Poems

calendar_today July 25, 2016 schedule 1 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

G is for Groundhog

What a lovely, lovely day! My whiskers are twitching My foot has stopped itching And everything's going my way!   I might take a turn...

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calendar_today July 23, 2016 schedule 1 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

F is for Fury

There's nothing like a good tantrum. When you are really, really furious and you don't want to stop, so you don't. You go on yelling...

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calendar_today July 23, 2016 schedule 1 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

E is for Elephant

  One day I saw an elephant. His eyes were full of tears. He sat beneath a baobab And hid inside his ears.   His...

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calendar_today July 23, 2016 schedule 1 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

D is for doodle

A poem is a bit like a doodleoodleoodle.. You draw a word.. and then another word.. and then a face appears and it starts talking...

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calendar_today July 12, 2016 schedule 1 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

C is for Cool

      I think that I'm cool. I try very hard. I wear the right trainers. I think.   I've got the right clothes...

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calendar_today July 11, 2016 schedule 2 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

B is for Baboon

This is for Inigo.   B is for Baboon   I'm a baboon A b-brilliant baboon And I am much better than you'll ever be...

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calendar_today July 10, 2016 schedule 1 min read

A children's A to Z of Poetry

A is for Aardvark

Ok. I must stop being lazy and defeated and begin a project. Every day I am going to write, without thinking about it very much,...

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calendar_today July 6, 2016 schedule 1 min read

The World

I wish!

Merkel,May, Sturgeon, Clinton.. women to the rescue amid political turmoil?   The child stands wondering, clutching his teddy tight, Tender feet cold on the gritty...

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calendar_today June 25, 2016 schedule 1 min read

The World

Let the right one in

When he knocked on the door I opened it without hesitation. Why should I hesitate? He was polite, well spoken, well dressed. English. 'I wonder...

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calendar_today June 19, 2016 schedule 2 min read

The World

Huzza! Huzza! Huzza!

  Tramp tramp tramp tramp Trump trump trump trump Tramp tramp tramp tramp Trump trump trump trump   Fascists On the March.   Boots shine...

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