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The Guardian // Entertainment // Books

‘Impressive, ingenious and affecting’ poem about missing an absent son wins National Poetry Competition

Monday 24th March 2025, 8:45PM

Fiona Larkin’s poem uses Finnish grammar to explore her feelings about her son’s move from the UK to BrisbaneA poem inspired by the writer’s experience missing her son after he moved from the UK to Australia has won this year’s £5,000 National Poetry Competition.Fiona Larkin’s poem, Absence has a grammar, was picked from nearly 22,000 entries. Continue reading...

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