Wizards and Witches
Witches and Wizards Enjoy three Witchy-wizardy limericks below.
Monstrous Seasons
MONSTROUS SEASONS What does your average monster think about the different seasons of the year? How does it affect their mood? How do they affect your mood? Poem by Myles McLeod. Illustration by Wilm Lindenblatt.
Yoga for Insects
Yoga for Insects It can be fun to smash two worlds together. The world of yoga and fitness has its own words, thoughts and feelings associated with it. The world of insects has its own behaviours, types of creature and life cycles. What happens when…
Bilingual Child
Bilingual Child This poem is a chance to learn a few words of Russian! Many children in the world grow up bilingual – that means they learn two languages. Did you know that knowing more than one language is good for the health of the…
Robot Escape
Robot escape When I wrote this poem it was a sort of challenge to myself. I had this idea for a very short story about a robot escaping from a place by taking itself apart and then putting itself back together again. I also wanted…
Everlasting Knight
Knights and Spooky Creatures It’s fun to crash two different kinds of story into each other and see what you can create. Dinosaurs and pirates. Princesses and cowboys. Or in this case … knights and vampires. Limerick This short poem is told using a limerick…
Orange
This poem came about thanks for a callout for ideas. I asked friends to suggest a topic or theme. The comedian James Cook suggested ‘Orange’ because nothing rhymes with orange. That was a challenge we couldn’t resist.
I’m the Captain of My Ships (My Shoes)
Pictures inspire Words inspire Pictures Sometimes a picture can inspire a poem. This poem was inspired by a picture on Twitter. The author Giles Paley-Phillips posted a picture of his staircase. It was decorated with maps. It made me think of a captain of a…
Button Pressing Haiku
Keeping it short Sometimes it’s fun to try and write a really short poem. The Japanese form called ‘Haiku’ is a fun way to try and tell a short story. These haiku use the form of five syllables for the first line, seven syllables for…