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Thunder Clap - a COVID-19 Poem

Poet and alumnus Peter Cole, shares his poem inspired by the weekly clapping that takes place across the UK.
12 May 2020
United Kingdom
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Peter Cole attended Claremont Fan Court School from 1990 - 2002. He now works as a copywriter, designer and publisher of funny, pun-filled greeting cards and is published poet. One of Peter's poems will be featured in Sylvia Vardell’s anthology, A World Full of Poems, which will be published by Penguin in September 2020.

To read more of Peter's poems you can follow him on twitter @petercolepoet or visit his website www.reigningcatsanddogs.co.uk to view and purchase his selection of witty cards.

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