poets

We are launching a new page of poetry writing resources suitable for writers aged 11 and above.