Thirteen-year-old Talulah Quinto from Ross-on-Wye was revealed to be one of the top 15 winning poets in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, run by the Poetry Society and supported by The Foyle Foundation.
Run by The Poetry Society and generously supported by The Foyle Foundation, the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award celebrates
its twenty-first anniversary this year. Since 1998, the Award has been finding, celebrating and supporting the very best young poets
from around the world. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is firmly established as the leading competition for young poets
aged between 11 and 17 years old.
This year's competition for young poets, aged between 11 and 17, drew over 11,000 poems from over 6,000 young poets. Young writers from 76 countries entered the
competition, from as far afield as Vietnam, Romania, Mexico and Japan, and every corner of the UK.
As one of the top 15 winners, Talulah receives a fantastic selection of prizes to help develop her writing including a residential writing course at the Arvon residential centre in Shropshire in Spring 2020.
Maple by Talulah Quinto
They named me after a sweet tree
As if to hide my spirit
They named me after a gentle tree
As if to hide my strength
They named me after a small tree
As if I would not grow
They named me after an old tree
As if I was not young
They named me after a living tree
And I will forever live
They named me after a sleeping tree
And I will never sleep
The name they chose is perfect
It holds me young and old
Sweet and able
Gentle and bold
That tree is Maple.
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