There’s a poem in Saturdays at the Imaginarium called ‘The Nameless’ where I write about things with no name. Here it is. A few things to ponder How can we write or speak about things if they have no name? Is it possible? Have you ever seen or felt something that you couldn’t quite find the …
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The first poem in my book Saturdays at the Imaginarium is called 'Open Wide'. The poem's about eating and the title was inspired by what parents often say to babies and young children when they're feeding them. But 'Open Wide' is also an invitation to open our eyes and our minds to different ways of …
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There's a poem in the Imaginarium called 'Little Brown Cup'. Here it is. When I was little, I thought that absolutely everything in the world was alive in some way and had feelings. Seriously, everything – every kind of creature, all of my toys, the books in the library, my chair, the trees and fields outside, …
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Allow me to introduce you to Nina and Sebastian Rocha, my niece and nephew. Sadly we don't get to see nearly enough of each other because I live in England and they live in Brisbane, Australia. Anyway, when they saw that I had a new book out, they decided to interview me. Here's what they …
The National Poetry Day website has shared a selection of poems and poetry books for everyone to read and enjoy, featuring “some of the best contemporary poetry available in the UK”. National Poetry Day 2020 will take place on 1st October and this year's theme is Vision: See It Like a Poet. I’m thrilled to have a poem …
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It’s like the radio show Desert Island Discs but instead of discs, think poetry, and instead of radio, think online. Liz Brownlee’s PoetryRoundabout webzine features a series of children’s poets asked to give a selection of their favourite children’s poetry books. I’m 12th in the series. Every poet is allowed 5-8 choices, one of which can be …
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Since 1998, The Poetry Zone webzine – created by renowned children’s poet Roger Stevens – has published around 30,000 poems by children and teenagers, poets and other adults, and is widely used by teachers as a fun way of teaching poetry in schools. In ‘Poets Talk’ the site features interviews with “some of our (and hopefully your) favourite poets”. …
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Shauna Darling Robertson 