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Don’t Drown
24th October 2023Don’t Drown Here’s a poem: Don’t drown. Practise swimming for a long, long time. Don’t drown. Practise shouting, ‘Help!’...
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What Would You Say to a Bumble Bee?
5th June 2023What Would You Say to a Bumble Bee? Hey old Bumblebee! No need to bumble about. You know...
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Family Secrets – a Poetry Idea
7th March 2023Family Secrets – a Poetry Idea In every family there are secrets. Sometimes these secrets are connected to a...
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Ian McMillan’s ‘Strolls’
30th August 2022Ian McMillan’s ‘Strolls’ Every day, the poet Ian McMillan does a tweet of what he sees on his ‘strolls’....
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Poem by my Cat
21st February 2022Poem by my Cat Michael is OK but the trouble with Michael is that when he stands up he...
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A ‘Listening-Thinking’ Poem
1st November 2021A ‘Listening-Thinking’ Poem Here’s a new poem I wrote: The house is silent. It’s early. I hear myself breathe....
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Sweet Sleep
14th July 2021Sweet Sleep Sweet sleep I need you, I know, Sweet sleep I know I need you when my face...
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Poetry Idea
6th January 2021Poetry Idea Here’s a poem I wrote that is a mix of what I see in hospital when I...
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Stand Together
30th January 2020Stand Together Each year Holocaust Memorial Day has a theme. This year it’s ‘Stand together’. I work closely with...
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Collected Ideas for Poetry With Year 1
3rd June 2019Collected Ideas for Poetry With Year 1 For the writing blog this month, I’ve collected together a set of...
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Over My Toes
30th April 2019Over My Toes Over my toes goes the soft sea wash see the sea wash the soft sand slip...
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What I Saw
20th March 2019What I Saw I’ll tell you what I did in town I saw a greengrocer in the underground with...
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Poetry to Commemorate the Holocaust
14th January 2019Poetry to Commemorate the Holocaust On Sunday January 27 it’s Holocaust Memorial Day. I will be in Cambridge at...
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My Mum and the Flower
23rd November 2018My Mum and the Flower Here’s a new poem I’ve written: My Mum and the Flower My dad said...
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The Child Who Was Wild
31st October 2018The Child Who Was Wild Once there was a woman, a young, young woman She ran from the city,...
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Poems & Emotions
29th September 2018Poems & Emotions We’re used to thinking of one kind of poem being about feelings and emotions – love,...
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Reveal-Conceal and Other Ideas For the Classroom
15th May 2018Teachers sometimes ask me for ways they can use to get away from the rigid questioning of children about...
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How to Look at a Poem
6th March 2018If you’re sitting looking at a poem and you’re wondering what to say about it, think about or write...
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Making Up A Riddle
7th February 2018Have you ever tried making up a riddle? Here’s a riddle you may know: ‘ I go round the...