Baby Brother
Baby Brother and Ideas This poem is really about jealousy and having problems dealing with something new. I can’t quite remember where the idea came from. Ideas are like that sometimes. Some of them come from a particular moment and you always remember what inspired…
Uffington
Uffington and other interesting place names Sometimes a place name sounds fun or interesting. Some sound like characters from a book like Somersal Herbert, or Flyford Flavell, or Broughton Hackett. Some sound a little odd like Birdlip or seem a funny name for a place,…
The Gorm
The Gorm inside us all Wilm suggested to me that we could do a series of poems about monsters and feelings. I thought this was a great idea. So we’ll be doing one every few weeks. Feeling angry This one is about feeling angry and…
I Never Fib
Fibbing is Fun Myles writes: This week’s poem is all about fibs, lies, exaggerations and outright whoppers. When I was a child I met another boy on holiday who told me he could throw a cricket ball for over a mile. I considered this for…
The Cat Sat on the Mat
The Cat and the Wordplay Myles: ‘The Cat Sat on the Mat’ is a well known phrase. Sometimes it’s used as an example of bad poetry because it has such an obvious rhyme and rhythm. I decided to play around with this phrase and see…
The Dog and The Flea
The Dog and The Flea Limerick Myles: I wanted to try and write a limerick – that’s a five line poem with a very particular rhythm. I’m not sure where the idea of a dog and a flea came from now. That’s how it is with…
Don’t Judge a Spell Book by its Cover
Which witch is which? Words that sound the same but have different meanings are called homophones. That’s how this poem began. I was keen to write a poem about witches, and then the phrase ‘which witch’ popped into my head. What other homophones can you…
The Cough Monster
Cough, Cough Myles: I wrote this poem when I was ill for the third time in a row! I was texting a message to my brother Greg to tell him why I wasn’t coming in. Somewhere in the middle of the message it became a…