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Edge Hill
This is one of the poems I entered in the Warwickshire Young Poet Laureate Competition, and performed in the final - for the competition...
Emily Hunt
Apr 5, 20242 min read
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A Living Symphony - Commission
I was really pleased to be commissioned to write about Compton Verney's wildlife, inspired by the Living Symphonies art installation....
Emily Hunt
Mar 10, 20242 min read
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When I was afraid for the future, I made meadows - Commission
I read my commissioned poem "When I was afraid for the future I made meadows" at Child Friendly Warwickshire's annual Youth Conference,...
Emily Hunt
Mar 10, 20241 min read
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The Skylark's First Flight - Commission
I was commissioned by Shout Out for the Arts Warwickshire (https://shoutoutforthearts.co.uk/) to write a poem on the theme of pathways. I...
Emily Hunt
Mar 10, 20241 min read
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Kissing Before the Buses Go
Click here to see my reading of Kissing Before the Buses Go at the Young Poets' Takeover, The Verve Poetry Festival.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Bat Detecting
My poem Bat Detecting was awarded 2nd Place in Guernsey Literary Festival's Young People's Competition 2023, judged by Jackie Kay.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Jackdaw Gifts
Winner of Guernsey Literary Festival 2022 judged by Michael Symmons Roberts. This poem is based on my experience rehabilitating a...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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School Bus
Winner of Poems on the Move (Guernsey Literary Festival) - young person's category 2021.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Starlings Murmurating Over Leamington Spa
Published in the Stratford Literary Festival's Young Poet's Anthology 2023 - to see my footage of the Leamington murmuration click here....
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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Synaesthesia
This poem won Stratford Literary Festival's Young Poets' 11-16 competition 2022. It is based on my brother's experience of having...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Deep Sea
My poem Deep Sea was published in the Live Canon Children's Anthology 2023. It is inspired by someone I met in the Natural History Museum...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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He said don't write a poem about this
This poem was Highly Commended in Live Canon's Young Writers' Competition 2022 in the Year 10-13 category. He Said Don't Write a Poem...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Boy on the Other Side of the World
Highly Commended, Live Canon Children's Poetry Competition 2021.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Demoiselle in the School Hall
Unexpected encounters are often the most memorable. Last summer I was being swept through the school corridors when I spotted a green...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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The Second Boy I Kissed - an account
My poem 'The Second Boy I Kissed - an account' won Second Place for my age category in the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Removing Caterpillars from my Grandfather's Cabbages - Solstice Prize
Winner of Writing East Midlands Solstice Prize for Young Writers 2021. Removing caterpillars from my Grandfather’s cabbages I detach them...
Emily Hunt
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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Evensong - The Betjeman Poetry Prize
I was 12 when I wrote this, and was really pleased to win 'Best nature poem', Betjeman Poetry Prize 2019. The path runs with a river of...
Emily Hunt
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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