Carol Ann Duffy and John Burnside poems to be featured in Olympic Park
It has recently been announced by the Forward Arts Foundation that Olympic Park will be installed with poems of two celebrated poets, namely Carol Ann Duffy as well as John Burnside. The poems will be placed in a centralised location in the Olympic village.
The poems from these poets will become a part of the Winning Words project that will be on display in the Olympic Park permanently. The concluding line of the poems will be furnished by the following famous verse of Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Ulysses: "To
strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
The poem by Burnside is related to cycling and the Suffragettes whereas Duffy’s poem will be featured on the Eton Manor venue that will play host to the wheelchair tennis events during the Paralympic Games. Other poets whose poems will feature in the Olympic
Park include Jo Shapcott, Lemn Sissay and Caroline Bird. Shapcott’s poetry is going to be featured in the swimming sections.
The creator of Winning Words, William Sieghart, made the following comments about the project: "Winning Words will carpet the nation in poetry showing poetry as a valuable part of our national life and a great way to enjoy and celebrate the exciting moment
of London 2012 right across the nation".
The announcement has been made in the backdrop of the National Poetry Day that has highlighted poems by taking up themes related to games and sports. These games range from mind games, wordplay to athletics and board games.
The Olympic Games are going to be held for the third time in the city of London. By having hosted the prestigious sporting event for the third time, London will become the first city in the world to have welcomed the Olympic Games to their home soil a total
of three times. The first time that the Olympics took place in London was way back in 1908. The Olympics then took a long time to find its way back to the capital of England as it was in 1948 when it next came to London. 2012 will make it the third time that
the Games will be hosted in London.
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