Category Archives: Poems
Ruby Bridges, First Black Child in a White School.
I’m posting a few past posts on extraordinary people of colour. #blacklivesmatter By Uncredited DOJ photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Today’s blog is by the other fellow author of my book, Reaching for the Stars, Poems about Extraordinary Women and Girls, the wonderful and talented Michaela Morgan: . The poem My First Day at School, …
Y is for Malala Yousafzai
Over the next few days I will post some of my posts from the past about inspirational people of colour. #Blacklivesmatter Wikimedia Commons This entry is by my guest blogger Michaela Morgan, one of my fellow authors of Reaching the Stars, Poems about Extraordinary Women and Girls, also by me and Jan Dean, published by Macmillan. This poem …
National Poetry Day is 4th of October!
Here’s a new poem on the theme of change, the theme for National Poetry Day 2018. The Butterfly’s Lament Why, oh why, said the butterfly did I have to change what I am? I loved being a caterpillar doing things caterpillars can chewing leaves chewing leaves, chewing leaves is all I’ve …
Happy Halloween!
It’s my birthday, today. So here is a Halloween Poem to celebrate. First published in Spooky Schools, Ed. Brian Moses, Macmillan 2004. © Liz Brownlee
Shortlisted for the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Awards!
Jan Dean, Michaela Morgan and I are thrilled to have been shortlisted for this award! Thank you, North Somerset Teachers, if anyone knows a good book for young people, a teacher does. The other books shortlisted are A poem for Every Night of the Year, edited by Allie Esiri (I’m in this one!), illustrated by …
A Poem for Every Day of the Year
Today is publication day for this little (actually not so little) beauty. The sister volume to A Poem for Every Night of the Year, this is also edited by the talented and wonderful Allie Esiri. The poems are an eclectic, delicious mix – I love the fact that there is space for each one to …
A Rocketful of Space Poems
Today I received my copy of this book, published by Francis Lincoln – space poems collected by John Foster, and illustrated by Korky Paul. This book has quite a history – it was first commissioned in 2004, but publishing was put back …
Book Announcement – Yippee!
THRILLED to be able to show you the gorgeous cover of my new animal shape poem book, written with lovely Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens. This has been a labour of love; shape poems are hard, it’s tricky to get the words in the right place and the shape of the animals exactly right when …
Reviews for Reaching the Stars
Two great new reviews have arrived for the book I have written with Jan Dean and Michaela Morgan – Reaching the Stars, poems about Extraordinary Women and Girls. The first is in the fabulous magazine Carousel: “published 3 times a year (Carousel) is a magazine which aims to inform its readers about the world of …
Reaching the Stars long listed for an award!
Reaching the Stars, Poems about Extraordinary Women and Girls, Pub. Macmillan, written by me, Jan Dean and Michaela Morgan, has been long listed for a North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, in the poetry section. I’d like to thank them very much – have a look at the following link to read the review: North Somerset Teachers’ Book …
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