Poetry

There are so many amazing poetry sites on the web, as well as some really awful ones. One good place to look is the Children's Poetry archive which has tons of poems for you to read, a chance to hear the poems being read aloud by the poets, information about poets like Roald Dahl and Michael Rosen and the chance to find poems by theme or poet.
If you like Michael Rosen, there is a good interview with him in the Independent Newspaper. He talks about what inspires him, and also how the unexpected death of his son Eddie has affected him and his work.

If you are interested in entering your own pots in competitions, there are always plenty of them around. This page is updated regularly with details of competitions all over the country.

Thursday the 4th October is National Poetry Day- this year the theme is Dreams. Some peoms about dreams, all from the vast Poemhunter.com site. Firstly, a poem by one of my favourite poets, Langston Hughes, Dream Deferred Take a look also at a short but sweet poem by 17th Century poet Robery Herrick, Dreams. Those of you studying Skellig with me in Y7 will recognize this poem The Angel by William Blake which is all about how powerful dreams are in childhood. And finally, a beautiful poem by W.B. Yeats which reminds us that dreams are often the most valuable thing we have.

If you fancy increasing your knowledge of poetry you could sign up to emule.com's weekly poetry mailout- a selection of classic poetry emailed to you each week.

I'll leave you with a link to one of my favourite poems, Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll.