Max is West Yorkshire’s Young Poet Laureate 2025 and has written a wonderful poem about Our Place which he will perform live at the This Was Our Year exhibition opening in March 2025. The exhibition will run from 14-23 March and celebrates all we achieved together during Our Year 2024.
You can read Max’s poem below, it is also available in Arabic, Urdu and Polish.
The West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate programme was launched by The National Literacy Trust in 2023 in partnership with the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, and National Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage in response to declining writing for enjoyment levels in West Yorkshire with aims to inspire and support the next generation of young poets in the region.