This is the third and current poem in our campaign….please send it to philip.clarke@uk.tesco.com to persuade Tesco to sell ONLY FAIRTRADE BANANAS, so that we can be assured that the plantation owners are receiving a fair price.
This funny letter poem has rhyme, rhythm, and lots of word play in the appropriate language to make it suitable as a performance poem, imagined to be written as a reply from the queen to my Royal Pardon poem. It is also an excellent example of alliteration and consonance poetry.
WARNING: This poem is not appropriate for adults! I was merely doing a sensible workshop on alliteration, when Hannah suggested the character “Burping Bailey”, and the poem went downhill with the story from there. I personally am appalled at the end result, but I definately blame the children!
Can you recognise this person from the descriptive kenning? The poem deliberately starts with the vague characteristics, and progresses towards the finer details that make the subject clearer.
This rhyming, rhythmical shape poem is written in a list format but in the shape of a suitcase and includes a metaphor and a couple of moments of alliteration. Thinking of the moment during World War Two when a child was evacuated to the country, I tried to put all of the thoughts […]
I cannot help but be amazed When I think of creation. Not just about the place I live, But the whole compilation.The fact that every part of earth Works hand in hand together; The animals, the birds, the plants, The fish, even the weather.