Children's Poetry Summit

In the National Literacy Trust’s recently published research, Children and young people’s engagement with poetry in 2026, almost 1 in 5 (19.4%) childr...

I love a list poem, as anyone who’s read my latest collection Bison Rule, OK! can probably attest (although you’ll also find haiku, riddles, cinquains, kennings, fairytale retellings and shaggy-dog stories between its covers). School Summer Fair Checklist is just that, all the essential components of a day on the playing field, from buying back your own cakes to choosing ...

Parting is such sweet sorrow… but having your heart shattered as a teenager is absolute agony. Take it from me, and from the many volumes of my teenage diaries into which I poured out my dejection and fury after early disappointments in love. Everything is new during adolescence, and we experience novel emotions in achingly sharp focus. It’s desperately hard to endure som...

Hello! The Children’s Poetry Summit is a volunteer-led community who champion poetry for children. It provides a regular forum for discussion, information exchange, sharing of ideas and good practice, and a pressure group which campaigns for child...

Here’s the last selection of poems on the theme of wonder from fantastic poets around the UK – these are on the wonders of the natural world! Poems all copyright of the individual authors.

What to look for at Night

Moths
Clouds, ink-dipped indigo
The creep of a hedgehog
The first dew

Star-clusters
Moon-drench...