11/04/2019
Visit the Royal Australian Mint during 14–28 April 2019, and enter the Mr Squiggle Poem competition for your chance to win a 2019 Mr Squiggle 60th anniversary coin set!
The competition will take place in the children’s corner of the Gallery. For competition terms and conditions, please visit: https://www.ramint.gov.au/mr-squiggle-poem-competition
Planning a trip to the Mint in Canberra? Visit our website for more information: https://www.ramint.gov.au/visit-mint
Can’t make it to the Mint? No problems! You can write a poem about Mr Squiggle and send it to info@ramint.gov.au by 4.00pm Sunday 28 April.
‘Sharpen Up Mr Squiggle’ by Jeanie Axton
After 60 years of drawing
His nose was all but blunt
So our famous Mr Squiggle
Went on a sharpener hunt
He took his rocket to the moon
With blackboard and Miss Jane
They found a big red sharpener
And his pencil’s sharp again
Credit: https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2019/20/20/7599/