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After many of you lovely people told me how you say “garage” in a poll, I concluded that it has too many pronunciations to work in a rhyming poem.
Which meant, of course, that I had to try.
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Word that’s making me smile today: errorist. It’s a person who is frequently wrong, resolute about holding onto their errors, and enthusiastic about sharing them.
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Expression that’s making me smile today: My heart became a garden. In Hindi and Punjabi, it means being overcome with joy.
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I'm always looking for poetry-writing inspiration that I can listen to while I'm cooking meals and washing dishes. Thanks to the talented @RumbleCoral, this week's chore time just got a whole lot more creative. Thanks, Coral!
FREE RESOURCES!
Teachers, if you’re looking for a poem to read with your class next week, go over to my YouTube channel, @rumblecoral. You’ll find 2 playlists jam packed with poems, one list for KS1 and one for KS2. Here’s a sample from the KS1 playlist.
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This lovely book came yesterday. Such a warm,uplifting collection. After, the last few years, though not sans joy in those I love&really kind friends the greyest & hardest I've had, I really needed to revisit these poems. Here's a taste should you want it 'Grandma's Unknitting'
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31 of the 47 wonderful, massively talented and generous artists who have donated their work to our third anthology (Dream a Wild Breeze) in aid of the CCHS charity "Keep Me Breathing".
Can't wait to see the rest of the pictures and get the book to its production stages.
JH 😊
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Big, big, big news coming from Frazz HQ today! 👀
This will also be avaliable as a physical book after the ebook is released.
Pre order open!
frazzledlit.com/p/pre-order-…
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New blog post: Poems Inspired by Things People Say - Part Two. A selection of poems by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com @josiedefalco @dragontripper @BardyMum @TweetsbyKayM10 @Ciara_OConnor_
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listening
to the autumn wind
speaking through the reeds
Basho
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I am available for poetry reading, assemblies and workshops for National Poetry Day 1st October 2026. Tameside, Oldham and Manchester. DM for details. #poetry #poetryforchildren #readingforpleasure #writingforpleasure #schools
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#HaikuSaturday #haiku
welcoming autumn
the golden sheen
of cottonwood leaves
Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want your version posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday.
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Word that’s making me smile today: marathon. Marathon, the starting point of ancient Greek hero Pheidippides’ long run to Athens, literally means “fennel-field” for the aromatic plant that grew nearby.
📷: Sotiria Simota, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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C.S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer
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Just seen the front cover picture for Dream a Wild Breeze ... it is absolutely wonderful! I wish I could share it but we're waiting for 18 other illustrations to come in and it would feel a little premature. Feel like a child counting down to Christmas ... JH😃
#PoetryForChildren
Third Anthology Update: 48 poems from 48 poets to be illustrated ... we now have 30 pictures finished from 30 artists. The aim is to have a picture for every poem. Very excited! Onward!
JH #DirigibleBalloon #PoetryForChildren #KeepMeBreathing #DreamAWildBreeze
#WorkInProgress 🎈
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Daily poetry prompt: What would you like to be able to do?
I'd like to fly south with the birds and winter in warmer places.
I'd like to be able to photofit funny expressions to people's faces.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/202… @PieCorbett
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Word that’s making me smile today: cramp-word. It’s an old dialect term from Kent for a word that’s difficult to pronounce or understand.
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We ask Attie Lime - author of ‘Poems on Toast’ – where do poems come from? Read all about the poet and the poetry on our blog! share.google/ssRAG0wCrpA21oZ…
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Daily poetry prompt: Playing with collective nouns...
I might feel uncomfortable
spending time with
a prickle of porcupines,
or finding myself far too close
to a stench of skunks.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/202… @PieCorbett
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In 2027, I’m planning to offer virtual school visits from my new Thinking Cabin. Schools can request the session to be centred on one (or two) of the books on this poster. Look out for more details coming soon.
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We always loved this poem right from the beginning when it was first submitted to us 💜🌙
Read more of Webb Smith's poem 'The Teenager in the Moon' by checking out the latest issue of PaperBound Magazine - totally free on our website 👇
paperboundmag.com/issues
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