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Stephen’s Boat: A Story of God’s Love

8 February 2012

  A big “Thank you !” to Rev. Alistair Sharp and his Dad for this beautiful story which, between them they have told and continually developed for years, and which I have thoroughly enjoyed retelling as a story poem of God’s love.

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A Bite to Eat

6 February 2012

  A rhyming, rhythmic poem in the words of a spider, to his poor unsuspecting victim….

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What am I?

6 February 2012

This poem is called a kenning, and is intended to build up from the least obvious description to the most obvious at the end. It is great for guessing games, and this is why I have given no clue in the title.

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Sights and Sounds of Bonfire Night

3 February 2012

     This bonfire night poem is a great example of alliteration poetry and includes some personification, metaphors  and a simile.

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Shell

2 February 2012

This is a very simple poem that I wrote when I remembered holding a shell to my ear as a child and believing that I could hear the sound of the seaside inside it. A poem doesn’t need to be purely descriptive:  use your own experiences, thoughts or associations as ideas for things to say […]

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Seek and Ye Shall Find

2 February 2012

  Apologies for those of you who came looking for a deep and meaningful poem; this is not the one!

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Highlighted Seaside Senses Poem

30 January 2012

This highlighted version of my Seaside Senses poem shows the examples of metaphors, personification, alliteration , assonance, consonance and word play which can all be found within this simple 8 line list/ senses poem.

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Seaside Senses

30 January 2012

This seaside senses poem includes examples of metaphors, personification, alliteration , assonance, consonance and word play all within an 8 line poem, using the simple format of a list poem.

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Rotherham Ambassador Award

30 January 2012

This rhyming, rhythmic letter poem is full of genuine and personal emotion as I wrote it on the day that I received an award at the Rotherham Learning Ambassadors Celebration in June 2010.  It also includes metaphors, hyperbole, and a simile.

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Poor Little Pit Pony

30 January 2012

This acrostic poem includes alliteration and is inspired by a visit to Wakefield Coal Mining Museum where a visit underground helps to build up some empathy for the kind of life the pit ponies had.

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