Eve Merriam is a favourite poet of ours. This very short poem of hers is another list. It’s a list of places to hide a secret message. Where would you hide a secret message? Write your own list. Hey presto, you have a poem! In a raindrop on a windowpanein a moon shellin a raisin … Continue reading Places to hide a secret message
… is a poem by Craig Raine. It’s a list poem. You could write one like it. I imagine you will have plenty of your own ideas. It begins kike this: Here is your balloon. Heart-shaped, hard with helium, filled from an iron cigar. It has more creases than your baby sister’s arm. Be careful. … Continue reading 51 ways to lose a balloon …
I learned from my friend Elizabeth, at lunchtime today, that when she grows up she is going to be a giraffe. Sounds like a plan to me. Although giraffes don’t eat bacon and egg sandwiches. Perhaps it wouldn’t matter. And that long neck could be handy. I think I might like to be a bird … Continue reading When I grow up…
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