21st March 2021 is World Poetry Day

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) founded this day in 1999 to “give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements”. The group hoped to inspire the celebration of poetry all over the world, encouraging reading, writing, and teaching.

Poetry can be uplifting, thought provoking, humorous, inspiring or inspired by places and events, and we would like to share with you some wonderful poems written by some of the children we have supported - Finn, Meg and Laila, parent Melinda and supporter and friend Karen.

They have written poems about their visit at our Ripple Retreat, what they did there and how the experience helped them and their families.

Each of these poems is incredibly special to us as they reflect the love felt towards our beautiful Ripple Retreat.

The Ripple Retreat is a place for families of young cancer patients in Scotland, where they can unwind during the most challenging of times and enjoy the soothing natural surroundings of Loch Venachar away from hospitals and their day to day worries.

Find our more about our Ripple Retreat.