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Storytime has published almost 100 poems and to celebrate we are sharing "The Secret" from our issue 70! Let's all enjoy, discover and share poetry! Share your favourite poem with us too.

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2021-10-07

Tha Nàdar De Bhàrdachd Ghàidhlig
an còmhnaidh a' dol aig Acair,
Bho Òrain Red gu Cluaintean Uaine;
a h-uile duine keen air facail.

Ceum air Cheum gu Bàrdachd Fred
gu Oiteagan à Tir nan Òg
Rannan ùra a h-uile bliadhna
seach nach can Acair riamh 'Gu Leòr'!

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2021-10-07



Said Hamlet to Ophelia:
"I'll make a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use
2B or not 2B?"

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2021-10-07

'Him work is to make thin and crushable
all that is big and as real as ourselves; is to make flat
all that is high and rolling'
This we're loving The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by .
https://t.co/Dv2nKEpQf1

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2021-10-07

It’s so here is the poem wrote in celebration of the

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2021-10-07

‘A wonderful anthology to celebrate the NHS- the greatest poem a country has ever written’ . On please support this book giving a voice to staff with . All proceeds to 💙

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2021-10-07

It's so here's one from , who's a bit of a hero of mine. He wrote 'These are the Hands' for the NHS's 60th anniversary and it's still so very relevant today. Grab a hanky...

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2021-10-07

So if you are still looking for poetry to celebrate &beyond here's a couple of mine my CLiPPA shortlisted collection 2018 Where Zebras Go and my new one If I Were Other Than Myself



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2021-10-07

So here's today's for &beyond



wonderfully emotive verse novel for older children The Girl Who Became a Tree, with powerful illustrations by

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2021-10-06

Breathtaking illustrations and awe-inspiring verse. Poetry for children at its finest! e

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2021-09-16

At the Washington zoo
the Jumbaroo
got a pain in its woggly.

Woggly woggly
Jumbaroo.

The Jumbaroo is one of many rhyming treasures perfect for reading out loud together on inside Joy Cowley's The Gobbledegook Book. Illustrations by Giselle Clarkson.

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2021-08-27

"What kind of day is it today?"
said who wanted to play.
"Well, what kind of day do you wish it to be?"
hooted The Owl
from the nearby tree.
Most of all Moon Pig wanted to dig!
Digging's important
when you're just a pig.

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2021-08-22

Apparently today is

There once was a lady named Judy,
Who had her a delightful booty,
But her tits were so vast,
You couldn't look past
Them to enjoy its round, squeezable beauty.

Art by and apologies for quick double-posting.

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2021-08-19

Happy National Look forward to some beautiful haikus by "Thunderlinks" and some rhythmic slam poetry from "Hyprelynx" in the upcoming TOME RPG!!

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2021-04-18

Spooky cult business
Probably a bad idea
When has that stopped you?

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2021-04-17

MUSIC HEARD

Music heard with you was more than music,

[...]

and if there is anyone to thank
I thank him now
before it grows too late
or too quite.

Adam Zagajewski

[we lost him on
21 March 2021]

🎨
Odilon Redon
Grand bouquet au vase bleu.
Detail
1912.

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2021-03-23

At the beginning, compassion is like a seed;
in the middle, it is like water;
at the end, it is like a ripened fruit.
-Chandrakirti

(art: Margaret Ann Eden)

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2021-03-22