A pupil at Pensford Primary School has beat off stiff competition from other budding young poets to win Metro Mayor Dan Norris’s Egg-cellent Easter Egg Poem competition.

School children in Bath and North East Somerset have been busy getting creative by putting pen to paper to create exceptional egg-based poems – part of Norris’s campaign to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the chocolate egg which was first made in the West of England.

The idea was for them to use the information provided in a fun Easter egg booklet Mayor Norris sent to every primary school aged child during the Easter Holidays - which had historical facts and figures about the chocolate egg, and the West of England, provided by local historians.

After carefully judging hundreds of entries, 10-year-old Dylan Bernard-Black scooped the coveted top bard prize after impressing with his thoughtful poem titled “The Easter Egg”.

In keeping with the educational character of the competition, Dylan has now received a personalised £50 National Book gift voucher as well as a framed Easter egg competition certificate . His poem was read out loud by the Mayor during a whole-school assembly attended by his mother.

Mayor Norris said he was blown away by the standard of entries from children of all ages and the creativity shown through their ‘egg-cellent’ poems. He said: “A huge thank you to everyone who took part in my Easter egg poem competition this year.”

“I had a great time looking at all the fantastic entries - what talented youngsters we have in the West of England!”

“Poetry is perfect for conveying something that’s really important in just a few lines.”

“Chocolate Easter eggs have brought huge joy to the world, and it’s an idea hatched in our very own West of England region. That’s something I wanted to celebrate.”

“Whittling the applicants down was certainly a tough ask, but Dylan’s poem really stood out for me. It was thoughtful and had lots of personality and some clever rhymes - well done Dylan!”