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Annual General Meeting 2020

How we plan to hold our AGM during the pandemic.
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Poetry Ambassadors 2020

Guest curators commission original poems on the subject of 'Vision' to expand the SPL's regional reach.
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Care Experienced History Month

28 April, 2021

We mark Care Experienced History Month with poems written to mark it. ...More

Become a Poetry Ambassador for the SPL

20 April, 2021

The SPL invites expressions of interest for this year's cohort of our Poetry Ambassadors programme. ...More

Return to Form

9 April, 2021

Interested in exploring poetic form? Check out the recent Return to Form project from I Am Loud Productions! ...More

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I cannot tell you how it was,
But this I know: it came to pass
Upon a bright and sunny day
When May was young; ah, pleasant May!
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