--- title: "Year 7 poetry competition winners" url: "https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2021-04-20-year-7-poetry-competition-winners" school: "Penwortham Priory Academy" --- # Year 7 poetry competition winners ![Image of Year 7 poetry competition winners](https://files.schudio.com/penwortham-priory-academy/images/news/Daniel-McCand-Josh-L-PRIORY-MAR-21_DSC0072-blurred-names.jpg) 20 April 2021 Josh L was the winner of the Year 7 Poetry Competition with his short poem about grasping life by the hands. The English department run an annual competition where they encourage pupils to be creative and inspired and write a poem about a subject they are passionate about, entertained by or one which intrigues them. The poem could have been anything from a personal subject, local events to a worldwide theme – or in our runners-up case about the universe! English teacher, Mrs Webster said: “Our poetry competition is always highly competitive, we get a lot of entries and we love the enthusiasm our pupils show for it. “Josh’s poem won as it was a poignant poem, especially in light of the current pandemic, about grasping opportunities in life when you can and it had a nice positive message.” Josh said: “I never expected to win. The poem took me about 40 minutes to write. English is one of my favourite subjects and I wrote about Covid as, during lockdown, we haven’t been able to do things but when we can, we should take part in everything we can.” Daniel McC was the runner-up with his in-depth poem about planets and the threat to their existence by humans. “I do really like exploring the universe and it’s something I know a lot about, I find it interesting," said Daniel. Mrs Webster added: “Daniel put such a lot of effort into his poem, it was well-researched and he made sure it was factually correct. “The message behind it is save the planets and it’s something he is obviously passionate about.” **Life is to Live by Josh** Life is to live, grasp it by your hands Lots of lands, Brave and optimistic Some would say simplistic. It could go one way or the other. Starting with your mother, you'll start with a guide open world you'll go and glide failure and success this is what I should address. So, what will you do? It's up to you! **Planetary Destruction by Daniel McC** Destroying planets. What? Seriously, who would do that? More importantly, why would they do that? I shall tell you... You see, gravitational interactions between Venus and Jupiter Have not permitted life to exist in peace For every 405k years these planets affect the Earth’s orbit And next time human population could decrease So, a solution could be to destroy said planets Or possibly go even further And destroy all planets round our sun except our own As a method of defence like no other However, that idea could go horribly wrong I can explain... 4-5 years ago, American scientists devised a plan To bomb Mercury into splinters of rock And construct a mirror shield around the sun From the fragments, but there was a stumbling block The shards would most likely fall to the sun Though life would not be affected in the least There would be no effects when said planet’s existence In the expanse of space just ceased Jupiter, however, would be challenging to destroy There are numerous possible methods to try But since the planet could not be ignited due to lack of oxygen Why not blow the planet out of the night sky? An explosion powerful enough to do this would require Four times the mass of the moon In nuclear bombs, and the blast itself Would incinerate half of the Earth to ash too soon In summary, destroying planets is unwise We would be better off shielding the Earth With some form of cosmic defence screen That would be enough to allow future birth What you can do now is not encourage global warming And do what you can to protect the present Earth So, until technology advances and solves this problem You should do what you can to help now [English](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/english) [ Read for Good readathon - the final story](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2021-04-16-read-for-good-readathon-the-final-story) [Pupils out Stone Cold for good cause ](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2021-04-22-pupils-out-stone-cold-for-good-cause) ### Penwortham Priory Academy Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE 01772 320250 ### Useful Links - [New Year 7 Transition](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/transition) - [The School Day](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/the-school-day) - [Facility Hire](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/facility-hire-at-priory) - [Term Dates](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/termdates) - [Letters](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/letters) ### Useful Links - [Newsletters](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/newsletters) - [OFSTED](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/ofsted-report) - [Online Payments](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/internet-payments) - [Staff Contact](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/staff-contact-list) - [Vacancies](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/vacancies) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/priorystc) - [X](https://twitter.com/@priorystc) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/penworthampriory/) Penwortham Priory Academy Trust is operating as a single academy trust. 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