A POETRY competition has been launched in Ellesmere to mark Refugee Week in June.
The challenge is part of an 18-month project which is celebrating the centenary of Save the Children and the heritage of its founder – Ellesmere-born, Eglantyne Jebb.
It is run by Ellesmere Sculpture Initiative who work in partnership with local councils, schools and community groups, with funding and support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The poems will take pride of place at Ellesmere Library during and after Refugee Week, which runs from June 17 to June 23.
Poems are to be written in either Acrostic form – which means the first letter of each line spells out a word vertically – or a Haiku – a three-line poem with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second and five syllables in the third.
The following words may be used: refugee, escape, flight, run, noise, silence, friend, family, danger, hunger, thirst, safety, shelter, strange, familiar and home.
Deadline for entries is Saturday, June 1 and entries can be handed in at the library or emailed to Claire21.cartlidge@gmail.com
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