National Poetry Centre
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A new national home for poetry in the UK. Based in Leeds and reaching out to the world.
Leeds
Joined January 2023
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Tell us what poetry means to you! Help make the National Poetry Centre a place for all by filling in this short survey before Friday, 6 December: #NationalPoetryCentre
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2 days left to fill our our survey! Have your say:
Tell us what poetry means to you! Help make the National Poetry Centre a place for all by filling in this short survey before Friday, 6 December: #NationalPoetryCentre
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Tell us what poetry means to you! Help make the National Poetry Centre a place for all by filling in this short survey before Friday, 6 December: #NationalPoetryCentre
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#LightNightLeeds2024 night 2 starts tonight at 6pm and runs until 10pm. Come and battle the drizzle and see our future building lit up on Woodhouse Lane @UniversityLeeds , and listen to our specially-commissioned poem, 'Wave and Particle', by Maura Dooley. ✨ @LightNightLeeds
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See our future home, Trinity St David’s on Woodhouse Lane, lit from within, and listen to a specially-commissioned poem, ‘Wave and Particle’ by renowned poet Maura Dooley for #lightnightleeds2024 , Thurs & Fri this week. Come see us in the @UniversityLeeds zone!✨@LightNightLeeds
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We'd like to thank our whole team for making #RubbishWords happen. The event was led by @sarahkdawson with talented artist #georgestormfletcher taking inspiration from 100s of poems to create striking artworks.
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#RubbishWords is a wrap! Didn't make it to #Leeds? We'd still love to see images of your own found poetry created using materials such as old magazines or packaging, more here:
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RT @poetryschool: 📖 NATIONAL POETRY CENTRE PRESENTS ✨ 📍 @UniLeedsPoetry, 6–7:15pm (Sun 20 Oct) Join @nickbarleyedin for a closing session…
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#rubbishwords is part of #summitfestival hosted by @laurelprize @poetryschool . It concludes today with a series of workshops held @UniLeedsPoetry including National Poetry Centre Presents: Inward Island - @nickbarleyedin with @ZaffarKunial @KMcCarthyWoolf at 6pm
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Congratulations to the winners! 🌿
We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 @laurelprize, this year's prize was judged by Chair @arshi_mona, @CarolineBirdUK, & @kwamedawes 🌿
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⏰️It's the last hour of #RubbishWords @leedscornex! 10 yr old Sara, with mum Rachel, says: "Poetry is a free flow form of message to people about how you are feeling in the core of your heart, it expresses your emotion and talks for you." Here until 4pm & Sunday 10am-4pm
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Our director @nickbarleyedin is in discussion with @JackieKayPoet tonight @ilkleylitfest about her latest collection, May Day. Tickets still available:
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RT @YSPsculpture: Celebrating ecopoetry, nature and climate writing #SummitFestival comes to YSP tomorrow! Drop-in events are FREE with a…
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"Elated." "Happy." "Present & peaceful." Just some of the brilliant feedback for #RubbishWords, which is in full swing @leedscornex. Come along & create, taking inspiration from found words to make poems, until 4pm today & 10am-4pm Sunday
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Day 2 of #RubbishWords @leedscornex from 10am-4pm. 🤫 Quiet session for the 1st hour with no background music playing; come along and make poetry out of a colourful collage of words
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Poetry is popular! "I want to do another one," said Robyn, who came to #RubbishWords with dad Steve & brother Clark. Clark created: "We love football, watch live online, inside the festival or the great big hall." 18-20 Oct @leedscornex
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We're having a #RubbishWords theme today; thanks to mum & dtr Susan & Sally who created some beautiful & poignant meaning from found words: "This time proudly supports women of substance. Does it?" reads Sally's poem. 10am-4pm, today, 19 & 20 @leedscornex
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#RubbishWords has already had a steady stream of participants creating some inspiring works @leedscornex, we're here today, 19 & 20 until 4pm come along & create. Part of @poetry school's Summit Festival.
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🌟 Today’s the day! Our #RubbishWords event opens at 10am @leedscornex, led by collaborative poet @SarahKDawson. Come along and create poems out of found words, taken from a host of recyclable materials, & later made into an artwork by #GeorgeStormFletcher. 📅18-20 Oct ⏰10-4pm
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