Article: 5 September 1997 A journey into the unknown

<#221>A Year with Poetry <#224>Edited by Myra Barrs and Michael Rosen <#224>Centre for Language in Primary Education £11 for non members, £9 members ...

Article: 4 October 1996 Lines of vision

Alison Combes of the Poetry Society looks forward to National Poetry Day next week. Next Thursday, teachers all over the British Isles will dress the...

Article: 27 October 2000 Poetry in schools

Jean Sprackland, the Poetry Society's education development officer and herself a poet, is all too aware of the dangers of "hit-and-run" visits to sc...

Resource: Multiple Subjects - KS2, KS3, KS4 (Lesson plan) learning and teaching poetry webpage HM

Is poetry an important feature of life in your school? Does it support and enrich the creative curriculum? Do pupils write it eagerly and read it wit...

Article: 20 November 1998 Treasure hunt

It is vintage Shel Silverstein with inimitable nonsense poetry and pictures in the same style and format as the popular Where the Sidewalk Ends and A...

Article: 28 February 1997 Take poetry slowly

HOW POETS WORK Edited by Tony Curtis Seren. Poetry Wales Press Pounds 6.95 This is a collection of essays and drafts by a clutch of poets whose main ...

Article: 28 September 2001 More turns for the verse on October 4

* Andrew Motion's latest anthology for Faber, Here to Eternity, includes a Travel "zone" (as the Poet Laureate calls his themed sections). This leads...

Article: 6 October 1995 The Stereo-Hustler

I want to live my life With a Walkman on So I could walk through hell Without burning my ears The world is in stereo I can walk and always hear I'm a...

Resource: English, English literature The Poetry Archive – lesson plans & activities

These lesson plans and classroom activities have been designed by poetry specialists. They offer lively, engaging ways of working with poetry at all ...

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Resource: Multiple Subjects - Post 16 (Background info,Guide) Tower Poetry - poetry for 16-18 year olds

The aim of Tower Poetry is to develop the role of poetry in education and enable new poets to showcase their talents through a series of initiatives....