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…
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…