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…
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…
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,…
Animal Playlists
ANIMAL PLAYLISTS This poem exists thanks to my daughter. At the moment she can’t quite pronounce the word music like ‘m-you-sik’. Instead she says ‘mooo-sik’. The moo sound made me think of cows! All I had to do then was work out what kind of…
Nasty Crusties
CRUSTACEANS Myles writes: Crustaceans are related to insects and spiders, but are their own separate group. Because unlike insects and spiders they live underwater. They include things like crabs, lobsters and prawns. They are an extremely interesting group of animals and different kinds are found…
Ms Dinosaur
Dinosaurs for everyone I have a three year old daughter. One of the things you realise when you become a parent is how many things are ‘supposed to be’ for boys and girls. Boys are supposed to like cars and trucks and blue. Girls are…