Poetry Scrum

Poetry Scrum

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Thursday Aug 28, 2025

To celebrate Exeter’s involvement in hosting the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in the UK, Exeter City of Literature are hosting a Poetry Scrum!

They’ve gathered women poets from across the global Cities of Literature network to share new work about female empowerment, bodies in movement, and sport.

Check out this snippet of our very own Isla Thomas reading her powerful poem ‘Harbour Girls’.

WATCH HERE

Poems will be shared by Exeter UNESCO City of Literature right through August and September during the Rugby World Cup — stay tuned for Isla’s full poem!