WB Yeats, the very famous Irish poet and writer spent his childhood in Sligo and we know there are more fantastic poets in our schools right now!Enter your 5 line poem today!

PRIZES FOR THE POETFamily Pass to The Gaiety Cinema, Sligo. Your poem will also be printed and displayed in The Hawk’s Well Theatre, Three Sligo County Library Branches; Sligo, Tubbercurry & Ballymote & The Cat and The Moon Shop It will also be published in the local press. Everyone will read your poem! You’ll also be invited to meet Hip Hop group This Side Up! For a very special prize-giving at The Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo on June 13th.

PRIZES FOR THE SCHOOLThe winning school will get a €100 voucher from the Hawk’s Well Theatre to put towards their nextbooking AND win a trip for the whole class to Eagles Flying, Ballymote. It is the largest Centre for Birds of Prey and Owls in Ireland. During the highly entertaining and interactive Bird Shows your class will experience Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Vultures and Owls . This will be an unforgettable experience for all.

POETRY SLAMThis Side Up! will host a very exciting Poetry Slam at The Hawk’s Well, Theatre on International Yeats Day. The show will thrill children and their teachers with the band rapping the winning poems and leading the children in rap battles and more fun activities.Thursday June 13th 10:30am €2

SENDING IN YOUR POEMSIf you'd like to enter the competition, please send in a completed form to: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo Or alternatively you can email us your poem to info@hawkswell.comThe competition has very few rules and they're really simple:• You must write a poem called The White Birds• You may submit a maximum of three poems to the competition• The poem you submit must be written by you• The poem can be in any style or form, and must be 5 lines long• The competition is open to Primary School students• The last day for submission of competition entries is 1st June 2013

Children’s Poet of the Year Competition 2013

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