Poetry Pentathlon
Competition run by the School for Young Writers
Last week, Erin, Rory, Olivia, Magnus and Cooper represented St Albans School in
New Zealand’s first Poetry Pentathlon. They gave us various types of poems, with
objects or words as prompts and then we had a time limit of 5-10 minutes to write
each poem. There were 5 rounds: Haiku Hurdle, Limerick Long Jump, Walk with Words,
Poetry Relay and Winners at the Podium. We won one round, the Word Walk, where
you got given 5 words and you had to write a poem of up to 12 lines. I really enjoyed
the competition - it was challenging but fun!
New Zealand’s first Poetry Pentathlon. They gave us various types of poems, with
objects or words as prompts and then we had a time limit of 5-10 minutes to write
each poem. There were 5 rounds: Haiku Hurdle, Limerick Long Jump, Walk with Words,
Poetry Relay and Winners at the Podium. We won one round, the Word Walk, where
you got given 5 words and you had to write a poem of up to 12 lines. I really enjoyed
the competition - it was challenging but fun!
Written by Erin
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