The challenge: write a poem about flowers, insects, or the relationship between them. Prompt 1: The art of looking closelyIn our busy world, flowers and insects are often treated as background details. By comparing human experiences to flowers, insects, and other living things, you can approach complicated emotions from unexpected angles. In ‘suggestions for first love’, for example, Foyle Young Poet Bea Unwin never simply tells us how the speaker feels. She is a 2025 Foyle Young Poet of the Year, a National High School Poetry Quarterly Contest winner, and a University Interscholastic League Regional Qualifier in Poetry.