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Most would be writers would shudder at the thought of their work been displayed in a public toilet. But not so the brave people of Shetland Islands.

The Shetland Islands Coucil is planning to track down, and flush out the next poet laureate in the towns public toilets.

From next month, poetry lovers on the Shetland Islands will be able to read the best of locally written verse while on the public loo!

The project is being headed by Jen Hadfield, the Shetland-based poet who was last month awarded the prestigious TS Eliot prize for poetry for Nigh-No-Place, her second book of poetry written in Shetland.

Ms Hadfield yesterday appealed to local poets to submit poems for the competition. Six of the best entries will be chosen every three months.

The Bards in the Bog competition is being launched by the islands’ Poet Partner project, a three-year initiative to promote poetry in the community, involving the Scottish Poetry Library, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Shetland Arts and the Shetland Library.