Bible Society and The God Who Speaks have created a poetry challenge for Key Stage 2 inspired by World Poetry Day on 21^st March 2023.

Engage your pupils with the Bible and develop their literary, scriptural and artistic gifts.

Personification is a powerful poetic device which is used in ‘Let the Scriptures Speak’ to inspire the use of creative imagination in writing poetry. Used since ancient times, this device allows readers to understand philosophical concepts in an accessible and creative way. 

It draws us in, provides a hook and brings to life the words on the page. 

‘Let the Scriptures Speak’ offers examples of Bible-based personification poetry where Scripture itself speaks! Pupils are encouraged to explore the poems to inspire their own personification poems based on the same stories and on a selection of other Bible stories. 

Each school taking part can submit up to five poems. 
We’ll post them this autumn on our God who Speaks and Bible Society websites and social media channels.

We hope to create a book out of the best contributions next year.

Please select the five best poems by your pupils to: poetrychallenge@biblesociety.org.uk
The deadline for poems is 31^st May 2023.

For all information, tips for teachers and resources to get you started:

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Guide for Teachers

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