POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2009

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The attached files are Poetry Kit Newsletter for November 2009 and Caught in 
the Net 48 with the poetry of Elaine Walker.


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LARKHILL 
a new collection of poems by Jim Bennett is now available for £7.99 from
http://www.searlepublishing.com/ 

"Larkhill summarises the work of a writer who observes closely, and translates 
what he sees and feels into responses that engage, amuse and extend our 
perceptions. Pithy, wry, witty and wise, this is poetry that embraces our world 
in all its paradoxical potential."   Martyn Halsall, Poetry Editor, Third Way.


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A poem for National Adoption Week

You might be surprised to learn that as many as one in four people are likely 
to have some direct link with adoption.

They may be adopted. They may be adoptive parents. They may be birth 
parents whose children have been placed for adoption. 

The North West specialist adoption agency - Adoption Matters North West - 
wants to use the forthcoming National Adoption Week (9-15 November) to 
highlight the 3,500 children who are STILL in care and STILL waiting for the 
opportunity to have what most of us can take for granted - being part of a 
stable, secure and loving family. They include children from our own region.

There are many reasons why they can no longer live with their birth families - 
amongst them are abuse, neglect or family breakdown. Many spend year after 
year in care without a single enquiry from prospective adopters. We want to 
get people of all ages to think about and be more aware of the issue. 

We’re offering a creative challenge for adults and children of all ages across 
the North West to prepare and submit a poem of 20 lines or less in any format 
or style on the theme of ‘Family’ reflecting the importance of family and family 
life. 

This competition is running across Cheshire, Merseyside, Manchester and 
Lancashire with the contributions to be judged in two age groups – over 18s 
and 17 years and younger. Winners for each area and each age group will be 
chosen for creativity and content by a panel including local representatives 
for each area such as Cheshire’s current Poet Laureate, W. Terry Fox.

Each lucky winner will win £50 high street vouchers, get their poems published 
on the Adoption Matters Northwest national website and submitted to the 
local and national media as part of the National Adoption Week media 
campaign.

Highly commended entrants will also be invited to a VIP invite only poetry 
evening in Chester during National Adoption Week to hear selections of the 
poems entered in the competition read out by performers and listen to the 
first public performance a poem written specially for the event by W. Terry 
Fox. 

Closing date for the competition is Tuesday 3 November. Entries can be 
emailed to [log in to unmask] or posted to:

Adoption Poetry competition, De Winter PR,
Fidelity House
12a Stocks Lane
Chester CH3 5TF

Please make sure that all entries are clearly marked with the writers’ name and 
contact details and that they are happy to be involved in publicity activity. 
For further details, contact Emma on 01244 320677.

Poems can be in any style and should be under 20 lines in length. They also 
need to be in English and not previously published. Background on Adoption 
Matters Northwest’s work, complete with case studies can be found on the 
website at www.adoptionmattersnw.org