22/06/2025
We're delighted to be able to share readings from each of this year's three Caterpillar Poetry Prize winners – first up, second prize winner 'Dyslexia' by Nicky Hetherington.
‘I had been keeping my eyes open for a really funny and surprising poem and was so glad to come across this delight. Of course, like lots of things that are genuinely funny, this poem is also grounded in something thoughtful and perceptive,' said judge Kate Wakeling.
Nicky Hetherington lives in rural Mid Wales. Publications include her children’s book, Jack and the Dog Boy, and a poetry pamphlet, Cultivating Caterpillars. In 2019 she produced and edited an anthology of poetry, A Spot of Poetry for Kids, raising money for Children in Need.
Nicky often finds inspiration in nature and the countryside, family, and issues of social justice, especially of the marginalised or invisible. Or sometimes just plain nonsense, because, when the world doesn't always make sense, sometimes nonsense is the only sensible response.
