The Children's Poetry Summit

Neal Zetter: Talking Up Poetry I have three issues with children’s poetry in bookshops: there’s not enough of it, the variety of the books on sale is limited, and if it is stocked, its profile is too low. Many smalle…

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Pie Corbett: Writing with Jonathan I met Jonathan a few years ago; he was a good poet-friend. We decided to do some co-writing online. Our first rule was that there was no pressure and we’d only do it when it was fun. No obligation.…

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Brian Moses: Poetry Inspired by Signs As writers we are all ideas detectives, on the hunt for different things to inspire us. Sometimes it’s the conversations that we overhear or something we read in newspapers or online. Sometimes it’…

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Stephen Lightbown: The Second Book Challenge © Paul Blakemore In 2026 I’ll be publishing my second poetry collection, again with Troika books sometime in the summer. I never thought I’d have been in a position to write one children’s collecti…

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Christmas Poems 2025 Part Two L. B. Here is week two of the Christmas and winter poems our brilliant children’s poets from the UK and abroad have kindly sent us. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year to…

Teachers! Parents! People who would like to feel Chrismassy! Two lots of Christmas and winter poems for you to delight win, here! Christmas Poems 2025 Part Two childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/18/c...

Christmas Poems 2025 Part One At Christmas we like to give our wonderful bloggers a holiday – instead, we’d like to thank the brilliant children’s poets from the UK and abroad who have kindly sent us a two-wee…

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Cheryl Moskowitz: How We First Fall in Love With Language I’ve been thinking a lot about how we first fall in love with language – what causes the spark that helps us to understand that words are there for enjoyment as well as communication.  Of cour…

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Roy Johnson: A Profile In another of our series of Editors’ Profiles, we asked Roy Johnson of Troika Books to tell us what he and Troika are up to right now. Who are you and which publisher do you work for? Roy Johnson, …

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Attie Lime: A Profile Who are you? Hi, I’m Attie Lime. I write poetry for children. I love sharing my poems during school visits and at festivals. I have been called an Adventure Poet, a Performance Poet and a Pop…

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John Dougherty: Writing a Rhyming Picture Book childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/10/23/j...

Simon Lamb: Celebrating Bookshop Day with Children’s Poetry On Saturday 11 October 2025, folk across the UK will once again celebrate Bookshop Day, an annual event organised by the Booksellers Association through its Books Are My Bag campaign. Somehow, I ha…

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Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is a word play and a concrete poem. @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

For Poetry4kids members, I've posted a new activity worksheet for the poem "My Dog Likes to Dig". Check it out here: kennn.com/GtgsoF #PrintableWorksheets

Some days at school are so tough. Anyone that says #teaching is easy, needs to go back to school. This is how I feel today #teacherlife #Teachers #TeachersDay2025 #teachersday

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a picture of a rabbit with the words let 's have some fun above it ALT: a picture of a rabbit with the words let 's have some fun above it

Happy National Poetry Day! I’m on my way to London for my last day as Poet in Residence at Beatrix Potter Primary. What a perfect place to celebrate NPD!

Poems and Resources - Forward Arts Foundation A selection of poems and resources for children and young people that can be used to inspire on National Poetry Day and all year round!

Hooray! Today’s the day! Jump straight to these pages of resources to pick a poem to share with your classes - lots of choices for EY, KS 1,2,3,4 & 5. @poetrydayuk.bsky.social forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poe...

Happy #nationalpoetryday #play Have a wonderful day, however you’re celebrating! Here’s a poem from @thetoypress.bsky.social to launch you into the day! 🚀Illustration by Evelyn Marsh
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Happy Poetry Day UK!

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Brian Patten - The Children’s Poetry Archive Brian Patten

Five poems read by Brian Patten for The Poetry Archive, for National Poetry Day.

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The Ball by Ian Brownlie The ball moves quickly through the air, Surprising Dwight, who, unaware, Is standing (sadly) in its way, Soon to find it’s not his day.

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's #Play with 'The Ball'.

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First published in the Dirigible Balloon by @northernjim.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit

Happy #NationalPoetryDay
Here's why I choose poetry. @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

Happy National Poetry Day, on the theme of play! Here is my playing with words squirrel - the most playful of woodland creatures!

Happy #NationalPoetryDay !!
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate!

Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.

Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!

The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees [The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]: a comm n pr ble  whe  writin p ems in the shape of decid o s  trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t sti rings of  he new aut mn breeze,  he   oems will begi  to shake  hemselves  ge tly  ntil their letters loos n d  like leaves, an    they  start                                     to  float  down then [The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase] turntomushuponthegroun [The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.

This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.