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Tag Archives: young People’s Poetry

The Poetry Book Shop, Hay

The Poetry Book Shop, Hay on Wye is apparently a very good place to find poetry – and children’s poetry. My friend Debra Bertulis went in today and found my book on the counter. CLEARLY a book shop of fine opinions and good sense of taste. Thank you, Debra for sending me the picture, and …

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Q is for Children’s Poet Shazea Quraishi, #AtoZChallenge

. Shazea Quraishi Shazea Quraishi is a Pakistani-born Canadian poet and translator whose poems have appeared in UK and US publications including The Financial Times, The Guardian, Modern Poetry in Translation and Poetry Review.  Her collection The Art of Scratching was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015, and she is adapting her chapbook ‘The Courtesans Reply’ …

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Coastlands School Messages Poems for National Poetry Day

I received a wonderful package of message poems, written by her class, from Wenda Davies, teacher at Coastlands School, Pembrokeshire. . Horse . Dear Horse, You gallop round happily, You walk and trot and jump And then you get your hay and treats – You get all of the love. Oh how I wish to …

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