The theme of National Poetry Day this year is Messages. This celebration of all things poetic takes place on October 6th in schools and venues across the country - and was officially launched at the 2016 CLiPPA Awards this month. I was lucky enough to be invited along to the National Theatre to watch the shortlisted poets read from their collections. As ever, the schoolchildren's performances outshone the adults! A big congratulations to Michael Rosen and Sarah Crossan for th