Celebrating three Luton winners in Poetry Together 2024
Three poets connected to Luton were recognised in the 2024 national Poetry Together competition, a project that brings younger and older generations together through the joy of poetry.
In a national year shaped by the theme of friendship, Luton was represented across both the older and younger categories, with three of the eight runners-up coming from the town.
Their recognition is a beautiful celebration of intergenerational creativity, local talent and the enduring power of poetry to connect people across age, experience and community.
Luton’s recognised voices
The Poetry Together 2024 national runners-up included three Luton winners whose poems were recognised in response to the competition’s friendship theme.
The Value of Friendship
By Haneefah Muhammad
Friendship
By Imelda Knight CQSW BSc (Hons)
Friendship
By Thomas Knight
Three of the eight national runners-up in Poetry Together 2024 came from Luton — a beautiful reflection of the town’s intergenerational poetic voice.
Poetry across generations
Poetry Together is a national initiative that brings younger and older generations together through shared poetry, performance and connection.
In 2024, the competition theme was friendship, inviting poems that explored care, companionship, memory and human connection across the generations.
A proud moment for Luton
The presence of three Luton winners among the eight national runners-up makes this more than an individual achievement. It speaks to a wider culture of poetry, community and creative connection across the town.
It is also a reminder that poetry continues to live meaningfully in shared local spaces — in families, schools, friendships, older communities and intergenerational exchange.
Honouring friendship, voice and local imagination
Congratulations to Haneefah Muhammad, Imelda Knight and Thomas Knight on their recognition in the 2024 national Poetry Together competition.
Their poems stand as part of a wider celebration of friendship, voice and the power of poetry to bring generations together — and as a proud moment for Luton.