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Easter: Just for me?

21 January 2012

I have often heard the following questions.  In fact I have asked them myself………. What has Easter got to do with me? Why is it relevant? Why did Jesus have to die anyway? This poem is the answer to my own questioning.  I hope that it makes Easter more relevant to you too.  

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Bad Behaviour At The Alliteration Zoo

21 January 2012

    I wrote this poem specifically as an example of alliteration poetry, demonstrating alliteration to children in an obvious and humorous way…

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20 January 2012

  He’s with me always, by my side My friend, protector and my guide. He is my life, my hope, my breath For he detects the smell of death.   The gas that through the tunnel spills And in a single moment kills Is stripped of all its power and force By my canary friend, […]

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A Wii Celebration

19 January 2012

    Okay, so I’m not the first to giggle at the word that Nintendo chose to use, but it was the perfect pun example and was crying out to be used as word play so I couldn’t help myself.

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A Poetic Nature Trail

15 January 2012

A Poetic Nature Trail   This children’s poem is full of alliteration and word play, with some hyperbole (exaggeration for effect) and similes and metaphors.  The poem is deliberately written to be ‘performed’ by a teacher, as if on a nature trail, with the purpose of encouraging children that they could be undiscovered poets.

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A Fresh Start

14 January 2012

  When you need a hope to cling to When your world is dull and grey When your life is wrapped in darkness And there’s no sign of the day…

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A Healthy Food Rainbow

23 November 2011

 This list poem considers the range of colours of healthy foods that constitute our ‘five a day’ and puts them all together to make a rainbow of foods, considering the benefits of each.  It includes a couple of metaphors, and one instance of hyperbole (exaggeration for effect).

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Alliteration Al

23 November 2011

  An Alliteration Poem , specifically written for the purposes of demonstrating alliteration.  (Please note that I have used something called “poetic license” here, which basically means that poets can get away with anything! )   However, please make sure that you spell the word “Thankyou” correctly or I will be in trouble with the spelling police! […]

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