Over 400 poets contributed 800 poems to celebrate Liverpool's 800th year. You can read them all here, just click anywhere on the picture of the Liver Building. Alternatively, you can select poems from a list
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Daily Poem
Two King John’s
John,
a man of passion
inspiration
an achiever with a dream
begat our mother in 1207
she grew a barefoot girl
happily running along the banks of a tidal creek
with
grace and privileged and a guarantee
free
from any lordly interference.
when she grew she gave birth to us
her progeny .
Seven hundred years elapsed and her brood
now multiplied into a mighty host
spread to far corners of the seven seas
Mother Liverpool gave birth
to another John
a man of passion
inspiration
an achiever with a dream
who imagined all people free
from lordly interference.
If only he had been borne in the eighteenth century
maybe...just maybe
W. Martin
Future Plans
To we tried to get poem800 published in book form but with 800 poems we couldn't find a publisher, also it was too expensive for us to print ourselves via vanity press so we regret that we have been unable to get it published. But we decided to leave it published on the internet i.e. running with a random poem every day (at our expense) and if anyone has any ideas on how to publish please get in touch.
Finally if If you wish to make a donation to Zoe's place please follow their link below.
Disclaimer:
- All poems are protected by copyright and are not to be reproduced without permission.
- We hold no responsibility for the claimed authorship of poems.
- We will not enter into correspondence about any entry.
Great Links
Pete Price Radio City 10.00 pm Sun - Thursday (read him some poetry!)
Claire Hamilton Arts and Culture Show Sunday 1-4pm Radio Merseyside
SpotlightLancaster
Write Out Loud
Dead Good Poets Society
Magical History Tour
The celebrations for 700 years in 1907
Liverpool Poem 800 is brought to you in association with the North West Disability Arts Forum
Zoe's Place Baby Hospice
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