About The Poetry Takeaway Takeover
20/05/2024
On Monday 20th May Right Up Our Street are bringing The Poetry Takeaway van to Mexborough. The van will be visiting Mexborough Market to deliver a morning of Poetry to the community. Young people from New Pastures Primary School will be serving up poems to the local people of Mexborough.
Visitors of the Poetry Takeaway Van can take their poems home as a souvenir of their time with our local poets. Heritage Doncaster’s Moving Museum will be there to share objects and stories and The National Literacy Trust will be giving away free books and celebrating the magic of words.
About the Moving Museum
The Moving Museum brings Heritage Doncaster’s objects and stories to a place near you! Get hands-on with history and explore Doncaster’s past.
Have a go at the badge maker. It’s suitable for all ages. All activities are completely free.
About The National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity that empowers children, young people, and adults with the literacy skills they need to succeed.
The National Literacy Trust will be giving away free books to visitors of The Poetry Takeaway.
“AN OLD BURGER VAN,
STUFFED WITH FRESH POETRY BUNS,
SERVING UP WARM WORDS”
Please note: there is no food involved in the activity.
What is The Poetry Takeaway?
Personalised poetry for guests and visitors, written performed and delivered free by the young people of New Pastures Primary School, all from the mobile Poetry Emporium, The Poetry Takeaway.
The Poetry Takeaway team aim to make Poetry accessible and the process starts with an initial discussion, taking the order, gathering ingredients. They aim to complete the poem quickly, it is carefully crafted, written and performed, wrapped up and sent on it’s journey.
We guarantee everything from tears, laughter and everything in between!