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The Secret Lives of Poets: A Metaphor Speaks for Itself
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Monday, 23 January 2012. A Metaphor Speaks for Itself. Well, a metaphor doesn't literally speak for itself, as it has no voice. To say a metaphor speaks for itself is personification, a particular type of metaphor, where an inanimate object displays human characteristics; in this case the power of speech. The moon is a round cheese. Now we'll explore that cheesy image further. Where is the moon? In the night sky) Where is the cheese? The moon is a round cheese.
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The Secret Lives of Poets: April 2012
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Sunday, 22 April 2012. This blog is having a rest while we try to figure out how to improve it! Meanwhile - some final words from Sue. Try this write down everything that comes into your head for a few minutes. When you’ve finished underline any words you’ve written that really interest you or make a clear picture in your head. Add words the first words made you think of. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Secret Lives of Poets. Not Very Secret Websites.
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The Secret Lives of Poets: October 2011
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Monday, 24 October 2011. I like taking photographs and sometimes the pictures inspire a poem. What I select from the photo - how I frame it - can influence my poem. I recently photographed a butterfly with a torn. Wing It's late in the year to see Red Admirals still flying around and, in strong winds, no wonder s/he was a little the worse for wear. When I trimmed my picture it was the shape of a letter. I'm looking at life through a letterbox. Is a place where teac...
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The Secret Lives of Poets: The Song of Winter
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Sunday, 29 January 2012. The Song of Winter. The cold weather is coming! Ere's an idea for teachers. (Or you might try your own version.) Wrap up warm. Take children outside to record their impressions of all they see, hear, feel etc. Back inside write down as many winter-related words, ideas, phrases that they can. Give them just five minutes to do this! I Am the Song of Winter. I am the beard of icicles. That hang beneath the eaves. I am the rock-hard mud. And th...
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The Secret Lives of Poets: September 2011
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Wednesday, 14 September 2011. There Was An Old Writer of Limericks. Humour can and does appear in many forms of poetry but one form of poem that must have been invented for humour and for which I have a very soft spot is the limerick. Here is an early example by the 19th century artist and poet Edward Lear who famously helped to popularise the form:. There was an Old Man with a beard,. Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen,. Four Larks and a Wren,.
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The Secret Lives of Poets: Casting the Net
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Sunday, 22 April 2012. This blog is having a rest while we try to figure out how to improve it! Meanwhile - some final words from Sue. Try this write down everything that comes into your head for a few minutes. When you’ve finished underline any words you’ve written that really interest you or make a clear picture in your head. Add words the first words made you think of. 23 April 2012 at 18:40. Give me the title or a a visual - thats the portal and the poem is.
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The Secret Lives of Poets: New Book Reviews
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Wednesday, 1 February 2012. See our book review (above) for new books by Roger Stevens and Brian Moses as well as Ian Bland and Philip Waddell. Posted by Roger Stevens. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Secret Lives of Poets. Is a place where teachers (and children) can pick up great ideas for writing poems. And don't forget children and teenagers can publish their own poems in our sister site - The Poetry Zone. Not Very Secret Websites. Jan Dean's Poetry Zoo.
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The Secret Lives of Poets: February 2012
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Tuesday, 7 February 2012. The Other Wayne Rooney. Think of a famous person – alive now, or someone from history. Hmm… shall I choose Julius Caesar or Wayne Rooney? What about Cleopatra, Boudicca, or maybe Lady. Let's choose Wayne Rooney. Now think about why Rooney is famous. What great things has he done? What do you imagine his life. Think about the differences between your life and Rooney’s life. Write some of them down. The Other Wayne Rooney. When I kick a ball.
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The Secret Lives of Poets: Book Reviews
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Brian Moses and Roger Stevens (Macmillan). When these two accomplished poets produce a book together you expect something rather special. Does not disappoint. This collection mixes lots of humour with a pinch of pathos and a great deal of insight into the feelings of the primary age child. When reading Moses’ contributions, remember he is a percussive poet and most of his poems work best when read aloud to a beat. Go To The Head. And again in The Raving-Mads. 8211;...
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The Secret Lives of Poets: Swimming With Trout
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A Poet in Your School. What is a Haiku? Saturday, 31 December 2011. New Year Resolutions 2012. Well, this blog has been going over a year now – and we’re all still here, although the rate of new entries has slowed down a bit! I’m intending a bit of a shake up soon. (Watch this space.). Have a wonderful 2012. May you swim with trout. Meantime - here are a few of our new year resolutions. Have you made any this year? I never remember to carry out my resolutions. This year I made a resolution. To note them ...
