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In collaboration with Lambeth and Southwark Libraries
This is the Year
Poetry Anthology
Highly Commended:
This Year
by Aaliyah Weekes
Dear people of 2050,
This year was not so great, there was a virus worldwide
This year the government said how many people died not survived 
This year we couldn't see family 
This year my friends couldn't hang with me 
This year the hospitals were full of sick people
This year felt like climbing a steep hill 
This year everyone went into panic
This year happiness started to vanish 
This year we had to stay inside
This year everyone's brains were fried
This year i made it out alive 
And next year my smile will be so wide 
From Aaliyah Weekes
From the year 2020
Second Prize:
Invisible
by Israt Abdur
Highly Commended:
A Love Letter to Music
by Eunice Baya
First Prize:
Monoton
by Sarah Singh
Highly Commended:
Life in Lockdown
by Florence Hellier
Highly Commended:
COVID-19
by Tiny Cingoz
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