Putney High School
Poetry Festival
The Poetry Festival which took place on April 24th was a great success! Daisy Goodwin (pictured left with festival organiser, Miss Cockburn) was our Poetry Festival adjudicator. She is the editor of numerous poetry anthologies, including the bestseller “101 Poems That could Save Your Life”.
Click here to see an example of one of the winning Year 8 poems.
More information about Daisy Goodwin: Daisy started her career as an Arts Producer at the BBC devising the highly successful shows “Bookworm”, “The Nation’s Favourite Poems”, “Looking Good” and “Home Front”. Later she moved to ‘Talkback’ productions as Editorial Director and initiated three BAFTA nominated shows: “House Doctor”, “Jamie’s Kitchen” and “Grand Designs”. In addition to this Daisy is a mother of two and editor of numerous poetry anthologies, including the bestseller “101 Poems That could Save Your Life”. Daisy has also presented the BBC2 production of Essential Poems To Fall In Love With followed by Essential Byron, Essential Poems for Britain and Essential Poems for Christmas.
About poetry Daisy has this to say, “I’ve always had a passionate interest in poetry in my professional and personal life. At the BBC, as an arts producer, I worked on some fascinating shows about poets including one exploring the relationship between poets and their muses, as well as coming up with the Nation’s Favourite Love Poems, a programme which allowed British viewers to select the poems that meant the most to them in their lives. Meanwhile, I’ve always read and enjoyed poetry as a way of helping me make decisions or understand my emotional life as well as for its own sake.”
