Triskaidekaphobia
Blog 13 Triskaidekaphobia is not something I suffer from. The number thirteen to me is just a number. But many people do try to avoid it and think it brings bad luck. In Japan the number four is thought to bring
Story Poems
Blog 11The subject of a poem can be as varied as that of a piece of prose. It might be purely emotional, descriptive, atmospheric or fanciful. I think a poem that tells a story is especially valuable for children. The
What exactly is a poem?
What is a poem? Today, this has become harder to define, especially with the increasing popularity of ‘Prose Poetry’. Prose poems have a long history and include many eminent poets amongst its proponents, though some, such T.S. Eliot, argued strongly
A Children’s Charivari
I have begun to put together an anthology of poems for children. I’m willing to bet that most of you can still recite several that you learned in your childhood. Poetry is very important for the development of language, especially
A Spot Of Bizarre Bird Spotting
The poems that I write fall into many different styles and genres. I prefer to write verses that rhyme and scan, but also write free-form poems occasionally. It rather depends upon the subject.It seems extraordinary to me that 80% of
The Beginnings Of A Fairytale Adventure
About a quarter of the 1,300 poems that I have written over the last four years are for children. They fall into various groups: poems about animals, poems about children, poems that are variants of famous children’s rhymes, poems featuring
