EARTHWATCH’S poetry competition has opened, inviting children to write a poem inspired by the natural world. Poems need to be submitted it for judging by Sunday May 17.
The competition is part of Earthwatch’s Wild Days online programme of indoor/outdoor learning activities, which aims to support families in lockdown.
Earthwatch ambassador and head competition judge, Michaela Strachan, launched the competition by reading her Wildlife A-Z poem.
Michaela’s poem is an alphabetical romp through the animal kingdom from aardvark to zebra, inspired by a trip to Namibia, but she encourages children to come up with a poem inspired by the natural world they can see right now, or how they feel at the moment.
Michaela adds, “This lockdown is, without doubt, challenging for many kids. But what I have noticed, is that it's brought out the creative side, as well as an appreciation for any outdoor space kids have access to.This poetry competition is a great way to use that creativity and connection with the natural world. I think we're going to be really impressed with what they all come up with.”
Poems can be entered via the online entry form on the website wild-days.org.
Entries will be judged by the charity’s four ambassadors, Michaela Strachan; Nick Baker; plus Mya-ose Craig, the world’s top teen birder aka Twitter’s @BirdgirlUK who has 14.6K online followers; and Bella Lack, 17-year-old conservationist and blogger with 150K followers.
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