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Entrants, aged 11 to 14-years old, write poems during the summer about their favourite Liverpool places and the public chooses the winners by voting via the Royal Liver website. Listed below you'll find this year's short-listed poems. Voting has now closed and the winners will be announced on Wednesday, 19 November 2008.
A Breeze Across the Mersey - Lara Rimmer
Colours of Liverpool - Ryta Kamarova
The Anglican Cathedral - Kayleigh Mellon
Like a Knife Cutting through History - Lena McCormick
Walking through the Mersey Tunnel - Joanne Bartels
Liverpool Empire Theatre - Sophie Dickenson
The Gardens - Brenagh Hutchings
Liverpool - Leanne Wroe
Above the Ruffly Sea - John Murt
Alder Hey Hospital - Adina Khan
A New Summer’s Day - Sean Gill
The Bombed Out Church – St Luke’s - Rebecca Rowbottom
Recipe for Liverpool - Fardowsa Abdulkadir
My Favourite Place in Liverpool - John Green, Christopher Robinson, Daniel Dougherty, Ann Naylor
Liverpool - Jack Swanson
My Favourite Place - Lucy Campbell
LOVE LIVERPOOL ONE - Clara Shaw-McIver
A Day at Alder Hey - Dylan Lewis
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