Tag Archives: poems
It’s World Poetry Day!
It being World Poetry Day, it’s probably a good idea if I post a post a poem – so here it is – At the Match with my earwig! At the Match . They didn’t like my earwig, the reason I don’t know, but they chanted when I took him, earwig go, earwig go, …
Reaching the Stars at Bath Spa University for International Women’s Day TODAY!
I was asked by the charity VOICES (which provides peer support and recovery programmes specifically for women who are experiencing or have experienced Domestic Abuse) to read from Reaching the Stars at the International Women’s Day celebrations at Bath Spa University. Here I am – with my faithful Medical Assistance Dog, Lola, by my side: It …
Snow Leopard, by Liz Brownlee
Snow leopards live high in the mountain ranges of central and southern Asia in the winter, and even higher in the summer. Their coats are extremely warm, and at rest they wrap their 1 metre-long tails around themselves to keep out the chill. They are the most beautiful of big cats; there is no record …
Skylark, read by me, animated by Nick Hales
Found this as I was looking through my poem films – hope you enjoy it!
One Minute till Bedtime Blog Tour
. Today, many of the authors published in this wonderful book, published on December 8th, are posting a poem that they sent for consideration but which didn’t make it into the book – interesting from a number of angles! Here is the link to Jackie Hosking’s Blog, where you will find the the blog addresses for all …
National Poetry Day Competition Winners!
Many thanks to all the people who entered this competition, there were wonderful entries, if you’d like to read most of them, please click here. First of all I’d like to say a huge thank you to Forward Arts Foundation for the wonderful book prizes for the adult winners: And a huge thank you to Macmillan …
100 Brilliant Poems for Children
Another fabulous poetry collection, this time chosen by Paul Cookson: What can I say? We were asked to send in brilliant poems and it seems everyone did! Mine is a shape poem. But there is every type of poetry represented in this great book. A good choice for schools with its range of poets and styles. …
Wonderland – Alice in Poetry
Looking through my archives I realise I haven’t mentioned the publication of this exquisite book yet, collected by the wonderful Michaela Morgan: This was a fun book to write for – in Alice in Poetry there are all the original poems in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with the original illustrations by the incomparable Sir John …
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