From over 6400 entries, a shortlist of 84 poems by students and teachers from across Australia has just been announced in the POEM FOREST competition, a Red Room Poetry initiative in collaboration with Wollongong City Council, which plants a tree for every nature poem entered. Since its inception three years ago, more than 17,000 seedlings have been gingerly placed in the ground for the purview of future generations. A record number of poetic entries were in submitted in 2023, ensuring the planting of more than 6400 seedlings.
A thriving forest of poetry
A record number of poetic entries in this year's POEM FOREST competition will result in over 6400 seedlings planted.
2 Nov 2023
