Reading Yeats is a good start...
Suggests YorkMix Poet-in-Residence Carole Bromley for those looking for inspiration for their 2016 entry to the The York Literature Festival/Yorkmix Poetry Competition. A York postcode is required to enter.
£500 first prize. Winning and commended poets will be invited to read their entries at a gala prize giving on March 19, 2016.
Contact: For entry form and more information see: http://www.yorkmix.com/things-to-do/poetry/win-500-for-your-poem-in-the-york-literature-festival-yorkmix-poetry-competition-2016/
(I’m not eligible but I’ve thought of a great first line:
This is no country for old men …)!