This is a performance poem for older primary children. The individual letters of the word HARVEST are held up by seven children. At the beginning of each verse the children rearrange themselves so that they are in a suitable order for the bold words that follow. The appropriate letters are held aloft for each word, but […]
Performance Poems
Performance poems are poems which are written for the purpose of performing to an audience or, at the very least, which acknowledge an audience or are intended to be read aloud. However, the audience could simply be a child listening to a story poem read aloud at bedtime. In other words, a poem which is so much better when expressed aloud for the purposes of someone hearing or seeing it performed rather than simply reading it, or which relies upon some level of interaction with an audience.