Here is a spread, one of Sue’s poems, shaped by Sue, in the award-winning Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Shape Poems, Bloomsbury, available here and here.
Tag: Children’s Poetry Videos
Liz Brownlee Performs her poem, Panda, #National Poetry Day
Another poem with an association with Change, season and ideas, for National Poetry Day.
Gerard Benson and River Song, for #NationalPoetryDay
The wonderful Gerard Benson and River Song, for National Poetry Day’s theme of change – you will never tire of listening to his voice.
Jane Clarke performs her poem, Dog Own It!
Jane Clarke doesn’t have her own poetry collection, but is in numerous anthologies and is a prolific rhyming picture book writer. Her books include the wonderful Gilbert the Great (a shark) and many others. Her most recent book is Neon Leon, available here.
Bright Spark by Michaela Morgan, read by Eleanor Trapp
Another fire poem for the heatwave! This one is also part of the National Poetry Day celebrations 2015, when the theme was light. This poem by lovely Michaela Morgan is read by Eleanor Trapp, a partner in John Lewis, read in the lighting department by kind permission of John Lewis Partnership.
Paul Cornelius, Fire Fighter, Reads Battling Fire by Mary E Cronin
As it’s so HOT, and there have been lots of fires breaking out, here is a poem read by fire-fighter Paul Cornelius by Mary E Cronin, filmed as part of National Poetry Day 2015’s theme, Light. 15 people whose jobs or ways of life were associated with light read poems that incorporated light.
Filmed at Chew Magna Fire Station by kind permission of Avon Fire and Rescue.
Poetry Roundabout 