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Pupils from across all year groups took part in this year’s House Poetry competition. The quality of entries was very high, and in addition this year saw the largest number of pupils involved to date.
Pupils were asked to enter one or more of three categories:
· A poem entitled ‘The Beautiful Truth’, 400 words or fewer.
· A poem to celebrate Black History Month on the theme of ‘reclaiming the truth’, 50 lines or fewer.
· ‘We Are’ – a whole-house poem which contains a verse by each year group, to which all members of that year group contribute.
Acting Head of English, Sam Crouch, said:
House Poetry began in 2021 following a suggestion by Rosemary Parkin, a pupil in Wimborne House at a point where Covid was causing periods of online teaching, and activities were severely limited. Rosie pitched it as ‘an idea for an inter-house Poetry competition which works in lockdown but could also very easily be continued for years to come.’ and so it has proved! Rosie is now reading English Literature at Durham University, but very kindly agreed to be our guest judge this year. Rosie’s comments on the winning poems are included after each entry. For the first time we awarded a trophy, the Rosemary Parkin Award, to be kept in House until the next House Poetry competition. This year the trophy was awarded to Court House for the overall quality of their entries. Congratulations to Court!
You can read each of the winning poems and the judge’s comments here:
Category One – The Beautiful Truth
Senior Winner – George M, Court
Senior runner-up – Jacob R, Franklin
Senior Highly Commended – Eva DN, Wimborne
Junior Winner – Quentin X, Monteacute
Junior runner-up – Livvy H, Lancaster
Junior Highly Commended – Austin R, Salisbury
Category Two - Poems celebrating Black History Month on the theme of ‘reclaiming the truth’
Senior winner – Adrian C, School House
Senior runner-up – Will V, Lancaster
Junior winner – Amelia, De Lacy
Junior runner-up – Toby B, Court
Category Three – ‘We Are’
Winner – Monteacute
Runner-up – Court
Very Highly Commended – De Lacy
Very Highly Commended – Lancaster
Highly Commended – Wimborne
Highly Commended – School House
Highly Commended - Beaufort