![]() Hallelujah! Not only is poetry prominent in the National Curriculum nowadays, but I’ve seen teachers doing it with great gusto. Some teachers confess that they don’t like poetry themselves, but their class does and that’s what matters. You only need to look on Twitter to see evidence of this. Nowadays teachers email me informing me how much they relish doing poetry with their classes, and how much their children love reading, writing and performing the good stuff. But as regards teachers there has been a gradual and fundamental sea change, in part thanks to the innovations of Talk for Writing and the CLPE. When I was selling books after a day in one school a parent whisked her child away saying ‘come on darling, let’s get you a proper book’. Teachers confessed to finding poetry ‘difficult’ and ‘scary’. When I started out as a children’s poet, visiting Primary schools some 20+ years ago, there was a fair bit of antipathy towards poetry. I’ve seen a greater variety in some bookshops, and single poet collections too. Until recently, when shops have actually stocked children’s poetry, it’s tended to be a Spike Milligan ‘best of’ or a couple of generic anthologies. To be fair, the covers of some children’s poetry books can look like joke books (and have hyperbolic titles), even if the contents are a wide blend of forms and voices. If in doubt, please ask first.One whinge you hear fairly regularly from children’s poets is that bookshops stock very little children’s poetry, coupled with the fact that larger chains have been known to create a curious hybrid category ‘Poetry and Joke Books’. Posts using this tag may be subject to moderator approval. : For discussing the subreddit itself, or discussing other posts that appear on the subreddit. : For announcements about professional OPPORTUNITIES for prospective poets. (Still not for sharing your own amateur poetry). : For PROMOTING your own creative project. (Still not for sharing your own amateur poetry.) : For asking for HELP from the poetry community. : For sharing outside links to RESOURCES that are related to the general world of poetry. : For discussing your OPINIONS about any aspect of the general world of poetry. : For sharing a link to an ARTICLE from the general world of poetry. (Not for sharing your own amateur poetry.) : For sharing a published or anthologized POEM. In order for your post to go through, you must use one of the following tags-in brackets-before your title. We moderators reserve the right to remove posts as best serves the community. NEWER ALL Poem submission HEADLINES must include the name of the poem and the author.NEW If you are sharing a poem in translation, both the original poet and the translator must be credited.To promote something, like publications, be detailed about your product. ![]() To sell something, use a self post and offer a sample poem.To ask for homework help, state that you are asking for homework help and show how far you've gotten.Put a in your post title, e.g., " Lesson on rhyming" (See below for available tags).Share your poetry on our sister subreddit, /r/OCPoetry. ![]()
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