Ports Fest 2021 Schools Poetry Competition

THE WINNERS

As part of Ports Fest 2021 we ran a poetry competition for schools in the city with prizes for the winning poems in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and to the school with the over all winner. An additional prize was donated by Ports Fest to the winning school. The pupils were asked to base their poems on the themes of the festival 'Remember, Reimagine, Reset'. Following our unique commitment to encourage poets and poetry, all poems submitted were given feedback. The winning poems both came from Mayfield School in North End

                    Here are the two winners

WINNING POEM KS1 (age 5-6)

We really enjoyed this poem. She covered all three themes of Ports Fest 2021 in a remarkably creative and touching way. I am sure that Roald Dahl would have been impressed and delighted to see a that a girl of her age clearly loves his work! It was lovely to see that she recognises and values the work of her teachers and the inclusion of Elmer’s Glue really made us smile. What was most impressive was that she constructed an 'acrostic' a really clever and appropriate poetic vehicle and unexpected in one so young.

[An 'Acrostic' is a poem in which the first letter or the first word in each line when read downwards makes a statement]

Reading

Eating

Share

Teach

Art

Reach

Talking

Rain

Elephants

My Family

Elmer’s Glue

Member’s

Bananas

Empire

Roald Dahl

R.I.P.

Emerald

Ice

Mouses

Ages

Ginger

I Love You

Nets

Encyclopaedia

REMEMBER

Remember the important things,

The things that matter most,

Remember the forgotten things,

The things that people don’t boast.

Remember the brave soldiers,

The people who gave us their lives,

Remember the people who gave sacrifices,

For us to live and thrive.

Remember the refugees,

Who cry like a river,

Remember the homeless people,

Who people think are just a dirty feather.

Remember the poor families,

Who can barely afford food,

Remember the lonely people,

For whom sadness is their constant mood.

Remember that we can help these people,

And many, many more,

Remember that they are in need of your help,

Knocking at the door.