Congratulations Harpreet Singh - Commended Poet

Harpreet Singh is one of the 85 commended poets in this year's Foyle Young Poets Award!

Foyle Young Poets Award – The Poetry Society

Over 17,000 poems were entered this year, from which 15 top winners and 85 commended poets were chosen. The judges really liked Harpreet’s poem, ‘The Sounds of the Beach’ which will be published in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Commended Poets' online anthology, available from March 2025. 

The Sound of the Beach

 A hot day at the beach

Little children depart cheerfully as they play

As the sun starts to set

The moon takes its shift covering the land filled with grains

No noise as her thoughts fill her head like a glass half full

The great big waves push, push and pull

The longer she stays

Her footsteps grow lighter

Every wave getting higher and higher

When she first arrived her head was heavy

Now her head and thoughts feel empty

The crowded thoughts start to leave

One day was one day at the beach

Listen, listen to the sound as she breathes.

By Harpreet Singh