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A poem in an instant...
There were no riches here. No Ming vase.
Only great grandma’s tea pot, won at the fair,
a delicate china bowl, that shattered as I looked at it,
a sewing machine from Noah’s Ark, a thousand buttons, pins.
This month's front page poem is by Anne Hodnette, who was one of our shortlisted poets in the Poetry On Loan poetry competition for 2023. The competition is judged by a panel of librarians from across the West Midlands.
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Poetry on Loan promotes contemporary poetry through public libraries in the West Midlands
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We supply poets for events, support Poet Laureate and Young Poet Laureate schemes, provide promotional material, run training sessions
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Our meetings include representatives from each library authority in the West Midlands region - everyone is involved, from the huge Birmingham Libraries to tiny Telford and Wrekin.
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