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  • Category One winners

    Category One winners

    Untitled, by Taylor Goddard   Not a sound could break the beautiful sight, The world held time for a minute. Grass clings on with all it’s might, The world held time for a moment. For the pebbled path that drew the light, The world held time for a second. Trees wave goodbye the passing night,…

  • Lines for Lockdown Poetry competition

    Lines for Lockdown Poetry competition

    We were so thrilled by the response to our Lines from Lockdown poetry competition.  Judges James and Laura have made their calls. They loved judging these poems as there was such a huge range of styles and ideas.  We’ll publish the winners of each category on social media and on our site waitahaenglish.com, one a…

  • Shelfie #8

    Shelfie #8

    Share your shelfie, or that huge pile of books by your bed. We know you have one…!

  • Shelfie #7

    Shelfie #7

    Sheryl Knight’s shelfie

  • Shelfie #6

    Shelfie #6

    Share your shelfie, or that huge pile of books by your bed. We know you have one…!

  • Shelfie #5

    Shelfie #5

    Gina Coatsworth’s shelfie

  • Shelfie #4

    Shelfie #4

    Share your shelfie, or that huge pile of books by your bed. We know you have one…!

  • Friday’s writing task

    Each day this week, we’ll load up a fun poetry task for you to use in conjunction with the poetry competition prompts, which are designed to help you get inspiration for your entry. This is the last task, so don’t forget to send your poem to hello@waitahaenglish.com when you are done. The deadline is 11…

  • Thursday’s writing task

    Each day this week, we’ll load up a fun poetry task for you to use in conjunction with the poetry competition prompts, which are designed to help you get inspiration for your entry. Thursday’s task: Poetry Reconstruction Instructions:  Find a poem that you love. It would be a good idea to find a poem that…

  • Wednesday’s writing task

    Each day this week, we’ll load up a fun poetry task for you to use in conjunction with the poetry competition prompts, which are designed to help you get inspiration for your entry. Wednesday’s task: Thirteen ways of looking at… A very famous poem is ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird’ by Wallace Stevens.…