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Poetry Competition - Verse in Shop Windows

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Each year we offer poets the chance write haiku length poems that will appear in windows and on poster within Canterbury’s busiest shopping centre.

Poems need to be inspired by a shop on the list below or by the experience of shopping.

  • If you choose Echo it might be a poem about shoes that carry you through life’s rich tapestry of experiences
  • If you choose HMV it might be remembering the first song you ever bought or the influence of music on your life.
  • If you choose the more general shopping experience, it might be a poem about sharing coffee and catching up on gossip with friends or catching a glimpse of that stunning red dress that you know belongs on you rather than on that hanger!

DEADLINE: There is a VERY tight turnaround as we need poems by Monday 25th of April at Midday.

Those chosen will appear within the shopping centre between the 30th April - 8th May. Some shops may chose to leave them up longer.

Competition details:

  • Poems have to be English.
  • It must be your own original work and must respond or be inspired by one of the shops above or the theme of shopping.
  • Poems must be a Haiku or Haiku length.
  • Deadline midday Monday 25th April 2016,
  • Send to [email protected] and Put Whitefriars Competition in the title.

Choose from any of the following:

Ecco
HMV
Whitefriars Shopping Centre